Confession: I fell off the ‘bikini shoot challenge’ wagon re the injury that stopped me from training……. aaaand….. the last two weekends I have consumed rather more alcohol than one wanting a bikini shoot body or in fact one promoting a healthy lifestyle should (even tho I do not like the word should). Back on…
I’m always posting motivational stuff in the hope that it inspires you guys to get off your butts and train however, I feel the need to also point out that it is so important to know when to take your foot of the pedal and rest when you need to. I have had a massive…
I take my 5 year old black labrador, Leroy Brown with me to the local cafe every morning. Leroy would eat EVERYTHING and ANYTHING if I let him (he is a lab after all) There are patrons there that like to give him banana bread. I will not allow them to do it and they…
I am back in my hometown of Redcar in the North East of England. Yesterday I did heavy deadlifts, squats, pushes and pulls and couldn’t help but smile at the looks I was getting from the local North Eastern men training next to me in the gym here….. I don’t think that there are many…
Today would be my mum’s birthday. We lost my mum to cancer 5 years ago on 22nd April (a week on Monday). I prefer to celebrate mum’s life on her bday rather than the day she left us. Check out this amazing pic of my mum when she was a Personal Training Instructor (PTI) in…
Hey team, I hope you are having an amazing Monday. I am in recovery after an amazing 40th birthday party on Sydney Harbour on Saturday. I turn 40 tomorrow!!!!!! Feeling a lil reflective… will probably write more about this tomorrow. I have to say that I am fitter, stronger and in the best shape emotionally…
Pre planning your meals is THE SECRET to making sure you don’t make crap food choices. When you are hungry and busy it is easier to grab something quick. We know that fast food is readily available. If you have steamed your veggies and popped them in a container with a great source or protein…
I just read the Dalai Lama quote out to my dad…. He said, ‘that’s nice love…. You should have read that before you met that bloke at the beach who you told to F off’. This made me chuckle… I was training my 10 yr old boy (the one that had a stroke when he…
Gotta love this quote from the big DL… V challenging to do this everyday but I think I’m gonna get this printed and post it somewhere where I can read it every morning. Thoughts? “Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I…
I was watching a Wayne Dyer you tube talk a couple of years ago. I was in a dark space and couldn’t see a way out. He suggested a great thing to do is think about the things you are grateful for every night just before you go to sleep. This way your subconscious is…
I saw this on a friend’s personal page, he is a Personal Trainer at the gym I used to work at. I love this! Pretty simple really. Train like a DEMON, Eat like a CAVEMAN, Sleep like a BABY, Repeat!!! thanks Franco 🙂
I sometimes get comments and stares from people because I have some muscle mass. This is the way I like to look and it might not be to everyone’s taste. Even a copper doing a door to door on Wed said to me ‘OMG you have bigger arms than me’. I thanked him profusely for…
