If I told you that to win a million euros you had to jump out of an aeroplane, I am sure some of you would overcome your objections, fears, excuses of heights and whatever it took to fling yourself from a moving plane. Fat loss is no different. The task is not impossible. It just [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why Weight Watchers Stinks for Fat Loss
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 [...]
‘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 [...]




