As a personal trainer who wants to help you create a sustainable diet and lifestyle, one of my goals is to help people move more, feel better, and eat in a way that supports their health for the long haul. While my last few blogs have covered macronutrients and their importance, it’s often the…

Last week we explored protein and its importance in the diet. This week we’re going to look at a second macronutrient, carbohydrate (or carbs for short). I’m sure you’ve heard all sorts about cutting carbs to lose weight, and how carbs are bad and make you fat. But is that true? Carbohydrates have been…

If you’ve been anywhere near social media recently and follow any fitness accounts you’ve probably seen folk banging on about protein. And although sometimes the advice is a wild (especially around how much protein you should be eating) there is good reason for highlighting the role of this powerhouse. Protein is one of the…

What actually is a calorie? My last couple of posts were about training. But I’m here to talk about health and wellbeing too, and a big part of that is diet and nutrition. So lets start with the basics… We always talk about food in relation to ‘Calories’. But why? What is a Calorie?…

In my last post I explained a bit about cardio exercise. Now let’s have a look at resistance exercise, aka strength training. What is it? Resistance training can be described as any activity where your muscles have to exert force on a weight. It might be pushing or pulling that weight, moving it or…

What, why and how? Let’s start off with a nice easy, straightforward topic… Cardio You might well have heard reference to ‘cardio’ workouts, or even read social media posts debating the pros and cons of cardio. But what is it exactly? And why should you do it? Key Points: What is cardio? Cardio is…