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Ketosis and The Low Carb Approach Bad Rap

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 [...]

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Never Set a Resolution

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 [...]

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The Mood Cure to Weight Loss

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 [...]

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How to Gain Dead Weight Quickly and Scupper Your Health Too

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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The Two Roads of Health

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 [...]

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