Category Archives: Health

Subliminal Influences on our Health

We’re all affected by the messages we see and hear every day, far more than we realize. Subliminal messages seep into your subconscious mind, your default setting, which determines your underlying beliefs and personality and self-image. This in turn determines your actions and your habits and ultimately your life outcomes. Advertising, TV programmes, our thoughts, […]

Type 3 Diabetes: The Link Between Junk Food & Alzheimer’s Disease

Over 35 million people on the planet have Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative disease of the brain. By 2050 it is estimated that over 100 million people worldwide will have Alzheimer’s. But it’s not inevitable. This number can be massively reduced by lifestyle changes: eat more healthily, exercise regularly, manage stress levels, and sleep better. Excess […]

London Personal Trainer Celebrates Introduction of Sugar Tax

As a personal trainer in London for the last 13 years, I was amazed and delighted in equal measure to see a sugar tax on sugary drinks introduced in yesterday’s Budget. Chancellor George Osborne has gone up in my estimations, because he has just announced a policy which will have a massive positive effect on […]

James Cracknell Campaigns Against Childhood Obesity

As a personal trainer with clients in London who are parents of obese children, my ears pricked up during last night’s Channel 4 News. James Cracknell, double Olympic gold medalist rower, is campaigning to tackle childhood obesity. He calls for a sugar tax, and also intervention by primary schools to ensure obese kids are supported […]

Is Genetic Testing for Fitness and Nutrition Worth It?

DNA technology has progressed massively in the last two decades. We can now map the human genome, and identify a whole range of genetic predispositions. As a personal trainer, I get asked by my London clients if it’s worth them getting their DNA analysed, to see what it says about their response to certain types […]

Personal Trainer in London Helps Clients to Quit Smoking

Some of my greatest achievements as a personal trainer in London have been helping clients to quit smoking. As the biggest single avoidable cause of death and disease in the world, smoking is a killer and a wrecker of your quality of life. If you smoke, the sooner you quit the better, for yourself and […]

Personal Trainer’s Views on the Public Health Responsibility Deal

When governments put the interests of the food industry ahead of the interests of public health, the result is never going to be good for our nation’s health and in particular Britain’s obesity levels. As a personal trainer with obese clients, I sympathize with their struggle in our obesogenic society. Andrew Lansley & The Public […]

A Personal Trainer’s Proposals for the Silvertown Tunnel

As a personal trainer in London, I think the proposed Silvertown Tunnel will be a disaster for Londoners’ health & fitness. It is a huge missed opportunity to create a tunnel that could have promoted walking and cycling and greener buses. Pedestrians and cyclists will be banned from using the tunnel, and car-use will increase […]

Elderly Health & Fitness in London

As a personal trainer in London who has had older clients over 70 years old, I know the challenges they face when it comes to their health and fitness. We live in a society which tends to sideline older people, but equally older people often feel that a decline in their health and fitness is […]