For most of us, stress is a fact of life. Unfortunately, research reveals that it’s also a fact of fat. Even if you usually eat well and exercise, chronic high stress can prevent you from losing weight. Here’s what happens: Your body responds to all stress in exactly the same way. So every time you have…
In our more-is-better world, it’s easy to get caught in the overtraining trap. But when it comes to your workouts, it pays to do less. Here’s 6 reasons overtraining is hampering your weight loss: 1. Your muscles grow when you rest. Lifting weights creates tiny tears in your muscles that can only repair during rest. This repair…
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Why sleep is probably top of my list when it comes to weight loss!
When your feeling stressed and tired, the last thing you need is more things to do or think about. But life happens and it’s your reaction that counts. So if you can increase your energy levels, achieve a calmer state of mind and build up a greater resilience, then you’ll be better equipped to deal…
Get on the right track!! Fitness trackers are wearable instruments that can calculate everything from steps taken to calories burned to amount and quality of sleep achieved each night. But just exactly how can they help you lose weight? Fitness trackers keep you honest – They record everything and track the amount of activity you…
Are you following a clean eating programme? Does it work for you?
BCAAs, or branched-chain amino acids, are three essential amino acids with a special branched structure (hence the name) – leucine, isoleucine, and valine. BCAAs can make up one third of skeletal muscle, of which leucine appears to be the main player in most of the benefits seen from BCAA consumption. When on a very low…
Keeping my clients on track this time of year is very difficult with all the office, friend and family party’s and gatherings going on leading in to Christmas and the New Year. And from experience at this time of year most people tend to put on anywhere from 4lb to 8lb from overindulging and…
With marathons in mind this month, marathoners tend to fall mostly in two categories the ones doing it to tick off a bucket list item and the others who compete in marathon after marathon constantly chasing that PB!! However, for the second group do these symptoms sound familiar? Increased muscle soreness Delay in muscular recovery…
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