The first question I always ask when someone tells me they want to get toned is – “What do you mean by toned?” Most people know what they want to look like but can’t but it into anatomical terms, or they are a little bit out on what it involves. So, here’s a basic guide. …
Monthly archives: August 2015
Lose weight without counting calories
I’ve trained and spoken to lots and lots of people who have lost large amounts of weight without counting calories. Some of them started exercising as well. Some just did it with diet. But, depending on how much weight you have to lose, it is not unreasonable to expect to lose 2-3 stones over a …
What? Why? How? Achieve Your Fitness Goals Faster.
Why are you doing that? Every time you put your training kit on you should know why you’re doing the workout that you’re about to do. What’s your goal? If you’re just about do an hour on the cross trainer then why are you doing it? If your answer is “To get fit” then which …
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The Strangest Secret
Just mulling over a few key points on the latest upload on our sister YouTube channel The Happiness Network. The personal development classic, The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale has some brilliant points. Here are some of my favourites. “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice. It is conformity”. I’ve never been a sheep …
London Olympics 2012 – Lighting the torch
Just watching the passing of the torch and lighting of the flame from the London 2012 Olympics. Make me realise what I already know – I love my job so much!! I’m never going to the Olympics but just getting people moving, running, getting stronger, more motivated, more confident – lighting the torch and getting people going – that’s my Olympics, …
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How contrast can skew our perception
The contrast principle affects the way we see judge or evaluate things when they are compared with another. If we compare a beach ball and a tennis ball, we will perceive the beach ball to be big and the tennis ball small. But when we compare the beach ball with the moon, we think of …