Weight – how many times a day do you talk about it?

I lost 3lb last week And I gained it all back again. Was it fat? No, its water. I do weigh myself every week now, as I semi track most of my food, I need to ensure I’m on the right track with building muscle and not gaining too much fat. I check in the […]

Helen Yates – her story

I’ve made this sound like a bloody story in Woman’s Own mag, but it is quite incredible what she has achieved. Here it is below in her own words! On Sunday Dan posted on Facebook how he wanted to be remembered in the fitness industry for helping change people’s live and not just for having […]

Tamsin’s Journey Back From Hospital

Tamsin’s Journey I’m 36, mother of 3 and work full time.  I’ve been a regular in the gym for the last couple of years, working hard with a trainer.  I managed to keep a relatively good healthy size 12 shape.  I also mainly ate “clean”; I avoided wheat, dairy, processed foods, alcohol and sugar.  I […]

Carbs in the morning and all that stuff

What’s best? I’ve never been particularly in tune with my body, which is surprising really as a PT who is in to Physique shows. I’ve always struggled to figure out what works best for me, how I feel after certain foods, what triggers me to eat certain things and if and when my guts don’t […]

Are You a Weight Warrior?

Are You a Weight Warrior?     We’ve all been there – you leap out of bed, in anticipation of your weekly weigh in, super sure that all the hard work you’ve put in over the last week is going to result in an epic weight loss.   Half with trepidation, half with excitement, you […]

My diet and training

HIIT it hard Over the last 10-12 weeks I’ve been dieting down and training for a physique competition called the Muscletalk UKBFF Championships. Why? Probably because unless I have a goal, my nutrition/training is never as good and I’ve never been happy with my body. Why am I writing this blog? Well a few people […]

Bodybuilding on a Budget!

Keep it Cheap! I can’t tell you how many people complain to me that they find it really expensive to eat the foods necessary to get more muscle or support their training. I’ll be honest, it can be quite difficult. Most people recommend Grass Fed meat, and organic free range vegetables etc, and yeah, that […]

Do Calories Matter?

Questions I get asked this question all the time by clients/friends etc. “Do you need to count calories?” My answer is always the same. “It depends”.   A calorie is a measurement we use to measure the energy from food. The amounts have a number of variations applied to them, as not all calories are […]

Physique Show June 29th

Bodybuilding So this post is just an update in to a bit about what’s going with our show and life really. I think its important for me to connect with my clients/friends to let them know what’s going, as everything is, well a little different recently! Becci did her first show “Miss Galaxy Universe” in […]

Ways to get LEAN!

Fat Loss Made Simple Yo. My last blog was a little offensive and not very well thought out, written when I had no sleep and I would like to apologise. I don’t want to go in to it, its done now, so I’m moving on. Anywho, I just wanted to write something real quick that […]