If you want to gain weight then do what the masses are doing at the moment. Is there any wonder that chronic degenerative disease is on the rise. Drugs will soon be dispensed like ‘pick and mix’ and very few of us actually ‘live’ on our terms. I and I am sure you would prefer [...]
Mid-rift Fat and What You Can Do About It
It is the classic scenario that eludes so many people. They hit the gym hard yet they find it hard to shift the love handles. Days drag into weeks, weeks into months, months into years and still the dreaded tyre just wont shift. The rest of the body may (or may not be) taking shape [...]
It is a question of choice
So I am here in the US writing this and as you can imagine there really is no better place to get a grip on what is extreme and what is not. You see you can be REALLY healthy and fit and lean and trim and immaculate and you can equally be REALLY sick and [...]
Truth About Fat Loss Workshop November
Here is the poster for the event If you wish to promote the event at your workplace, school, club or with friends then here is a PDF copy for you to download 21110-the-truth-about-fat-loss-poster1 – just right click and ‘Save As’
How You Start Your Day is Key to Health
There was a time, some would argue, when we ‘had time’. Family crowded round the oil based table cloth, devouring lashings of thickly buttered toast and rashers and hot tea. It looked like a scene out of an Avoca catalogue. Fast-forward 50 years. Most people are on their way to work before the sun rises. [...]
Exercise Excuse Busting
Someone reminded me that there was 100 days to Christmas last week. So, will you be able to squeeze into the Little Black Dress or will you be beating yourself into come New Year. Here are some problems when it comes to starting a programme and my solutions to them. Problem “I don’t have enough [...]
Milk – The Why Not and the How
Why? Here are just a few reasons – for a more comprehensive review of the reasons why I am totally against diary consumption see here You are six times more likely to have a heart attack as a milk drinker. There is a strong correlation between dairy consumption and breast cancer rates particularly in the [...]
The Dangers of Milk Consumption
This guest post is from my collegue, Phil Richards a nutritionist based in the UK. I have known Phil for a good while now and he is at the forefront of nutritional understanding and application. He has a plethora of experience at all levels from Olympic athletes, World Strongman, Cancer Patients and Joe Public. Check [...]
Sunbeds, Fat Loss and Health
As a personal trainer I have been meaning to write this for a while now and only this week saw the debate about Sunbeds rear its ugly head again. And we are not talking about the head of the not-so-healthy health minister here. Typically what happens in Ireland is a rallying call from the political [...]
Why Weight Watchers Stinks for Fat Loss
I hate weight watchers and as a personal trainer I have seen many a victim of its folly. There you go, I said and used the dirty ‘h’ word, but it is true. In fact nothing turns my stomach more than seeing another points chart, low-fat cereal bar and neurotic, moody woman so pre-occupied with [...]




