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 [...]

This week in Maynooth was spent at Sphere Personal Training explaining to people that results come one of two routes. One is quick and short-lasting, the other is gradual and long-lasting.
There are two roads in health and fitness. One is the lock and load, fire it up and attack it with all you can [...]

As a personal trainer in kilcock I stand by the following principles.

“Methods are many, principles are few, methods may change, and principles never do”
So as I read this week that a common range of fat burning pills have been removed from the market it comes as no surprise.
This is coupled with the whole supermarket [...]

There is a crucial distinction between exercising and training. It can mean the difference between you the acheiver and the non-achievers in health and fitness.
It can mean the difference between frustration and elation with your results.
In Chinese philosophy life exists in balance with a ‘yin’ and the ‘yang’. The Chinese apply various characteristics to
Yang [...]

Our obsessions with what the scales read are now a firm imprint on our daily lives. The medical community thrust the BMI scale upon us and tell us what degree of obesity we are.
Discussions around the dinner table, at work, with relatives and now even with child revolve around ‘how much you weigh / have [...]

Even as a personal trainer with so many conflicting debates, diet books, fads and approaches it seems an almost impossible task to wade through it all.
Where do you begin and more importantly what are you aiming for or looking to achieve?
Like training and any fat loss goal, it pays to have the end result in [...]

Ok – so you are on a health programme and Xmas is now ‘in the way’ of your progress and you will inevitably put on about 10lbs in the space of a day and that will be it. Game over. Job done. I am out of here. Health on the back burner – again as [...]

In a world of short-cuts is there really a quick route to getting the body of your dreams?
As always it depends. It will depend on your goals – figure athlete or general health and well-being? Sports athlete or armchair athlete?
I have NEVER seen anyone get results without 5 Hours of exercise a week and 90% [...]

In our age obsession with weight loss and fat loss are we missing the bigger picture here writes Dublin based Personal Trainer, John Lark?
I believe we are. And seeing through this will mean a) less stress in trying to get to your target weight and b) LIVING rather than worrying about the scales say minute [...]

Is there more to the old adage that to lose weight you must simply eat more and do less writes Dublin Personal Trainer, John Lark. In this article we explain how a simple strategy could literally knock pounds off you without doing anything dramatic to your current nutritional habits
Well, yes and no.
Consume fewer calories than [...]