A really good piece of research came out recently that looked to review all the studies done on resistance training, weight lifting and strength to see what does the evidence actually tell us? It was done by the American College of Sports & Medicine (ACSM) as part...

I was on The Experts Hangout Podcast this week, and we got on to discussing The Biggest Loser TV show, weight regain and the effect on metabolism longer term. While looking for the links to send over for the post show notes, I re-read the original research and found...

Easter weekend is upon us and the chocolate eggs will be out. For me, I feel worrying about whether to avoid something, or desperately trying to be good on one day, or weekend in a year is fairly wasteful. The great thing about Health & Fitness is short term...

Cholesterol is an issue that comes up with a fair few of my clients and it is quite interesting when you dig below the surface. Some feel it is the main driver of heart disease and must be lowered at all costs, others will say it does not matter at all and is...

We are only in March but the glorious weather means there is an air of spring fitness drives around the corner. One topic I have with almost all clients is about the speed by which you can get results and the expected timeline for seeing any sort of change, versus...

Research shows that muscle mass and strength gradually decline with age, a process known as sarcopenia. This usually begins slowly from around the age of 30–40 and then accelerates more rapidly from around 60 onwards. The good news is that muscle loss is far more...

We have got to March, where gym attendance starts to drop and the New Year enthusiasm begins to fade. For me, I am stepping things up as I am extra motivated after a personal best time in Hyrox last week. As most people do not share my love and obsession for exercise,...

Last week both Lent and Ramadan started. While they come from very different backgrounds and mean different things to the people who observe them, there is something within both that links strongly to health and fitness. That is the act of deliberately changing...

You may have seen the reports last month about a new study on how quickly people regain body fat after losing it. The research focused on comparing what happens when people do it on their own, via behaviour based programmes or using medications & jabs to get...