You have heard or may have even said it yourself: “I have a slow metabolism” OR “But I don’t eat much” This article is a nice eye opener and offers sound advice. “There’s a common belief that people who are overweight have a slow metabolism (burn energy slowly), while thin people have a ...…
In my daily browse I found this short but sweet (and accurate) article which is worthy of being shared here; http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/slim/fatthin.shtml p Basically, fatter people eat a lot more than thinner people, even though they don’t think or remember they do. Perhaps a deeper seated issue at play here? Or just Gluttony? ...…
September 07th 1995 I was being prepped for the biggest surgery of my life, at lunch time I was due to become lunch for the surgeons knife. I was a great all round athlete before this day. I was enduring, agile, accurate and determined with a great degree of hand eye coordination. But this ...…
The NHS costs the Government approximately one hundred billion pounds per year. Lets look at how you can help reduce that figure from your home. If you could boost your immune system and minimise body fat you would be less likely to go to the doctors due to a lessening of your chance of actually getting ...…
If we all learned to strengthen our bodies, if we knew that there were men of strength and confidence around us and that we were a part of that too, do you think the rioters would have such total dominance over the streets? No.…
When you walk into your workout area be it a commercial gym, your garage or a hardcore lifters paradise you need to be bringing as much energy with you as you can. Music is a great way to boost your mental and thus physical va va voom! As a Personal Trainer I deal with ...…
And just what is a meat sack? Well any fan of Supernatural knows: it refers to our body. Clear? Wonderful. Now the sunshine has finally taken center stage we all ought to be thinking about what we look like with less clothing on. Yes, we should, it’s REALLY important. Did you know ...…
The Two Ways to Change Your Body Through exercise; Method One and Method Two. 1) Through increasing lean body mass and reduced nutrient intake (I will call this, Method One). 2) Through increased calorific burning from exercise (Method Two). Method One focuses on building lean tissue such as muscle (in the right places), ...…
Muscular Hypertrophy, for the uninitiated, is the the enlargement of existing muscle. Putting on more muscle mass. Getting buff. Beefing up. Pick your preference. As as Personal Trainer I am asked, albeit, in a round abouts way, to put muscle on people as quickly and painlessly as possible. Tough job but manageable under the right ...…
You are weaker than you could be. Here, at Epsom Personal Training, we focus on increasing our trainees strength as a major part of our training. Why? Because life is easier when you are stronger. AND bodies look better the stronger they are. You likely train with barbells along your quest to get stronger, look ...…