Ask me a year ago if I’d consider my self a walker and I would’ve laughed. I didn’t walk anywhere. I even used to drive to the tesco express that I could see from my back garden. That all changed January this year; with the goal of getting on top of my aches and pains […]
Give the Stability Ball Plank a go to firm up the abdominals and improve your core stability! – Start with your forearms on the ball, knees on the floor – Lift your knees and hold. – Keep your whole body in one straight line from head to foot – You should feel in your abdominals, […]
After being inspired by Wimbledon earlier this year I took the plunge and joined a tennis club. Being me, I thought I could dive right back in where I left off 10 years ago. So I played at maximum intensity for hours, two days in a row. On the second day I could tell my […]
One of the main battles people have is staying engaged with fitness overtime. Because our business relies on helping people achieve sustainable results we’ve had to come up with ways to make keeping fit as interesting and enjoyable as possible. So, If you’re tired of the same old routine and need some ideas on mixing […]
Running is one of the simplest, most convenient ways to keep fit. We can do it almost anywhere, we don’t need a great deal of time and it costs no more than the price of a pair of trainers. For these reasons running is pretty cool. Problem is, for many it causes aches and pains […]
You’re keen to keep fit over the holiday season, but you’re either away on holiday, stuck in hotels, or you’ve got to stay home with the kids. Fortunately I’ve got a quick fix to help you keep your foot in door. Even if you’re limited for time, equipment and space. Enter the 10 minute Home, […]
One of our members came to see me about a refresher course in nutrition – she’d done a course last year but wanted to tighten up on a few of the habits as she was looking to lose a few more lbs. We got talking and I asked her if she was still taking her […]
I’m often asked for ‘recipe’ ideas but the truth is I’m not much of a recipe cook, more of an assembler of ingredients. Having said that I very much want to eat food that is quick, easy and tasty – the holy grail of food prep! So here are six salad staples that I regularly […]
Have you ever seen Britain’s Favourite Supermarket Foods? (on BBC1 a while back). They were looking at simple ways to tweak our diets that would keep us fuller for longer and stave off the snack attacks so helping us watch our waistlines. The idea being that if we didn’t need to reach for the sugary, sweet […]
One of the habits we cover in the DF fat loss nutrition program is the timing of eating carbohydrates. In short, if you want to lose weight to change your physique, you’ll likely need to firstly address the type of carbohydrates you eat and secondly when you eat them. This is the habit that provokes the biggest […]
