Holidays (I’m English, so we call vacations holidays!) can cause serious weight gain, if we let them. I spent a recent camping trip being pretty healthy – sticking to my usual healthy eating with a few little extras sprinkled in here and there, along with plenty of activity windsurfing and surfing – but I still [...]

This simple object, simply a cast iron bell with a handle attached, has sculpted bodies for centuries. It has shaped Hollywood honeys and Olympic athletes, as well as Russian strongmen and Special Forces. If it’s good enough for them, surely it’s good enough for you? If you think you can’t possibly use something that is [...]

It’s a classic scenario – you stick to your diet perfectly all week but then the temptation of the weekend kills or even reverses all the gains (or losses) you’ve made over the week! This is especially the case over the summer – all the BBQs and the ever-tempting refreshing glasses of beer or wine [...]

Resistance training is all too often overlooked by people trying to get fit or lose weight, in favour of long cardio sessions, but resistance really is the key to creating a fit and healthy body. 1lb of muscle burns 30-50 calories per day, while 1lb of fat only burns about 9 calories per day. The [...]

Resistance training is all too often overlooked by people trying to get fit or lose weight, in favour of long cardio sessions, but resistance really is the key to creating a fit and healthy body. 1lb of muscle burns 30-50 calories per day, while 1lb of fat only burns about 9 calories per day. The [...]

Southampton Personal Trainer Caroline Radway brings you Top Tip of the day!

‘Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance’ Without planning, how can you expect to succeed? We don’t leave for a journey with no map, otherwise we would only end up getting lost, or back where we started if we are lucky. Take some time to plan what you are going to do, how you are [...]

Muscle doesn’t weigh any more than fat pound for pound, of course, but by volume it certainly does as it is about 17% DENSER – a kilo of fat is therefore much bigger than a kilo of muscle. ‘I want to lose weight’ is a common phrase, but the reality is, we need to lose [...]

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Do you feel like you are constantly ‘on’ (of ‘off’) a diet? Do you feel like it is a never-ending struggle to eat perfectly in order to achieve or maintain your ideal Your Perfect Diet Might Be To Blame… weight? But does your ongoing dissatisfaction with your body linger on, despite all these efforts? Well, [...]