The squat is the king of lower body exercises, primed to firm the thighs and lift the cut of the glutes. If there is one exercise that will make you look great in those skinny jeans, or make your legs look slender in heels – it’s squats. But unfortunately there are so many myths and … Read more
In his latest newsletter Patrick Holford highlights research that breast cancer risk for women in the UK has increased; affecting one in every eight women today, up from one in nine a decade ago. The biggest rise is in the 50 to 69 year-old age group, where instances of the disease have increased by 6% … Read more
Most of you going to the gym are going because you want to lose a little bit of weight and to tone up, especially those problem areas such as the bum and thighs. However, very few of you will know how to train the legs effectively to lift and tone these areas. Training the legs … Read more
Dr Briffa points out in his blog how people do not have to have coeliac disease to react to gluten. This is an opinion i share and i have also helped many clients with IBS who were not coeliac by removing gluten from their diet. http://www.drbriffa.com/2011/01/26/new-study-shows-that-its-possible-to-react-to-gluten-but-not-have-coeliac-disease/
Read this re-post from Fulham FC website…. http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2011/January/SchwarzerKeepingForm.aspx
The second most common running injury I see in recreational runners is knee pain, oftentimes also called patella femoral joint pain or chondromalacia patella syndrome. This knee problem very often also involves the patella tendon, whereby there is tendonopathy in the patella tendon – much like what happens in the Achilles tendon (read my blog … Read more
One of the most common running injuries I come across in recreational runners is Achilles tendonopathy, more commonly known as Achilles tendonitis – suggesting there is inflammation in the tendon, however this is not the case (more on this later). I’m going to talk you though how to prevent this running injury, and how you … Read more
Step 7: Eat fat burning foods When you reach your ideal weight and body fat, through working with your nutritiosinst for weight loss, you enter the maintenance phase you should be eating the following fat burning foods 1. Hot peppers contain nutrients that help increase metabolism 2. Tea of any colour, especially green tea has … Read more
Step 6: Maintenance phase Pay attention to your weight and body fat throughout the add back phase until your weight and body fat loss stops. At this point you have reached your maintenance diet. If your weight goes back up 2kg go back to boot camp weight loss diet phase and go back through the add … Read more
You wake up on race day full of excited anticipation for the road ahead, dreaming of a personal best and glad that the months of treadmill running are behind you. However, there is a slight doubt in the back of your mind; you can’t quite put your finger on it. Have you prepared … Read more
Step 5: Add back phase From day 16 onwards you eat on a 6:1 day ratio, i.e. you eat as per boot camp for 6 days and can have a cheat meal every 7th day at 6pm. Put all the cheat food you want to eat on the table, eat it and as soon as … Read more