Exciting News

Earlier this month I was approached by the editor of WatchFit (a popular online fitness website) to be a contributing author to their blog. This would mean I could share my knowledge with a wider audience which of course I gladly accepted. I was tasked to write an article on female specific training and to…

The Phil Learney Hypertrophy Seminar

Saturday just gone saw me heading over to Birmingham for Strength and Conditioning coach Phil Learney’s seminar on Hypertrophy. Phil has established himself as a very reputable coach through training some elite athletes including worlds strongest man competitors, fitness models, pro rugby players, NFL players and many more. After following Phil’s writing on Facebook for…

Top 5 Fat Loss Myths

MYTH 1: “LOSING WEIGHT IS ALL ABOUT CALORIES” Calories is definitely a big factor in weight loss but not the be all and end all, as long as you’re in a deficit (energy expenditure exceeds energy intake) you will lose weight (key word being weight, not fat) taking care of your hormones is the trick…

Fat and Testosterone

stay away from fat, because it will make me fat, clog up my arteries, raise my blood pressure, and pretty much every other health problem there is. Even when training to be a PT the nutrition advice what we are taught to promote is low-fat. As most people are starting to now realise, fat doesn’t…