Vitamin B12 is one of the eight B vitamins, all of which are water-soluble. Vitamin B12 has many functions in the body, and as one of my personal training clients in Chelsea discovered to her surprise, there is a danger than vegetarians and vegans are deficient in this key vitamin. She thought that a strict […]
One of the services I offer as a personal trainer in London is nutrition coaching. Face to face clients get nutrition advice at no extra cost, and for those who don’t train face to face with me, I offer online coaching. One of the issues I come across a lot is the effect of milk […]
As a personal trainer with London clients asking me what they should and shouldn’t eat, I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve my own eating habits. For breakfast, I often eat raw porridge oats with organic milk and an orange chopped in. However, if you eat your oats raw, you should be aware […]
Here are my top 7 tips to get more out of your workouts, based on my 12 years’ experience as a personal trainer in London: 1. Intensity Focus 100% on your workout, and don’t let anything distract you. If you spend the bulk of your time chatting to fellow gym members, checking your mobile phone, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As a personal trainer in London for over a decade, I train clients in their own homes, in gyms in their apartment blocks, in their gardens, in the parks (in Boroughs which don’t prosecute personal trainers for training their clients in the park), and on public tennis courts. You can get a great workout on […]
The treadmill is a great workout tool, as it enables you to do very precise workouts, and the number don’t lie. If you run outdoors, there are definitely benefits of varying gradients, and being out in the fresh air (not so fresh in London) and close to nature if you get off-road, but on the […]