Maintaining good posture as we age can be a difficult proposition. If you have a job that consists of sitting behind a desk for large parts of your day, maintaining good posture can be even more challenging. The average human head weighs just over 3.5kg. When sitting behind a desk your head tends to move…
Part 2 Eating for performance and continued self improvement. It may not always be the training that’s at fault when we are talking about the law of diminishing returns. If you want to give yourself the absolute best chance of seeing self improvement year after year, eating for performance and not just being content with…
For those of you involved in the business of economics you would’ve heard of the law of diminishing returns. For those of us who are not, the definition refers to a point at which the level of profits or benefits gained is less than the amount of money or energy invested. The phrase also applies…
There was a time when high level runners would run and do no other types of training. Coaches believed that more running would produce better results. Times have long since changed. Whether it’s short distance running such as the 100 metre sprint or longer distance like a marathon, resistance training plays a major role in…
Are you the best possible version of you? Do you do all you can do to look your best, so you feel great and are healthy? We don’t live a long time on this planet. So why is it we all don’t want to look and feel the best we possibly can for the relatively…
It’s not uncommon to walk into any gym around the world and see physiques with more upper body development than lower body development. In fact it’s the norm. Why? Two reasons: Legs put great physical demands on your body so people don’t train them as hard or put the required time into developing them properly.…
When you first begin training there’s really only a couple of basic things you need to be thinking of. The first and most obvious getting the weight from point A to point B. The second performing each and every single rep with strict form so that you don’t injure yourself. These are the basics and…
Firstly the purpose of this article is not to say whether or not you should drink alcohol. I for one have had my fare share over the years and fitted right into the binge drinking culture New Zealand is now known for. For the record as it stands I have not had a drink in…
You will gain lean muscle while losing body fat at the same time. Adding less than 1kg of muscle will burn up to 100 calories more a day while doing absolutely nothing! Your metabolism stays elevated for an entire hour after resistance training burning calories where as with cardio the minute you stop is the minute…
After working in the fitness industry for many years, I see too many people fail to reach the goals they set out to reach because of one thing; Consistency. Consistency is a week after week, month after month, year after year process. Why the struggle? Are you one of these people? If so, why? Life…
