I’m a Personal Trainer and my job is to get people fit and help them to lose body fat. So you may be surprised that I am making such a bold statement: ‘Exercise Doesn’t Work for Fat Loss’! Should this not mean that my entire existence is pointless? Well, as it is my job to [...]

Every Thursday 7am – 3pm you can get the awesomest fish & game from Southampton’s Shirley Market! As recommended to all my bootcampers and clients (http://www.fitbodyfix.com)

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 [...]

Most popular diet plans and programmes promise easy weight loss, if you follow and often fairly complicated plan. In fact, this is the wrong way round! The plan needn’t be complicated at all, and the simpler you make it for yourself the easier it will be! But actually achieving the weight loss is not easy [...]

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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 [...]

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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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You can check out my article in Om Magazine, on how to use yoga principles to achieve fat loss here: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b47fcbf9#/b47fcbf9/4 Or you can buy the hard copy (infinitely preferable!) from your local Tescos. Check out the Facebook page for more info (also available in the US and Australia): http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/OM-Yoga-Lifestyle-Magazine/378184041043

Cardio must be done at the gym, right? Or pounding the pavements outside in the cold and rain, or by lapping the pool for hours on end? Well, no, not at all – especially when you have a kettlebell or two to hand! Cardiovascular activity is anything that involves elevating the heart rate to get [...]

So, I received an email from kettlebell guru Lisa Schaffer in my post-holiday inbox and knew this was exactly what I needed after a fab but a little on the French-food-and-wine-heavy holiday to Chamonix in the French Alps… A 30 day kettlebell challenge that is simple, yet clearly devastatingly effective:  10,000 swings in 30 days! [...]

The Kettlebell is my favourite piece of home workout equipement for many reasons.  I have use the kettlebell to get into the best shape of my life, despite years of gym membership dues and hours and hours on spin bikes, rowing machines, cross trainers and weight machines.  In fact, I have managed to ditch my [...]

In order to achieve your fitness or body composition goals for this year (or this decade) you need to get a system for success in place. I have created the M.I.R.A.C.L.E.S. Success Solution to help guide you through the process. If you only have half of these factors in place, you will hit a brick [...]

I hope you are well and had a fab Christmas!  I had a fab time, and now having a few days of ‘lean and green’ foods only to give my body a chance to recover!   Yes, I indulged and enjoyed plenty of champagne! No need for drastic detox plans, although you might be feeling like [...]

Are you already resigned to the fact that you are going to be one of the millions who gains weight over Christmas? Have you decided that it’s all too much trouble to try to manage to ‘stick to your diet’ so you might as well not bother at all?

I can help you break old habits with these tried and tested strategies!

I have been thinking about Christmas a lot recently, and the effect it has on people. So many people have kind of given up on their nutrition and training, misguidedly assuming that all the parties and special celebratory meals will mean we are bound to gain body fat between now and New Year, and thus [...]

You may be expecting some ab exercises or crunches here, but sorry to disappoint, that is not the way you are going to burn off that belly fat!  It is a common misconception, and is why you see people performing endless crunches in the gym, day after day, but have you also noticed that nothing [...]

Special Advent Offer! To prevent the holiday weight gain, I am offering the next 10 people who buy a copy of KettleBelleBody a FREE 60 minute coaching call! This can be used to refine your technique, or to discuss goal setting, mindset or nutrition – it’s your call! Fire me an email once you have [...]

If you are still struggling to get to the gym three times a week for your weekly dose of exercise, you can stop beating yourself up about it right now!  Most of us can’t find the time needed to get to the gym this often, and rather than feeling guilty and promising yourself you will [...]

Peggy Hall, of the awesome Yoga for Surfers DVDs, recently held an online call on how to ‘Quit Fighting With Food’.  It really is amazing and I guarantee it will change your view on how you eat now and how you SHOULD be eating – it’s not about banning foods, craving foods, or cheat (aka [...]

One exercise will not ensure you burn fat.  You need to have a multi-pronged approach to hit the fat from all angles!  There are some amazing exercises out there that will help you, though, so long as you also follow a few key principles. 1.  You will only lose fat if you consume fewer calories [...]

Leigh Peele is a trainer and author from North Carolina that specializes in metabolic and fat loss research. Nationally published and held in high regard Leigh Peele is a leader of in the industry of nutrition and fitness. Question: What do you do and what lead you into this industry? Answer: Heh depends on the [...]

Do you feel as if you have hit a brick wall with your results? You seem to be doing all the same things you were doing a while ago to get great results, but now your efforts are going unrewarded? Sounds to me like you have hit the dreaded plateau! The reason is generally simple [...]

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 weight?  But does your ongoing dissatisfaction with your body linger on, despite all these efforts? Well, perhaps your ‘perfect’ diet is to blame! [...]