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Whole Foods: What’s All The Fuss About? As a nation, our knowledge, as well as our access to various types of foods has certainly increased over hundreds of years. Nutrition, that being what we eat, has become a prominent topic of conversation, given our propensity to consume foods high in sugar, saturated fat, as well …
Motivation The Oxford dictionary defines motivation as: “A reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way”. Motivation comes in many forms. It can be visual, emotional or physical and is subjective to an individual. What works for one person, won’t scratch the surface for another. There are occasion-specific types of …
How do you influence kids to exercise? “Daddy, can I do some exercises this morning?” – Davina, 7 Considering the ever growing, “please don’t mention it again because we’ve heard it so many times” epidemic of childhood obesity, I have become very interested in what makes kids tick when it comes to exercise. The above …
In 2009 the vitamin and mineral supplement industry was worth more than £270 million. That’s a lot of pill-popping. Yet several studies recently, including one released just a few days ago, strongly indicated that supplements are at best unnecessary – and at worst could even be harmful. Which does beg the question… What’s going on? …
Emma Asks, ” I’m Looking to add an exercise class to my workouts. How do I know whether a class will be best for me and if its taught properly?” Great question Emma. Fitness classes, whether they’re outdoors on a muddy field or in a studio based environment can be a great way to workout. …
I am just getting back into running after a few years focussing on other fitness challenges. After a couple of weeks’ training I entered my local Parkrun to test my fitness and set a benchmark for future weeks. For those unfamiliar with it, Parkrun is a national project offering free weekly 5km runs in local …
The evolutionary diet of our ancestors is usually referred to as the Palaeolithic Diet (PD) referring to the Palaeolithic or Stone Age era. The basic principles of PD are that for millions of years, humans have eaten meat, fish, fowl and the leaves, roots and fruits of many plants and our genes are now coded …
It’s no shock that we are quickly turning into a nation of sedentary individuals and that we no longer ‘need’ to be active to survive. We can quite happily wake up, drive to work, sit at a desk for 8 hours drive home, sit on the sofa, got to bed and repeat, with no danger …
When did you last try something challenging and fail? In our modern risk-averse, success-driven society failure is not an option. Failure at work might get us the sack. Failure in our personal life is seen as making us a lesser person. Yet failure is a key building block in greater success. In my last few …
It’s hardly news if I tell you that, as a nation, we’re getting fatter. It probably won’t surprise you either that most people who want personal training with me want to lose weight. Although there are many reasons people gain weight, there is nearly always one common cause that the UK is getting fatter, which …
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