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Stupid Diets & Exercise Gimmicks I’ve Tried – Part 4

In my view, this was another stupid diet which I did when I didn’t know any better and wanted a quick fix. I’m not talking protein shakes for weight training; I’m talking about meal replacement shakes. Firstly, I’m not discrediting meal replacement shakes altogether,...

Why A Plank Is Hard-Core – Pun Intended

The truth is that fat loss comes from a whole body workout and a healthy diet, and sit ups are one of the least effective core exercises to choose from. Sit-ups target only a few muscles at once, imagine how long and inefficient a workout would be if you worked every...

A Formula for Success – Why We Fail and How to Get Back Up

We all know someone who has bought a fitness program or pack, perhaps from an infomercial promising a six pack within weeks, a range of expensive meal replacement shakes or gym membership, only to have given up on the program or put the weight back on at a later date....

Changing Habits

“I should change, but I’ve tried and failed.” Does this sound familiar? Often, changing habits does seem insurmountable. Many of us simply don’t have enough motivation to change our habits – all of our bad habits – in a way that would truly affect our health. We cling...

Benefits Of Water To The Body

Health benefits of water Water is crucial to your health. Every system in your body depends on water. Your lungs expel between two and four cups of water each day through normal breathing – even more on a cold day. If your feet sweat, there goes another cup of water....

Sugar: The Rollercoaster Ride & How To Get Off

While off the shelf food can be convenient, there is a growing awareness that a lack of nutrient filled fresh wholefoods coupled with mass consumption of refined sugars can have a major effect on our physical, mental and emotional health. Fast food chains now appear...

The Benefits of Unilateral Exercises

The Benefits of Unilateral Exercises

A unilateral exercise is where you would use one side or one limb like a ‘step up’ and a bilateral exercise would be a ‘squat’ where both feet work together. Balance Doing a single leg or arm exercise requires much more balance as it has a smaller base of support....

How to Get Stronger Legs by Using the Box Squat

If you’re looking at changing up your Back Squat routine then try adding in some Box Squats. These can be done with a Barbell on your shoulders or if you find that’s too much or your shoulders and upper back are tight and you can’t grab the barbell, then go for a...

Popular Weight Loss Supplements – Are They Safe?

Popular Weight Loss Supplements – Are They Safe?

Recently WA man Matthew Whitby used two of what he thought were safe and regulated weight loss supplements but ended up with liver failure and an emergency transplant. We have many consumer protection laws and agencies in Australia so on face value it seems reasonable...

Setting Goals – The Key To Success

Setting Goals – The Key To Success

Are you forever setting health and well-being goals and not achieving them? If so, you are one of the many people we see each day who are trapped in a cycle and often express feelings of despair, dis-empowerment and desperation. Its usually at that point that we can...

How The Right Kind of Exercise Can Keep You Young

How The Right Kind of Exercise Can Keep You Young

Did you know that our metabolic rate (body’s energy expenditure) starts to decline after the age of 25? How many times have you heard ‘I used to be able to get away with this or that’? Now you know why. But don’t despair, you can prevent the dreaded ‘middle age...

How to Lose Weight Through Stress Management

How to Lose Weight Through Stress Management

Stress – Why It Inhibits Weight Loss Did you know that if your stress levels are frequently high your body gets the message that due to your high stress environment you need to preserve energy for emergencies, creating an obstacle to weight loss? To lose unwanted...

The Best Exercise for Weight Loss

The Best Exercise for Weight Loss

Have you seen loads of articles that claim to know one particular ‘magic’ exercise that will help you lose weight like no other? Truth bomb – it’s a gimmick. The only exercise that will help you lose weight is the one that you do consistently, as a lifestyle. That’s...

Stupid Diets & Exercise Gimmicks I’ve Tried – Part 3

Stupid Diets & Exercise Gimmicks I’ve Tried – Part 3

Here is my before and after photo. The ‘before’ photo was taken when I was 28 (I think more people may be shocked I once had long brown hair). The 'after' was on my 40th birthday. I’ve spent the best part of those 12 years researching healthy living. I had finally...

CHAPTER TWO – STUPID DIETS I HAVE TRIED

CHAPTER TWO – STUPID DIETS I HAVE TRIED

Before becoming a Coach I tried quite a few diets and crazy exercise regimes; I’ve decided to share these experiences with you… The Soup Diet My brother told me he had found an amazing new diet that was going to change his life and help him lose a heap of weight. At...