I watched my eldest son yesterday spend the best part of 30 minutes practicing his kicking with a rugby ball. It was a great day at the park. Sun was shining and the ball was flying around like a rocket. I kept asking him if he wanted to play on the swings but he said ...…
Aaahhhh!! The K Word or the forbidden dietary conundrum. Yes it shouldn’t be used by uncontrolled type 1 diabetics, pregnant women or those with an existing kidney condition. But for the vast majority of us it is perfectly safe. Ketosis is as Lyle MacDonald states “the shifting of carbohydrate to fat as the body’s preferred ...…
Does it seem that you find yourself setting New Years resolutions every year and yet be caught in the same vicious circlecome next year writes personal trainer in Dublin John Lark. Here is how tobreak the mould and actually get where you need to go. It seems everywhere I look the word‘resolution’ is staring me ...…
You know when it comes to weight gain most of us think that it is just simply the problem of too much ‘through the old cake hole’ and not enough moving around. I use to think that too. But the more I worked with people on this, the more I concluded that there is far ...…
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 ...…
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 ...…
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 ...…
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 ...…