Posted on 22 August 2010
In Part 1 of the magnesium series, I introduced magnesium as a highly critical part of the health picture.
Now we get down to the nitty gritty!
As always, I’ll try to bring you what you need to know so you understand enough and can see why you need to make changes without too much science!
Magnesium and [...]
Posted on 16 August 2010
There is always a lot of talk about vitamins and minerals but often they are viewed as a secondary concern to the macronutrients carbohydrates, fat and protein.
The truth is that vitamins and minerals are the little workhorses behind EVERYTHING that goes on in our bodies. Deficiencies can be literally life-threatening.
The great news is that as [...]
Posted on 15 August 2010
After going on a First Aid refresher course last week, it got me thinking about what I would do if I was fat and getting sick all the time.
What would be my first actions prioritized to ensure rapid results?
Given the state of most people’s health these days due to what amounts to poisoning with chemicals [...]
Posted on 01 August 2010
We’ve all had those training sessions when you feel invincible.
Everything in your mind and body seems to come together in one ass-kicking hour of pleasure and pain when you feel you can lift anything, don’t need any rest and you’re almost disappointed that you have to put the weights down and toddle off to work.
You [...]
Posted on 15 July 2010
You may or may not know that in 6 weeks I am going to cycle across the USA from East to West, finishing at Alwyn Cosgrove’s Santa Clarita training facility, Results Fitness.
Give or take a few corners, this is 3500 miles which we hope to do in 8 weeks. The aim is not to just [...]
Posted on 02 July 2010
1) Train like an athlete or sportsmen who has a body like the one you want. Sprint short distances, do explosive exercises, combine weight training and interval based work, stretch lots, eat what you need for fuel not to help you get over Sally dying on Eastenders, develop your desire to beat others/yourself.
2) Know why [...]
Posted on 01 July 2010
Everybody from elite athletes to a beginner to exercise or elderly person needs strength, power and core strength if they want to optimize there performance.
Clearly performance to an elite athletes is targetted at a medal, trophy or title, whereas an 80 year old lady wants to be able to move well and be able to [...]
Posted on 23 June 2010
Obesity rates have increased massively over the last 30 years and continue to do so despite eating much less fat than we used to, suggesting that the concept of low-fat diets being good for our health are very misdirected.
It’s the excess carbohydrate intake (and processed carbohydrates at that) which has sky-rocketed that we need to [...]
Posted on 21 June 2010
For the last 4 weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of training Dewald Senekal, South African rugby professional at RFC Toulon in France.
You can see what Dewald thought of the 4 weeks and see some clips of me training with him….hard!
There was a lot more to the training than is seen in the video including heavy [...]
Posted on 08 June 2010
For the first time in a VERY long time, I ALMOST got offended yesterday!
See it’s takes a lot to offend me because I know I always give people the best information I can (until I learn even more) and genuinely want everyone who crosses my path to benefit in some way.
All you can do is [...]
