The Fitness Blog
My online fitness journal, sharing my thoughts and experience
Keep the body guessing – or keep it progressing
It’s something you often hear and see in people new to training. Boredom, a lack of progress and bad advice has them wanted to change their workout monthly, weekly or even daily to “shock the body” into progress.
Christmas Calories
For my UK and cold weather crowd, WINTER IS HERE and Christmas is nearly upon us. Tinsel and santas are popping up in stores, Christmas music is filling the supermarkets, gyms are gathering dust and Gingerbread Lattés are hitting the cafés.
When it comes to gym progress don’t just think weight
There is more to progress than just increasing weight every week. Yes, more weight is potentially a good thing but not at all cost.
Fat loss and alcohol
When you eat, your body converts the calories in your food into usable energy. We get calories from three main energy sources: carbohydrates, protein and fat.
WHOLE FOODS AND CALORIES
When you eat, your body converts the calories in your food into usable energy. We get calories from three main energy sources: carbohydrates, protein and fat.
ARE YOU TRAINING EFFECTIVELY?
If you are reading this, the answer is probably not. You might think it is your nutrition holding you back, and you are probably right about this, but your training is probably not helping.
WHAT ARE MACROS?
Macronutrients, or macros for short, are the fuel in your food which your body needs to keep itself going. When you hear people talking about macros, they are usually just talking about our three sources of energy: fat, protein and carbohydrates.
WHAT’S THE BEST TRAINING SPLIT TO BUILD MORE MUSCLE?
Training schedules are a hotly disputed subject with countless suggestions for how you can plan your week for training.
FIT CELEBRITIES – HOW DO THEY DO IT?
I may be best known for my work training actors for film roles like “The Wolverine”, “Assassins Creed” and “X-Men” but I have also helped thousands of men just like you build muscle, drop fat, plus look and feel amazing.