With the summer holiday officially over and the kids back to school it’s time to create some new healthy habits. Everybody is back in their routine at work and in the house so it’s easy to establish a new pattern that will help you become healthier, fitter and stronger. But where to start?
Sit down first [...]
Everyday there is a new miracle cure for the perfect abdominals. Pills, exercise equipment, shakes…They promise us the most beautiful six pack. Unfortunately a tummy like that comes down to simple maths. The amount of calories you consume and the amount of exercise you do. More calories and less exercise equals fat. It’s very simple. [...]
Take a good look at everything in your kitchen presses that you use daily. Do you use it out of habit? Is it convenient? What can you replace with something healthy the next time you go shopping? This list will lower your calorie intake without a lot of effort.
Here are 10 items that you can [...]
From personal experience I know that most people are very rarely alone. I’m not talking about single people. When you live alone, go home and put on the radio or the television, you are not alone. You let other voices in your live. Other opinions. When you live in a city and with a [...]
I often hear people complaining that they don’t have time to exercise. They want to but it’s impossible to fit in their daily schedule. Working full-time, kids, housework, family or pets take up all the time there is in a day. Going to the gym 3 days a week is just not feasible and takes [...]
For some people meditation is the best thing that ever happened to them. Others feel obliged to try it because someone recommended it.
When they hear the word meditation they get views of people sitting cross legged with their eyes closed and totally peaceful. Who does not want to feel peaceful? Then they sit down, try [...]
As I described in First visit with a personal trainer there are different test that can be done to see how fit someone is. Another test is the sit up test. It’s very easy to do and you can check if you are in line with the The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) fitness [...]
People have various reasons to hire a personal trainer. Most people think it’s for weight loss or professional athletes. There are many reasons to work with a trainer. Maybe you like working out but find it hard to motivate yourself and having that appointment makes you do it. Maybe you had a muscle injury and [...]
Sometimes I get teenagers send to me for an assessment. Most of the time because they do another sport and the coach wants a reference point to get them stronger, faster or more flexible. I do a standard assessment (tweaked a little bit here and there) according to the American Council of Exercise. Unfortunately more [...]
Living in the country has his advantages and disadvantages. Just to give you an idea how small the village is where I live; it has 2 pubs and 2 shops.
Last week even I was surprised to see how small and old fashioned the village was. In the local equestrian centre (yes, in Ireland there are horses [...]
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