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As fitness professionals, we often get asked, ‘how much exercise should I do every day?’. When looking after your physical and mental health, you don’t have to exercise as much as you think. Check out the video below to see if you are exercising enough.

Barefoot training has been around for a while now. When it first began to surface in the fitness industry, many thought it might be another short term fitness trend or a gimmick like we often see. However, this one is not going away and is growing in popularity. So what is barefoot training exactly? Barefoot […]

I was walking along the boardwalk in Shoreham-by-Sea last week, and it felt like I was in the Mediterranean. People were swimming, paddle boarding, and having BBQs. As I approached beach green, I noticed two outdoor circuit classes. I watched for a bit and saw how much fun the class had whilst working their socks […]

Before you can understand the role of a strength and conditioning coach you must first understand what ‘strength and conditioning is’. What is ‘strength and conditioning? Strength and conditioning is the physical development of an athlete to improve performance in their sport.   What is the role of the strength and conditioning coach? The role […]

Training towards multiple goals at once is not optimal for results but can still be beneficial and very fun.  With traditional periodisation, we tend to focus on specific components of fitness as I discussed in the previous articles: general physical preparedness, body composition, and strength and power training. However, when using what I call ‘Hybrid […]

After completing a structured body composition programme you may want to consider progressing onto a programme that develops maximal strength and power. Not only can these programmes be very fun but if you play any kind of sport then a good strength and power programme can help you to run faster, jump higher, throw further […]

Body composition training is a popular term used to train with the objective of making favourable changes to one’s body composition. Before I explain how to do that I will first explain what body composition means. Body composition Your ‘body composition’ is describing what your body is composed of. In the fitness world, we tend […]

General physical preparedness is (GPP) could almost be described as training to train. Before any client or athlete jumps straight into a highly specialised programme they need to have built themselves a good foundation of fitness first that will pre-hab them from any future injuries, prevent overtraining and ensure they get effective gains in all […]

As a coach and a teacher, I often get asked what my training and nutritional programme looks like. My response will change depending on what macrocycle I happen to be in. I was asked a few weeks ago this question so let me explain how I usually train. An overview of my training When it […]

I was asked recently whether losing weight was as simple as eat less and move more. My answer was yes, and no.  On paper, it is that simple but in practice, it really isn’t. How do we lose weight? For your body to break down body fat it has to be in a calorie deficit. […]