A few weeks ago I gave you a workout for tightening up your midsection through the use of targeted flexibility work and the vacuum technique from bodybuilding. This is probably your best strategy if you want to improve...

I was back in Dubai for a few days this week, and it was super hot! A bit too much, as the UK summer did not overly prepare me for 42°C, but it was a fun trip nonetheless. While out at dinner one night, I was chatting...

It is not overly difficult to work out your calorie needs. Most people try to use an app to guesstimate it or use the data from Fitbit, Apple Watch, etc. These all have major limitations. This is because the number of...

When it comes to getting in shape, more people have trouble reducing their food intake than they do with moving more, but why is this? For starters, it is a negative goal, you are trying to not do something (eating),...

There are various themes and conversations I look to discuss with all of my clients. One of them is about how to understand your metabolism during the process of changing your body.  The vast majority of people use the...

I have updated my member's area by adding another 10 workouts to it. There are just under 40 in total now. It is based on the training I used during lockdown while the gyms were closed. It worked well as I gained...

If you play any sport, be this casual tennis, competitive rugby or a martial art your success comes down to the interplay of your skills vs fitness abilities. What is often missed is that your skills are built out of...

The BBC wrote about some new research published in the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology that looked at the association of steps vs health risk. The researched reviewed the data from 17 studies on over...

The nature of health and fitness behaviours is that you will go through periods of better patterns and of course periods of worse habits. This is both normal and expected. The baseline average of these two is what I...

I have always been a fan of personality tests and questionnaires to discover more about yourself. In fact, I have a spreadsheet where I keep the scores of various personality tests that I have done on my friends :)....

I stumbled on a debate on Quora about what it is like to have '6 pack abs'. As you would expect on a website where anyone can answer your question there was a host of differing opinions. However, the same themes kept...

Hunger is a common topic around food and getting in shape. Despite this, most people are unaware of both the different feelings around hunger and the causes of them. To reduce food intake you will often need to...