How do you optimise your training results?It's really difficult to optimise your progress if you're turning up the gym and making up your workout on the spot. Of course, you can get some great results early on by doing this. But you might fin

EP05: Time Efficiency

Jun 14th, 2021 13m 11s

I'm at the business end of training for my Ironman, so I've really been experiencing the topic of this week's episode.I've heard a lot that clients say don't have time to do all their training activities. But I've found you've got to set days

EP04: Not Losing Weight Because You "Don't Eat Enough"

May 24th, 2021 10m 49s

Is the reason you're not losing weight actually because you "don't eat enough?"I've heard this one many times over the years of Personal TrainingYou may have been following a diet a while in which you initially got results but your progress

EP03: Is Strength Training Important For Endurance?

May 17th, 2021 13m 35s

Not incorporating strength training is that you're not directly isolating muscles to get stronger and make you a stronger runnerI had a client who joined the Kickstart Your Running programme who hadn't done any strength training in a running p

EP02: Why Fruit & Veg Aren't Always "Healthy"

May 10th, 2021 14m 36s

We all know that fruit & veg are "healthy", but, are there limits on how much we should eat?The problem with eating TOO much fruit & veg could actually be counter-intuitive to your weight loss (as well as your toilet frequency)Now I'm not g

EP01: Run Slower To Run Faster

May 3rd, 2021 27m 5s

I personally have been a victim of performing every training run like it was a race, and I know you have done it tooThe problem with this is that it's going to lead to injuries, burnout, and de-motivation!Every week I would pluck up the cou

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 7: Eating too late at night stores as fat?

Apr 18th, 2021 5m 12s

Is the reason you're not losing fat because you're eating too late at night?The problem with this belief is that it doesn't have much evidence to back it upWhen I first started training at 16 years old, I was told that one of the key hacks

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 6: Is sugar actually all that bad?

Apr 18th, 2021 5m 3s

Sugar gets demonized by a lot of media/high-profile platforms...But, is it actually that bad for you?Maybe you have always had the thought that sugar is the reason you're gaining weight, or sugar is the devil and it's the first thing you cu

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 5: Fruit & Veg aren’t always “healthy”!

Apr 18th, 2021 5m 24s

I'm going to explain to you why the fruit & veg you're eating may actually be a problem area...We all know that fruit & veg are "healthy", but, are there limits on how much we should eat?The problem with eating TOO much fruit & veg could ac

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 4: Eating back your “burned calories”

Apr 18th, 2021 6m 23s

If you've ever tracked your calories on MyFitnessPal, it will give you a calorie target for consumption as well as "active calories"But, should you be eating back your calories that you have burned from a workout or should you stick to the ca

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 3: “I’m not losing weight because I don’t eat enough”

Apr 18th, 2021 6m 23s

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 2: “You have to eat really low calories to lose weight”

Apr 18th, 2021 7m 37s

How many calories do you actually need to consume to lose weight?I'm sure you have been through the scenario of having a scare from the scales leading to a sudden motivation to lose weightYou want to do it as fast as possible so you cut out

Kickstart Your Nutrition Day 1: Do you need to count calories if you eat whole foods?

Apr 18th, 2021 7m 37s

"If I'm eating whole foods, surely I don't need to count calories because I'm eating healthy"A common statement and belief is that if you're eating mainly whole foods (rice, pasta, oats) you don't even need to count calories because you shoul