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Do You Have A Training Diary?

15/02/2012

Maintaining a training diary is so important for you to track your progress. If you go by memory alone, it is hard to remember how much you lifted last week and if it was too hard or easy and if you need to change the weight this week. If you don’t track things, you will not know for sure if you are 20 seconds faster this week or if you are 20 seconds slower. If your aim is to get faster (or whatever) then keeping track of things will help you see what works, what doesn’t, and if you really are getting faster, or not. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motivation, Setting goals, Training

Healthy Chocolate Truffles

23/01/2012

Gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, vegan, potential to be raw

Ingredients:

½ Cup Cocoa
½ Cup Hazelnut meal
5 Dates
¼ Cup Water

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Mushroom And Fetta Mini-Frittatas

18/01/2012

Mushroom and goat's fetta mini-frittatas These are a great portable snack that keep well in the fridge and can be eaten hot or cold. Goat’s cheese is easier to digest than cow’s cheese and adds a lovely saltiness to the frittatas. This can of course be substituted for any cheese or left out completely. You can also add any herbs or spices you’d like to the mix

Mushroom And Fetta Mini-Frittatas
Healthy, high protein, gluten free & sugar free [Read more...]

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Eating Well In Social Situations

18/01/2012

After hearing from a few people doing The Sugar Challenge, I notice some people have problems eating well in social situations. I thought I’d give you a few ideas of what to say and do so you don’t feel like the antisocial ‘health freak’ or ‘dieter’ or whatever other label people want to call you. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Weight Loss

Can I Eat This?

18/01/2012

My general nutrition prescription is to eat a diet of whole natural unprocessed foods. Sugar, Kellogg’s cereals, chemical additives and packaged foods clearly don’t fit this description. There are plenty of healthy substitutes for unhealthy processed foods and I’m pretty good at hacking my diet to make sure I still get to eat chocolate muffins and pancakes – healthy versions, of course

I get plenty of questions, as well as absolute statements, from people looking to justify eating junk food such as “Can I have wine since it is just fermented grapes?” “I only use brown sugar,” “I only have ONE biscuit,” or “Is it ok to eat low fat Fruche?” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition

3 Mistakes Runners Make

10/01/2012

1. Only Running

Look up a running program online and you’ll find it usually contains 5-6 days of running and 1-2 days of rest. Occasionally a day will be marked as “Rest or Cross-train” without further instruction, but more often than not there is NO strength training component at all.

Some runners believe that the best way to get better at running is to run more but if you have poor biomechanics and muscle imbalances you will be one of the 50% of runners that are injured. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Injuries, Running, Training

Why Do You Workout?

28/12/2011

Lifting weights doesn’t just make you physically stronger, it makes you mentally stronger too. Sometimes when you know you have to do one more set or one more rep it is so hard to muster all the strength you can just to approach the weight and give it a go. The effort required is so hard. Lifting weights is intense. Lifting weights is tough.

When you have a challenging metabolic circuit sometimes the going gets so tough you don’t know if you can make it to the end. Your heart rate is so high and your muscles are so fatigued you don’t know if you can do just one more minute. That last minute can seem like an eternity. If you are tough enough to get through those last 60 seconds you are tough enough to get through anything.

Training to get stronger and fitter is training to get tougher in life.

Filed Under: Motivation, Training

The Sugar Challenge

28/12/2011

Kick the sugar habit EVERYONE knows sugar is bad for you. It doesn’t matter which dietary protocol you follow, there is NO system that actively encourages you to eat more sugar!

After the debauchery of Christmas I’ve decided to issue a challenge. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Setting goals

Did You Meet Your Goals This Year?

28/12/2011

So 2011 is coming to an end and perhaps you are starting to think about your new year’s resolutions. But first, how did you go this year? Did you achieve your goals? More importantly, are you fitter, stronger and healthier? And have you gained more knowledge that you can apply to yourself to keep you on track for getting to where you want to be?

I had a few fitness goals this year. My deadlift goal was 120kg and I didn’t quite get there [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motivation, Nutrition, Setting goals, Weight Loss

Why I Don’t Count Calories

14/12/2011

Calories in, calories out – that’s what you hear it’s all about. In the newspapers, on TV – It’s what the current Television Personal Trainers say. Those who know me, know I never suggest counting calories as part of a nutrition plan. I couldn’t even guess how many calories or kilojoules are in an apple let alone a slice of pizza and I don’t see why I should have to know that. I especially don’t see why YOU should have to memorise how many calories you are SUPPOSEDLY consuming.