I watched my eldest son yesterday spend the best part of 30 minutes practicing his kicking with a rugby ball. It was a great day at the park. Sun was shining and the ball was flying around like a rocket. I kept asking him if he wanted to play on the swings but he said ...…
There was a time, some would argue, when we ‘had time’. Family crowded round the oil based table cloth, devouring lashings of thickly buttered toast and rashers and hot tea. It looked like a scene out of an Avoca catalogue. Fast-forward 50 years. Most people are on their way to work before the sun rises. ...…
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 / ...…
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 ...…
As a personal trainer in Maynooth I see frustration. For most women, it is like the annoying relative that has over-stayed their welcome. Recent research revealed that Dublin women suffer more from cellulite than the rest of the country with nearly one in three complaining it causes them problems. This compares to 19pc of women ...…