Mindset / Nutrition / Training
You gotta check this out peeps… “For years I’ve struggled with my weight – losing some, then putting it back on, trying all kinds of diets and fads and not finding anything that worked consistently. Over the past 4 – 5 years the weight crept back on slowly over time until I reached a point …
Heard this from Jay Shetty yesterday on a great podcast from Lewis Howes. “I’m not what I think I am. I’m not what you think I am. I am, what I think, you think I am” How true is this? We live in a world of perception of a perception. It might be a bit …
“It’s taken you years to put on all your excess weight, what makes you think you can take it all off in 6 weeks” This was a conversation I had with someone literally a few days ago. The chap in question wants/needs to lose about 30kg. His weight is a problem, affecting his health, family life …
Q1 is over. And the scores on the door are? The promises you made to yourself at the beginning of the year… …how have they gone? Did you quit smoking? Join the gym? Work on your diet and change your lifestyle? Get out that crappy relationship? Start saving money? Leave your current job that bores …
Q1 is over. And the scores on the door are? The promises you made to yourself at the beginning of the year… …how have they gone? Did you quit smoking? Join the gym? Work on your diet and change your lifestyle? Get out that crappy relationship? Start saving money? Leave your current job that bores you …
The real reason you are over weight… …has nothing to do with your metabolism. Your bones are not big and your thyroid isn’t slow. It’s not genetic and you haven’t tried everything. The truth is… …you have fast cake hands. Yep that’s right. You’ve eaten too much at one point and you’ve been a lazy …
As I mentioned on Monday, I listened to a brilliant podcast last weekend about goal setting and how to achieve any goal you set. I had heard most of it before but it was done in such a concise way I thought I’d share it with you. Firstly, studies show you are are 24 x more …
Yet so many of you put the pursuit of pleasure over living a long and healthy life. Look, I get it. “It won’t happen to me and it certainly wont happen for another 30 or 40 years” you say… …Maybe. Maybe not. But what you do right now will affect your health when you are 60 or …
I want you to take charge of your health today. I want you to take action. I want you to get to the gym, start the habit of eating well and taking care of your body. I want you to stop talking about it and just do it. I want you to realise how important …
We could all have much more in life… …but we could all have a lot less couldn’t we? I think sometimes we forget what we have and take if for granted. We all do don’t we? I walked past a beggar on the street yesterday on the way back to the tube sitting on the floor holding …
1. Life really can be too short 2. Do what makes you happy – you don’t have time to waste 3. If men had to give birth, the world’s population would come to a grinding halt. 4. Calories count for everything. It’s not stress, lack of sleep and a poor metabolism making you fat. They don’t …
“Divorce the story and marry the truth”… …says Tony Robbins. What story are you telling yourself that just ain’t true? ‘I’ve got big bones’ ‘I’ve tried EVERYTHING’ ‘I’ve always been fat, it’s genetic’ ‘I can’t do this and I can’t do that’ It’s just not true and the sooner you realise that YOU are the …
You are not “FAT” You’ve accumulated excess body fat over the last few months, years maybe. You are not “it”. I hear so many people calling themselves fat. You are not fat. You’ve gained it, you can lose it. Change your language. Change that internal dialogue. Change your WHOLE LIFE. What you must remember is …
Mia, my daughter was in town over the weekend. I missed her birthday a few weeks ago so this was an action packed time we had, full of good food and adventure. Yesterday we went to “Go Ape” For those of you not familiar with this, it’s a high rope obstacle course with Tarzan swings and zip wires. It’s great …
Mia, my daughter was in town over the weekend. I missed her birthday a few weeks ago so this was an action packed time we had, full of good food and adventure. Yesterday we went to “Go Ape” For those of you not familiar with this, it’s a high rope obstacle course with Tarzan swings and zip wires. It’s …
I’ve got a secret to tell you, that many people don’t know… Comfort zones eh? You know that nice, cosy place WE ALL love to be, in every aspect of our lives. The comfort zone is the complete opposite to stepping into the things we fear, and unfortunately, it’s what holds us all back in …
I just don’t have the time I’m busy at work I get home really late I need more sleep It’s not my fault… …and so on and so on are the excuses I hear all the time from people that want results. Yet how come some people with the same 24hrs manage to balance their …
Just re-read a brilliant book called “The Slight Edge”. To sum it up very quickly, the slight edge is all that’s needed for ANYTHING to be a success or indeed a failure. Many people expect a magical silver bullet or a quantum leap to propel them to millions in the bank, an awesome …
“Shit, I’m late again. Damn trains, why are they always late when I’m in a hurry?” she says to herself… Jayne takes a quick glance at her watch. It’s 8.45 now and she was meant to be in work at 8.30 but it will be 9am at least before she gets there. She has a new …
As I imagined, a lot of you reading this newsletter are still looking to shift a few pounds in 2017. In fact, if we did a survey and people were 100% honest, I think that most people would say that they had some weight to lose or that they would want to be smaller, leaner, tighter and just …
How was your weekend? It was my birthday yesterday. I was 21… …plus 22 🙂 I had a great birthday brunch at Roka in Canary wharf with Alex and then Tom and Jess surprised me by turning up at our place with a chocolate Gruffalo cake with a big sparkler sticking out of it which set the smoke …
How was your weekend? I was in Paris Friday night to speak at an event on the Champs-Élysées, which was great fun and came back late on Saturday and was up early to drive to King’s Lynn to pick up Mia for the day. We went over to Peterborough to see my Mum, Dad and Sister and her family, which was …
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There are many things we should do as we move into 2017 but what about the negative habits and emotions that we all carry yet might want to leave behind… Here are 7 things you might want to leave behind in 2016. #1 Self doubt Many people don’t believe in themselves enough to attempt the …
We live in strange times do we not? Over the last six months, the news has been dominated by an onslaught of depressing headlines. Almost every week, stories about a scandal, a war, terrorism, a disease, a climate change, income inequality and a shaky economic recovery have dominated the airwaves. What a world we live in. …
Key learnings from the weekend: A few quotes to start with… “Success leaves clues” “Find out what poor people read and don’t read it” “Knowledge is only potential power, execution is POWER” “Motion creates emotion” “Your state controls everything. Master your state, master your life” “If you are hungry, you can do ANYTHING!” “Energy is …
Happy Wednesday! Do you know that a child has the capacity to learn up to seven languages fluently between the ages of 0 – 7 years old? There are many people all over the world that can speak three or four languages and many more than that that are bilingual. But seven? That’s amazing isn’t it? …
So I was in King’s Lynn yesterday with my daughter Mia. I love spending time with her and this week I promised her we would go and see “Zootropolis” A shot of espresso pre-film is always a wise idea for me as I have a tendency to fall asleep in warm, dark rooms much to Mia’s …
I finally got round to watching “The Revenant” last night. The film is set in 1823 in the good ol’ US of A with the story focused on a group of trappers and a tribe of American Indians. Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is attacked by a bear after disturbing the bear’s cubs in the forest. He survives the attack but is very …
Gather round peeps, its story time again. Sitting comfortably? Good. I want to tell you about a certain group of chaps that know a thing or two about commitment and dedication. The Japanese “marathon monks” are a set of crazy individuals seeking enlightenment in a quest to serve Buddha. These monks are from the Tendai school of Buddhism in Mt. …
How’s your week so far? Making it count? A load of you clicked on the link for the journal on Monday, which actually surprised me but in a good way… I wonder how many of you bought it or will buy it? Taking action is the key right? At the weekend, apart from a going for a wicked Chinese meal on …
We are back from the USA now… We had an amazing time and I learnt loads of great stuff, too much to go into detail so I thought I would summarise in brief. Here are 21 ideas, suggestions and invaluable snippets of information that may or may not enhance your life going forward. Feel free to …
Nootropics Many of you will have seen the film “Limitless”. For those that haven’t, it’s basically about a guy (Bradley Cooper) that takes a pill and his whole life becomes incredible beyond measure. He learns fluent Italian in a few days, he writes the most amazing book in a week where previously he had taken …
So I had my metabolic fitness test on Wednesday with Laurent Bannock and Lindsay Holden from Guru Performance. I was going to tell you all about it today but I only got the results last night and I need to look at them and interpret them properly before I report back to you. I will do …
This post came about after a new client of mine in the gym said she was “desperate” to get back into her skinny jeans. My client told me that she had previously achieved great results from running and restricting her calories and was concerned that resistance training would make her bulky. It’s always fascinating to …
Are you happy in your life? I think that if you asked many people what their goal is in life apart from the obvious “things”, being happy would rank up at the top wouldn’t it? In fact, if you look at all the other things in life that we accumulate, they are really just ways …
1. You are the average of the five people you spend most of your time with If things are not working out for you in life, look around. Maybe it’s time to get a new circle of influence? Our attitudes, ideas and aspirations are all taken from our closet five. This can often mean best friends and …
How was your weekend? Tom and I had a steak night with the lads, which turned out to be a bit of a reunion… …a few of the guys hadn’t seen each other for years… It was a great night. We went to Goodman on Maddox Street in Mayfair… I’m very sure many of you …
So as we come to the end of the week, can you look back and say it was a productive one in terms of your health & fitness? Can you say that you did the work that was required? Did you get all your workouts in and did you prepare your food each day? If not, why …
Glorious weather we had yesterday here in London… …the good news is that today is set to be pretty much the same. What did you get up to over the weekend? I was at the gym early Sunday morning for a little bit of cardio to take the edge of the calories consumed on Saturday …
1) Be cool to everyone. I don’t care who you are or how much money you make, you are no better or worse than the next person. Forget your ego and just be cool to everyone all the time 2) Make as many mistakes as possible. I don’t mean deliberately mess up but I mean try to do as …
Cancer is a bitch isn’t it? Two greats from the Silver Screen, David Bowie and Alan Rickman, died last week from Cancer, along with thousands of others across the world no doubt. Both, just 69 years old. Way too young. In fact, cancer kills about 7.6 million people every year worldwide, which works out to be about just over …
“Work harder on yourself than you do on your Job” Wise words from the late, great Jim Rohn, who was an entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. But what does that mean? Well most people, if they are employed, get up and go to work and spend 8 hours or more in the workplace, working hard for someone …
As you can imagine, Tom and I often get clients that come to us with various health & fitness goals. Goals such as fat/weight loss or various health challenges and aims to improve performance for a particular sport. Some clients achieve amazing results and transform their health and their life. Others just don’t do much at all really and over the last …