Do you wan to lose fat from a specific area?

Of course you do and now for the first time its possible. I like every other personal trainer used to say that you can’t spot reduce. If I got a pound for every time a lady came up to me and said they wanted to lose their bingo wings, I’d be so rich I would be writing this article from my hammock in Barbados instead of my humble abode in sunny Sutton Coldfield . Each time I would patiently explain that performing 60 sets of triceps extensions regrettably would not budge the blubber. I didn’t say blubber to them, as I’m far too polite. I would then explain that they needed an all round approach to losing fat including sound nutrition, training plus supplements and that the fat would come from where ever their genetics dictated. In steps Charles Poliquin with his 20 plus years of experience and proved myself and every body else wrong by giving us the wonder that is BioSignature.

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Personal Trainer – Mobility Drills

I’m like a bus, they don’t come for ages and suddenly two come at the same time! I said yesterday that I would talk about mobility training a little more so that’s what I’ll discuss in this blog. In my personal training plan I do about 10 minutes of mobility exercises when I wake up each morning and then another 10 to warm up for my actual sessions. So what is the idea behind mobility training then?

Well there are two aspects of joint health, the first of which most people are well aware of. This is the flexibility of the muscles surrounding the joints. If the muscles surrounding a joint are tight then the joint will have less range of motion. The classic example here is when a person can’t touch their toes they have tight hamstrings and lower back muscles.  This is also observable in people with poor posture. Rounded shoulders are due to chronically tight chest and shoulder muscles. It is common knowledge that if you stretch the muscles you increase the range of motion at the joint. What people don’t know is that conventional stretching is very ineffective at getting the job done. I’ll discuss stretching more at a later date. If you need to know now then get in touch and make an appointment!

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 Whats My Personal Training Plan?

Wow so for much for my plan to keep regularly updating you guys about my progress. I’ve been run off my feet and not had time to sit down and get typing properly.  The last month has been spent developing my online Metabolic Typing program and now for the first time I’m offering Metabolic Typing to non training clients. Also the modelling seems to have picked up again so I’ve been back and forth to London quite a lot. Who said being a personal trainer is easy? Well me normally, but that’s because I enjoy what I do and gain an enormous amount of satisfaction from seeing people transform themselves and improve their health. Sorry I digress!

 Today I’m going to discuss my training or the focus of my training at the moment. From my last blog you will know that my primary concern is with improving my conditioning for tennis. You will also know from my last blog that I have picked up a few injuries recently, so my priority is to reduce my risk of injury in order to improve my level of conditioning. To achieve this I have been forced to drastically change my training regime. I’m still training 3-5 times a week but the focus on increasing my flexibility. Flexibility training is something that I have often neglected because I don’t tend to enjoy it, but I have made a real effort this time to stick to my plan. I’m also doing about 15 minutes of mobility training after waking up.

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Personal Trainer New To Blogging

Ok, being new to this whole blogging game I’ve been having difficulty deciding what to write about. I was torn between whether to provide factual information and advice, preach like a holy one or just make humorous comments and make fun of strange ineffective fitness and diet fads I spot as I go about my daily life (like that drop a dress size crap that was on the other week – there is nothing like sensible eating?). After reading lots of people’s blogs from experts to run of the mill trainers that you know don’t really have a clue, I’ve made up my mind!

Several blogs stood out to me and these were the blogs that followed people’s personal experiences. Blogs from men and women who are working as trainers but also following their own advice and reaping the rewards. I find it inspirational when I hear or read about someone in great shape and achieving success and it interests me to know what people have to go through to achieve it. Read the rest of this entry »

Why Does It Always Seem So Hard?

It’s the start of another year everyone is full of turkey and probably a lot of chocolates too! It’s the time of year when people are reassessing themselves and their health and fitness. Worryingly for so many people that is as far as it gets, they know they want to be fitter, they know they want to lose weight and start exercising but for some reason it just wont happen. Those same people have been thinking the same for the last who knows how many years, but every year their best intentions never turn into solid actions.

We all know the benefits of exercise:

• Look and feel better
• Lose weight
• Reduce stress, feel more positive and improve your outlook
• Improve posture
• Increase balance, flexibility, stamina and strength
• Prevent diabetes
• Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and many more……………

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