Health & Fitness Blog

Hello all gym peeps, let’s talk about that “Pump.” Ok, so why is it that when you walk in the gym on 31st December everyone seems to be hogging the dumbbell area and doing biceps. This was certainly the case for me on this day, I couldn’t get in, all Dumbells …

Just the kind of mood I am in today, I feel like I want to be Mr Motivator… but I can’t find my spandex… naked will have to do! When I first started coaching, I used to try to distance myself from my clients, insisting that personal life and “feelings” …

  In our world, there is a lot of pulling and curling. Pull-ups, pulling the bar, rowing, we might even throw some biceps curls in, yeah come on, we’re all past this “biceps curls are not functional” thing, right? How often do we curl stuff in our daily life and …

There is a lot of talk, I’m too old, this I’m too old that, my body just won’t move like that, or my body just doesn’t move at all. My creaky knees, my hips hurt, my shoulders, my arms can’t reach up that high and the list goes on. Well, what …

Here’s a little tip for other PT’s out there. Through my own humbling experiencing just when you think it cannot be done, it Can! with a little thought, research and planning an Awesome session can be accomplished by clients with two very different exercise histories. You know at one stage …

Reaping the rewards from kettlebell sport… I wanted to write this epic, thought- provoking, emotional article about kettlebell sport that would attract people to the sport, and I am not sure if this article will achieve my desired effect, but I am going to try. Kettlebell sport fits me and …

Understanding Energy Balance is simple, it’s not rocket science, let me explain it in it’s simplest form. Basically, if you eat more than your physically expending your either going to maintain where you are at with your current weight or body composition or you are going to put on weight. …

My 1st Kettlebell Sport Competition What a day it was my first competition in this sport.. It was nowhere near as scary as my last Crossfit comp I entered. My nerves were more under control. I didn’t worry about the eyes that were upon me. I knew what I had to …

Body Image These days you see so many people on Instagram that are made out to look perfect, the washboard abs, the tans, the flawless physiques in both males and females, it really can mess with one’s mind if not taken lightly. There are so many young girls with eating …

I never thought I would do this but today I conquered my first attempt at Kettlebell 1/2 marathon. This is a complete 30mins without putting the KB down. I performed 474 unbroken snatches with a 12kg. I could have kept going, actually for a further 10 or 15mins, I felt …