If your main goal is to optimise and develop your health then what should you be doing?Most people assume that the process of changing your body and developing your health are the same thing. While they can be similar in process they are not the same. Developing your...

A couple of weeks back I wrote about all of the factors that affect your metabolism. This was in respect to the Energy Balance Equation, which is the primary determining factor in losing weight. Today we look into the factors that affect how much food you eat. This is...

Last weekend it was the virtual London Marathon which replaced the cancelled in-person event scheduled for Sunday. I quite liked the format, the rain was pouring down here in Battersea park and as I cycled through to the gym I was surprised to see it packed with...

It is very common this day and age for people who I work with to have lost track of the underlying mechanism by which you can change your body. With so much crazy and conflicting advice out there it is easy to get confused. It is important for you to understand that...

 It has been a while since I wrote a update about any research studies I have found particularly interesting. Some of the best ones are below. Corona Virus - I have spent way too much time looking at corona research reviews. Wherever you stand on it the disconnect...

There are a few major myths that almost everyone, including you, probably believes. This is because you have been lied to about it year upon year. The combination of this misinformation results in you putting your focus into the wrong areas, with wrong emphasis and in...

An underrated element of appearance is your posture, most of the attention about getting into shape is focused on losing fat or gaining muscle. However, we are hard wired to interpret posture as it allows us to gauge an initial evaluation of how the other person is...

Just a week after the government revealed their scheme to get the UK fitter now that Covid deaths are linked to obesity they also launched the "Eat Out To Help Out Scheme". This scheme flies in the face of the former plan as for the whole of August any fast food or...

The fitness world has loved Hiit for quite a while and it doesn't seem to going anywhere anytime soon. For me, I never got into it and still cannot bring myself to be a fan of it .There are some good things to it but these same traits are what I do not like about it....

This week the government announced their new plan to tackle 'obesity' now that it has been clearly linked to the chances of death from Covid-19. Every fitness professional I saw on social media seemed to slag off the initiative but for me at least they are doing...

The gyms reopen this weekend and I have had a few conversations about the nature of lifting weights which most people are still confused about. So here is a sum up -    What is Resistance Training (RT) ? - Performing a movement where you run out of steam / cannot...

There are various themes and conversations I look to discuss with all of my clients. One of them is about how to understand your metabolism during the process of changing your body.  The vast majority of people use the wrong concept for this area. All too often it is...