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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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 [...]
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What is it with our Obsession with the Scales?
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 / [...]
‘Snow’ Excuse Not to Build Health
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 [...]
How to Spot Good Nutrition and What You Can Do About It
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 [...]
The Snowball Effect of Health
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 [...]
Quick Nutritional Boosters for Swine Flu Prevention
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 [...]
Learning from the Most Powerful
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 [...]
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
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 [...]
Personal Trainer Avoids Low Fat Staples
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 [...]
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