Which is better for muscle growth (hypertrophy), full body workouts or split routines? As a personal trainer in London with many clients who have wanted to gain muscle, this is a question I get asked a lot. Full Body Workouts I would recommend full body workouts for people who are new to training or who […]
As a personal trainer in London, I get a lot of questions from clients about nutrition. Recently a client asked me if she should buy some apple cider vinegar, as she had heard good things about it. The number one benefit of apple cider vinegar is that it boosts digestion and absorption of food, particularly […]
These top tips for fat loss, based on my 22 years’ experience as a personal trainer in London, will help you towards your goal weight. You may already be doing a number of these, but everyone will find at least one item on the list that you can add to your regime. 1. Drink plenty […]
I’ve been a personal trainer in London for over 20 years, and my clients have asked me about literally dozens of different diets. One such diet is the FODMAP diet, which stands for Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, and Polyols. Generally people drawn to this diet have some kind of gut inflammation issues, such as IBS […]
Protein breaks down into amino acids when it’s digested. Amino acids are the building-blocks of muscle growth and repair, but they perform many other functions too. Before I qualified as a personal trainer myself, I had an excellent personal trainer in north London who could recite all the amino acids by heart. He was a […]
Here are my top 20 nutrition tips for fat loss, muscle growth and improved immune system. Let me know which ones work for you, and which ones you’ve maybe not yet considered. Feel free to leave a comment. How have you boosted your nutrition this year? 1. Don’t skip meals. In particular your body needs […]
As a personal trainer in London I come across a wide range of health conditions in my clients. It’s hardly surprising that in a big capital city with high levels of air pollution, COPD is a common condition among Londoners with existing lung problems. What is COPD? COPD is an umbrella term for a range […]
As a nutrition coach, I recommend my clients consume plenty of foods rich in vitamin D and magnesium. Here’s why. Vitamin D Vitamin D plays several valuable roles in the body. It contributes to a strong immune system, it contributes to heart health, and it also ensures bone-strength by helping get calcium into the bones […]
Type 2 diabetes is a complex condition, but considering the bond between diet, lifestyle, weight and glycaemic control, everyone with an expanded waist should understand the basics of how lifestyle can control or even avoid or reverse most cases of T2D. In a nutshell, T2D is a condition in which sugar in the blood is […]