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Friday, 16th August

This is an exciting time of year for many because it is starting to signify the changing of the seasons. Not only that but the premiership football season starts tomorrow too, and we have many sportsmen who are already playing their pre-season games and looking to open the season with all guns blazing!

For those of you who have been on holiday, you will be anxious to get right back into it and lose any body fat you would have likely gained on your time having fun whilst away.

Although it is still close, there is definitely a chill in the air at times so this should signal to you a fresh opportunity to get into great shape in slightly cooler conditions which are my own personal favourite training conditions!

Food starts to change at this time of year too, from the lighter foods a lot of people gravitate to the heavier foods, more of the “dinner” variety rather than the “salad” options.

So if you had a pretty all over the place summer, the upcoming autumn will give you structure once again. The new structure will help you set goals, your body will feel a lot more at home with regular workouts and regular good foods, all done on a more normal working schedule or school/college schedule.

I for one, am determined to get big results for everyone I train this upcoming autumn, so set yourself up for success by shopping well for good food, and getting some great nights of sleep for the massive workouts to come!

Twitt
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Thursday, 15th August

Not having a strong foundation in your training is a problem that will catch up with you sooner rather than later. Many people just look at certain magazines or internet sites and assume that they can too exercise like the model used in the photograph or video.

Most people don’t realize a couple of things that are hugely important!

1. The exercise being shown as a wonder exercise may not be the right thing for them.

2. Re-creating that exercise without proper instruction is much harder than imagined, with injury a very real possibility.

3. The exercises shown are never explained in the context of how they fit into your programme, in a workout or a week full of workouts.

There are many other reasons but no need to go on and on about the lack of suitability of these methods in photos and videos.

The whole point of this piece is to re-enforce the importance of training hard but properly for a substantial period of time. This will indeed give you the foundation on how to train hard, efficiently, make progress and very importantly, NOT GET INJURED!

This site is all about doing things the RIGHT way and stopping you waste time on faddy exercise programmes, both in print and videos online. Not all are bad of course, but a substantial number are after a cheap buck produced by charlatans of the highest order.

It’s vital to get proper instruction especially when you begin and exercise programme, and when you are ready to make that next step up so don’t be afraid to ask a qualified professional!!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 14th August

We talk all the time about the importance of trying to keep improving your physical performances, how about improving your eating habits?!!

When someone starts off with me for the first time, I like to guide them into things gently or you are likely to ask far too much off individuals in a short period of time.

An easy start for me to give someone is to make just one minor improvement per week.

The usual one I ask for is to try and eat breakfast every day. Believe it or not, most people I bump into tend not to eat breakfast at all, or eat something full of sugar or saturated fat, or most likely both!

So to get to eat the individual to eat well every day all day is quite unrealistic.

Making small changes each and every week will lead to a monumental change over just
six weeks!

Then I move onto the subject of properly hydrating one’s self. If someone can just drink more water throughout the day, then I know that this change alone will make such a difference to the person concerned. They will feel better, look better, burn more body fat and perform better in their workouts full stop.

Then I move onto sleep. Making the effort to get to bed earlier, especially in the week is paramount in order to recover from exercise, and set yourself up for the next day again.

Next is lunch and evening meal. You need to put healthy protein sources in there for your meal, healthy slow-burning carbs and a healthy array of vegetables. These meals can be similar (unless you have a packed lunch when wholemeal bread/pittas are likely to be choice of the day).

Then the snacks come into observation and how you are powering yourself through the day in terms of energy. Natural snacks such as fruit, dried fruit, nuts etc will work for you far better than sugary/fatty snacks every time!

This is a very brief description of the small changes you need to undertake to look and feel your best, so up to you when you implement all of this to get results as soon as possible!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 13th August

You are taught to eat your greens as a young kid and most of you probably hated that advice!

Then you get a little older and you start to appreciate the advice.

Taking advice is never easy, and it is good to second guess advice, because not all of it will be good.

Sorting out the good advice from the bad advice is not always easy, but if you rely on science to do it for you, then you cannot go wrong.

You know that eating plenty of greens in your weekly diet, and remembering to put them in your weekly shopping trolley is important. There are numerous independent studies to back this up, and their value to your body in all sorts of different ways.

Science tells us that weight training is vital for increasing strength, increasing muscle tone, increasing our metabolic rate, and increasing bone density, amongst many other benefits. You need to practice it at least twice a week.

Science also tells us that getting your heart rate going is excellent for us, in terms of benefits to our hearts and lungs, as well as improving our circulation in our bodies.

These are simple examples of getting it right, and using solid evidence to help us decide what we should be doing. Despite this evidence, many people fail to implement this advice every single week which will bring undoubted benefits.

This is why faddy diets fool many people every day promising a quick fix WITHOUT any science behind it.

Doing things the scientific way may be a little harder to do, but at least you know its going to work!!!

Twitt
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Monday, 12th August

After experiencing a camping weekend, it’s then you realize how important fresh air is and how important it is for a number of your body’s functions.

Anyone who has spent the weekend in a tent will first of all realize that it makes you feel more tired than usual. You tend to be more active and you tend to do a lot more walking and running around.

The fresh air will have a great effect on your sleep, and you will feel in general on top of the world after the whole experience.

This is why it’s important to workout outside and inside. If you combine the both, then you will have all the benefits.

With our climate, its natural to assume we will be training a lot inside during much of the year. Therefore, its vital to get out and about in terms of everything, working out or anything you do, just GET OUTSIDE!!

Studies done on individuals who get a lot of outside time tend to be more optimistic in their outlook too, as well as usually being a lot healthier due their activities outside.

It’s august 12th, and although we are still in summer, you know its not going to be that long before the nights draw in and its gets a lot colder and wetter!

Make the most of the excellent conditions right now and you will be automatically feeling better by the end of the day even!

Twitt