29th May 2008
So, you've made it. You're finally on holiday!
(Yeah, I know, you're still at the office slaving away at your desk but bear with me, I'm painting a picture here!)
After all those weeks of cutting calories, depriving yourself of treats and regularly ...
11th April 2008
Open just about any magazine even slightly related to health and fitness and you'll find some variant or another of 'six weeks to a six-pack' or 'awesome abs' or 'core training secrets of the stars' or the like.
It's amazing!
It's as if the whole wo...
31st March 2008
In this current era of 'functional' training, core stability and balance-oriented training it's easy to get carried away with learning what I call the 'HOW's' of exercise.
HOW to balance on a swiss ball, HOW to integrate movement patterns and HOW to de...
28th March 2008
Have you ever stopped to think about WHY you work out the way you do?
If you're like most people you've probably just fallen into the rut of doing the same things from workout to workout with little consideration for WHY you're doing them. For example;...
28th March 2008
You train regularly, lift weights, row, run, step and swim. In fact you consider yourself to be pretty fit compared to most people and yet, no matter how hard you try, there are some exercises that just never seem to get any easier.
If you're like most...
28th March 2008
Why is it that so many people dread getting older?
I mean, what is it that causes sensible, mature, educated people to burst into tears or go thorough 'mid-life' crises at the very mention of their 40th birthday?
It's weird isn't it?
After all, g...
27th March 2008
If I had a pound for every time someone asked me for a 10-minute workout that you can do at home with little or no equipment, I swear I'd be a millionaire.
In fact, if I had just a penny for every time I've heard that request I'd be pretty damned wealt...
27th March 2008
It's the last day of your holiday and after walking around in flip-flops and a bikini for a fortnight it's finally time to pack your case and take a return flight back to reality.
Taking stock, you're feeling pretty good about yourself. You're totally ...
21st February 2008
Ever had one of those million-dollar ideas?
You know, the kind of lightbulb-over-the-head ideas that you just know without a shadow of a doubt will change not only your life but also the lives of everyone you share it with?
And yes, as its name sugg...
23rd January 2008
Can I ask you a question?
When was the last time you walked into Amazon, Barnes and Noble or even your local bookstore to buy a book?
Was it recently?
When you were browsing around reading the book-sleeve, did an attendant run up to you and say "...
23rd January 2008
Doesn´t marketing just drive you crazy sometimes?
It seems that every single week a new marketing program goes on sale promising us that, once bought and utilised, we´ll be able to attract more clients and earn more money than we ever dreamed possibl...
22nd January 2008
Over the last couple of years I've dedicated a lot of time to doing appraisals of the marketing materials that much of the Personal Training industry is currently using in an effort to gain a better understanding of why so many trainers are still seriousl...
