It is common across most faiths to observe periods of dietary change or abstinence. In Judaism, there are various occasions calling for dietary restrictions, while Muslims observe Ramadan, and Christians prepare for Lent, which begins tomorrow on Ash Wednesday.   ...

In my second book "Change Your Thinking, Change Your Shape" I spent a lot of time talking about false beliefs that keep people stuck from getting results and compared it to the different ways people in great shape think. While it is good to be aware of beliefs, one...

As we go into February I have had a couple of discussions with clients and others about how fast they are losing fat. One person told me they had lost a stone (~6.3kg / 14lbs) in January but wanted to hurry up the process. Another client has been going at 1kg (2lbs) a...

I have been helping people get in shape, improve their health or achieve a fitness aim since 2002! For some reason I always enjoyed helping people improve themselves and that has not diminished over the 20 years, if anything, it has increased. A big change that has...

  My fitness goals this year are primarily focused on doing my next Hyrox fitness event in May. This ensures my aerobic fitness, strength and body weight are all in a great place. If that all goes well then perhaps I would do the Hyrox Pro event in November after...

I have started a new free fitness class here in Battersea on Friday evenings. Kick the weekend off in style with some Hyrox style fitness training and some banter. Hyrox is a mix of running, body weight exercises and strength training. All levels can be catered for as...

  As we head into the first weekend of 2024, for many it will be a time without alcohol as they embark upon dry January.  As I wrote about in November, I have not drunk since 2008. The process of giving up drinking actually started with a dry January back in 2005. At...

As 2024 awaits, the anti-New Year resolutions people will come up with their criticisms of the process while the over enthusiastic will make promises to themselves that will barely last a week. The way I look at it, to achieve your goals you will have to make a change...

As the year comes to an end it is beneficial to learn from the things that have happened and/or did not happen within your health & fitness. A year is a long time and it gives a fairly good picture when evaluating your efforts. This process does not need to be...