Fitness Cons Part 1
Seriously I saw this advertised in a local shop today that it will drop a dress size of you in three weeks! Stuff like this needs to stop in the fitness industry. How these two grinning morons can stand there and sell this rubbish is beyond me. They are taking advantage of the [...]
Weight Loss Part 1: What’s in your cupboard?
In today’s article we are going to look at what you should find in your cupboard when trying to lose weight. The following foods will help you lose weight as part of calorie controlled diet. Pulses and Legumes Pulses and legumes will offer a source of carbohydrates that will not lead to spikes in [...]
Stupid things people do in Gyms!
Hope I don’t offend any here but I probably will. Today I’ve seen some things which should never happen. • Holding down your partners legs while they do sit ups Why is this stupid? Everyone does it. The reason why this gym staple is silly, pointless and counter productive is down to bio-mechanics. When you [...]
Get more Sleep!
Do you need better sleep? Sleep plays an important role in appetite, if you are sleep deprived your appetite will increase, this is caused by two hormones Ghrelin and Leptin. Ghrelin to your body means “go” and Leptin means “stop” to your appetite, when sleep deprived you produce more Ghrelin and less Leptin which leads [...]
Everyone wants to be toned!
Everyone wants to be toned yet no one wants to eat protein! I am going to have a rant and if i am honest its mainly aimed at you women! You all want to be “toned” yet when I tell you eat more protein you look at me like I suggest you to take steroids. [...]
Abdominal Training
Everyone wants abs! However no one wants to do the real hard work to get them. Below I have listed a fairly straight forward yet effective routine for abdominal training. One thing people have got to remember is this will only work if your body fat levels are low enough for your abdominal’s to be [...]
When it comes to weight loss calories Are King
http://bit.ly/9k6eZA I have played around with nearly every diet, fad and idea when it comes to weight loss (its the bread and butter of the fitness industry). I have tried atkins, south beach, metabolic, paleo, dukan etc… however one simple factor remains king, the calorie. The above article details a professor of human [...]
Tip of the day – When in doubt in feast!
So you have been dieting for weeks on end and he very sight of a jam doughnut makes you want to cry but you stay strong in order not to ruin your progress. However over the last week the scales have not moved one inch you have staled in your weight loss attempts. Sounds [...]
Endurance athletes needs protein + carbohydrates during exercise
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081223193108.htm Here is one for the endurance athletes out there. Traditionally endurance athletes have focused on consuming carbohydrate only sports supplements during their training. It seems to make sense that a sport were the bodies stores of carbohydrate are used that drinking carbohydrates will boost performance. The above study shows that a protein plus carbohydrate [...]
