Potpourri of last year’s Facebook Statuses.
I wanted to do a little bit of a different post seeing as it’s Christmas, just something to celebrate last year with. This is a potpourri of a bunch of my Facebook Fitness Page statuses from last year! The best ones, both quotes I’ve written myself, as well as quotes I’ve posted from other people! […]
Tips for CrossFitters on improving your power cleans
In CrossFit we often teach and use the power version of the Olympic movements, the power clean and power snatch, independently of the full version of the lifts, as if they are completely different exercises. I’ve seen from my own experience and from coaching others that if you allow bad habits or compensation patterns to […]
Rachael’s transformation
Here is a picture of my client Rachael’s before and after transformation! In just six months of training she went from having never touched a barbell in her life to squatting and dead-lifting well over her bodyweight for reps as well as performing the Olympic lifts with good form. She can also do handstand push-ups […]
Fuel for Performance, part 1.
-A mini series on eating for training and performance. Last weekend when I was doing my weekly staples shopping I decided to do a mini series on eating for fuel. It’s taken me awhile to finalise this first part as I had a busy last week, but better late than never, here it is. Over […]
Mindful Eating
I’m almost finished part 2 of “Fuel for Performance” but I wanted to do a quick post on mindful eating and what it means to me. I am a big fan of mindful eating. Simply put, mindful eating is eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are full. It’s learning how to make […]
My obsession with loose leaf teas
“A wandering mind spoils the tea – awareness and well-made tea are one and the same.” -Old Chinese Proverb My Dad is a true tea connoisseur. I have never met anyone more into tea than him. He is the one who introduced me to loose leaf teas. Incidentally he has turned me into a bit […]
Awaken your dormant glutes!
I know, I know “glute activation” is a big buzzword in the fitness world at the moment with everyone jumping on the glutes bandwagon, thanks to the likes of Bret Contreras (aka the Glutes Guy) and others. I have to say that I personally love the glutes trend! So much so that I couldn’t resist […]
Thoughts on consistency and intensity in training.
Sometimes my expectations in regards to the way I feel about exercising are too high. I want to get hit with a burning desire to exercise before I train, and when I don’t feel excited about training, I feel disappointed. The truth of the matter is that we’re not always going to be “pumped” to […]
It’s not ALWAYS about the total weight lifted
Tips for building better relative strength, using new & different methods of progression in your training and becoming an overall athletic weapon! Did you know…there are more ways to become stronger apart from lifting heavy weights? Consistency in weight training is good, in fact it’s essential for progress, but if you’ve been doing the same […]
The secrets of maintenance: How to maintain your results or your ideal “weight” or “look” in the long-term.
Big topic! I’ve been working on this post for awhile. It started out as what was going to a status on my Facebook fitness page, which I was about to post a week or so ago. I ended up not posting it on my fitness page as it was already quite long, and I wanted […]
My top tips for busting through plateaus
When most people complain about plateaus they are usually either talking about fat loss plateaus or strength gain plateaus. A plateau happens when our body has grown accustomed to our diet or fitness regime. It’s the “dreaded” point where our results slow right down or even come to a complete halt, even though we have […]
My thoughts on…Bikram Yoga
I’m not sure when it was that I first heard about bikram yoga, but I just assumed that it was one of those passing exercise fads. Only…I kept hearing about it. So then I decided to try it. I’m the type of person who always wants to try things out for myself and then form […]