I was recently asked by a student at Exeter university to help her out with an article she was writing. She asked for some tips about health and training aimed at women (students). So here they are in no particular … Continue reading
When we were younger I suspect that many of us had rope climbs as part of our PE lessons along with a variety of gymnastic type tumbles, jumps, twists, lifts and rolls. As young developing bodies these type of activities … Continue reading
The fibre make up of a muscle group should determine the load and therefore the rep range of the set / exercise being preformed. All muscles have mix of fibre types, but they will have a dominance of one type … Continue reading
A farmer was explaining to me the other day about the benefits of eating local honey as opposed to getting honey that wasn’t indigenous to the local population. He said that local (to the user) honey helps with allergies such … Continue reading
A line in my booklet ‘Leaner living’ says ‘it is better to get your nutrition right and your training wrong than your training right and your nutrition wrong’. This was further proved to me today when a trainer returned to … Continue reading
They say that “failing to plan is planning to fail”. As a trainer and coach I agree with this sentiment. Experience from my own training and from helping others plan and execute their training, if there is no plan in … Continue reading
I recently got into a discussion about fat loss with some health professionals. They were being quite forceful that in order to lose body fat it is a simple case of ‘calories in verses calories out’ i.e. so long as … Continue reading
This is a blog written by Lucy a PFP figure athlete. It is her account of her journey to the UK finals. It all started in January 2011. I was sitting as home thinking about what I would like to … Continue reading
Walk down any street in the UK these days and you can not fail to notice that our children are getting fatter and unhealthier every year. Why is this and what can be done about it? Some factors are discussed … Continue reading
This blog is intended to show what I consider to be the basic compound exercises that the average person should concentrate on for best general results. I deliberately have not over complicated things by delving in to specifics for various … Continue reading
Lucy a Precision Fitness & Performance (PFP) member entered her first ‘figure’ competition in July 2011 and won it. She had wanted to do something like this for a long time and after winning has well and truly caught the bug, she … Continue reading
Earlier this month (June 2011) I was kindly invited back to give a nutritional presentation to Crossfit Plymouth UK. This was my 4th lecture down there and has become a regular and very enjoyable couple of hours. They are a … Continue reading
Mum says that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. As usual Mum is right! If we eat a good quality nutritious and ‘life giving’ breakfast it sets us up correctly for the day, however if we eat … Continue reading
‘If a person trains through a full range of movement (ROM) and is structurally balance do they need to stretch?’ I posted this question on FB recently and got some different views ranging from ‘stretching is 100% necessary’ to a … Continue reading
I recently wrote a blog explaining my view on vegetarians called ‘Vegetarians – The right idea but the wrong application’. I presented the argument for and against (but mainly against) vegetarianism in the form of a conversation between a vegetarian … Continue reading
I was watching a nature documentary the other day about monkeys or apes or something, anyway, one of them had killed a young deer but had fail to bring it back to the rest of the group to eat. The … Continue reading
“Right, that’s it, I’m turning into a bit of a porker. I better get a grip and do something”. This thought is normally followed by a surge of so called ‘cardio’ and cutting back the calories. Hit the treadmill and cut out fats! … Continue reading
“Are you training hard mate”? This is a fairly standard question from fellow gym users. Normally followed up with “what are you doing today”. The reply will often be “a bit of chest and guns”. I am not sure why … Continue reading
Before I learnt about periodisation, super compensation, back off periods, de-loading, in season training, GAS effect of training etc, in fact before I knew my arse from my elbow I was doing some form of periodisation by default! Clever except … Continue reading
I posed the above question on facebook the other day and got an array of answers ranging from ‘ban the belt’ to ‘only if training heavily’ and lots in between. All good stuff to be fair and of course the … Continue reading
Here is Precision Fitness & Performance (PFP) athlete Su competing in her first powerlifting competition. She wieghed in at 63 kg on the day. She did’nt get an automatic qualification in to the nationals as her total KGs lifted … Continue reading
I saw quite a cool T shirt yesterday that said ‘SQUAT TILL YOU PUKE’ on the front, a great sentiment and depending on what training affect you want is probably a good idea. Most serious strength athletes, trainers, and sports … Continue reading
A swimmer approached me a while ago to get a training and nutritional strategy sorted out. He is hoping to qualify for this 2012 Olympics, happy days!! Anyway to cut a long story short, one of the exercises he had … Continue reading
It has been said that we are 100 times more stressed than our forefathers. Humans are programmed to deal with stress by either ‘fight or flight’ i.e. we get in to a stressful situation, we then receive a shot of … Continue reading
I was invited to crossfit plymouth yesterday to give their athletes a presentation about nutrition. This is the 3rd time I have presented down there and every time I have been made to feel very welcome. The team down there … Continue reading
This is what 1800 kcals (calories) looks like. Broken down as follows: -Protein: 170grams -Fats: 40 grams -Carbs: 60 grams -Water: 2.5 litres -Fishoil: 10grams -Multivitamins x 3 -Green drink’ (wheat grass, barley grass, alfalfa, mint) to alkalise (see previous … Continue reading
A colleague asked me yesterday if it’s possible to eat too much meat. It’s a difficult question to answer (especially by text) so I thought a wee blog would help both him and me investigate. These are simply my thoughts … Continue reading
Mid flow at Exeter college yesterday, a good bunch of students. Thanks to Charlotte Hayes and Jon Hill for looking after me!!! Always scarey when waffling to youths!!!
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I have been asked to give a presentataion about the life of a PT to a group of possible future trainers at Exeter college tomorrow. One of the topics I have been asked to cover is ‘top tip’ that may … Continue reading
Further to the recent blog ‘Acid – alkaline balance’ in which I waffled on about the need to assist our body to maintain a PH of 7.4 and to help keep out ‘inner terrain’ at this level we should balance our … Continue reading
There are a lot of studies around these days about acid – alkaline balancing and how we ought to strive for a more alkaline ‘internal environment’. Our bodies strive to keep our PH (acid – alkaline level) at around 7.4 and … Continue reading
Eskimos! How come they were so healthy when most of their nutrition was derived from fats and protein from fish? No so called ‘healthy, low fat, low cholesterol, sugar free, lactose free, wonder food’ options for them. Part of the … Continue reading
