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 [...]

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 [...]

So the New Year has bought with it promises of dramatic change and Spartan-like dedication to the task in hand – your health and fitness levels.
To make this easy I want to make this as simple as possible.
Here is a list of what I believe to be the best steps you can take this year [...]

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 [...]

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% [...]

With the swine flu hitting fever pitch and the flu season into the Champions League stages it seems appropriate that now is the time to be proactive in your health.
As pioneering health and medicinal Doctor Antoine Bechamp once wrote, it is the ‘terrain’ rather than the ‘germ’ that makes us ill.
Meaning, we are surrounded by [...]

John Lark, a personal trainer in Celbridge, Co.Kildare outlines how we can take lessons from the Obamas when it comes to health and fitness. You don’t have time….reallly? Read on…
When Michele Obama emerged from the aftermath of her Husband’s inauguration the world was heard muttering words of encouragement about the first lady’s physique.
In particular her [...]

As a personal trainer in Maynooth I wanted to just clear up some confusion.
First exercise is what it is. A superb way to provide you with longevity, health, vitality and energy. If you do it right you may even lose a bit of weight when combined with a sensible eating plan.
However, if you want results [...]

As a personal trainer in maynooth, I have found that it is widely accepted in the fitness and fat loss community that the more a food product places on marketing, hype, colourful packaging and ‘in-your-face’ labelling the worse it is for your waist line.
Take for instance Breakfast Cereals. Advertising budget of millions. Characters to sell [...]

It is obvious when you have been working as a personal trainer in Dublin for 5 years alongside working with hundreds of clients that a calorie is not just a calorie.
I love the calorie debate.
Eat less (consume less calories than you need to run the engine) and do more exercise.
Simple. How many times have we [...]