One of the girls that completed my 15 Day Detox at the start of the year (who by the way now is rocking a full on six pack at age 40+ from that nutrition plan and her hard training at our personal training facility), has been bringing in these awesome treats for everyone to try.  The best ones have been these little Mini Minty Chocolate Muffins so I asked her to give us all the recipe for them.  Read This Article

At the end of last year, I do not know how I managed to fit it in but I did a fortnight of work with the Australian Institute of Sport's female kayak squad.  The head strength & conditioning coach Glen "Worko" Workman is a great guy who also incidentally used to be my strength & conditioning coach when I played footy at Seagulls.  So we got on really well (as you can see from the pic below) and I learned a heap during the two weeks.  Here are the top 5 things I took out of it that:  Read This Article

One of the most important group of concepts to understand for both personal trainers and trainees trying to lose body fat is how the body actually loses body fat from exercise.  This is because it is not just a case of calories in/calories out and training longer.  Which is what most people trying to lose body fat have learned by now.  When the body wants to get rid of excess fat stores, there are basically three hormonal and metabolic mechanisms that really stand out: 1) improving insulin sensitivity, 2) increasing Growth Hormone (GH) output and 3) increasing metabolic rate by disrupting homeostasis.  Now do not worry it is not as complicated as it seems - just watch the video below and you’ll see what I mean…  Read This Article

If I am going to cook something, I am a big fan of making it as quick and easy as possible.  Call me lazy but this is actually probably one of the most overlooked factors in getting fit and losing weight. For those in the fitness and nutrition industry, we have a rule of thumb that the more meals an individual prepares, the greater their fat loss will be.  So we want to make sure that they have fast efficient recipes that taste great.  So when one of my colleagues over in the U.K. (check out Mark Cole's www.m10fitness.co.uk) sent me some of his food preparation secrets and recipes that he uses with his clients, I thought I would share one of his best recipes with you.  Read This Article

Another video for you.  This time I am chatting about what you really need to worry about with dieting and losing body fat.  Now there are three main factors we use: 1) what you eat, 2) when you eat and 3 ) how much you eat.  These factors are also listed in order of importance to your fat loss success.  So that means what you eat is more important than when you eat and when you eat is more important than how much you eat.    Read This Article

I did a video recently talking about how important protein is to our health and helping us to keep lean.  Do not worry though it is a little bit more sedate than my last one I shared with you guys - the FATGRIPZ promo video.  Now protein is important for keeping lean for three main reasons - 1) protein is physiologically necessary to humans survival 2) protein is the best detoxifier of the body and 3) protein takes a heck of a lot of energy to digest so your body is working hard and burning fat just by eating the stuff.  Anyway enough talking - watch the video, go eat some meat and tell me what you think!  Read This Article

If you have spent any time on my site or around me, you'll know I love fat grip impelments.  And the best of them all is FATGRIPZ.  Now not only do they make a great product, they are also great guys.  When Matt Scorringe (who is a former flatmate of mine) got leukaemia, they donated a cool $500 to help him with his treatment costs.  So there are pretty cool right... Anyway they needed a promotional video and I thought I would oblige with a bit of a humorous take on a few American advertisements.  Check it out...

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