Two years ago I had the great fortune to attend a seminar in San Francisco presented by Dr Daniel G Amen who is the Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour and a clinical Specialist in Human Nutritional Medicine at the University of California. I was so thrilled to hear a highly skilled Professor lecture in Nutrition in a…
Diamonds, Botox and Hollywood
Two years ago I wrote a blog with the same title which was when I was last working here in Malibu California home to many ‘celebrity’ types; a very affluent society which always astounds me when I am here, particularly given the type of work I do. For anyone who has spent any time in America it is pretty safe…
Keeping it real
In the craziness of life today we have become fixated on achieving the ‘perfect’ body going to any lengths to achieve it… somewhere along the way many of us have lost the notion of ‘keeping it real’ and being fit, strong and healthy. Every day I train people and have conversations with many about their bodies, their health and their…
Interval Training
If you are like most, you will find that you might get a little ‘stuck’ in your regime of exercise. It’s interesting watching people in a gym environment doing what I call ‘going through the motions’ or just doing his/her thing repetitively. Now don’t get me wrong, all movement is cumulative at the end of the day and the general…
Exercise and Injuries
Many of the Personal Training clients I work with present with injuries of varying degrees before they commence training. For some this is a catalyst to their training as they are unsure of how to go about getting fit due to an injury they may have been carrying for some time. As there are such a broad range of injuries…