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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Jim Collins’ book Good to Great we hear the story of one ultra athlete by the name of Dave Scott won the Hawaiian Ironman Triathlon six times.
In training, Scott would ride his bike 75 miles, swim 20,000 meters, and run 17 miles – on average, every single day. Dave Scott did not have a [...]

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 [...]

Is the seret to fat loss about getting the Balance Between Acid and Alkaline? Or is this just another fad? Well unlike other approaches, the principles that underpin this approach are sound and simple. Sounds like a winning formula to me.
Ok, ok I know ANOTHER dietary fad, promise or quick fix.
But, hey, listen up because [...]