The Power Of Consistency In Exercise – 4 Easy Ways To Make It Stick
Getting consistent with exercise is one of the greatest challenges people face in their fitness journey, I’ll show you how to overcome it once and for all.
Are Fit People More Successful?
Estimated Reading Time: 18 Minutes I’m going to make the case for a regular exercise practice being the single most effective strategy for career success. Of course written by a career personal trainer as this article is, you’d be forgiven for rolling your eyes at the title and what you might assume are my motivations for writing […]
S.M.A.R.T Goal Setting for Fitness & Weight Loss
Back in my years studying psychology, I came across a simple goal-setting system that would allow one to determine whether a new goal they had was likely to be successful. If you could set a goal that made sense and matched the S.M.A.R.T goal-setting system, you could be pretty sure that the goal, at least […]
The Unexpected Mental Benefit of Physical Fitness
First, focus on your pain point Like many beginners in fitness, my early goals were purely aesthetic. Simply put, I wanted to feel like was in shape, you know, gain muscle and lose body fat, ideally at the same time. As I’d never been in shape before at that point, I naturally questioned whether it […]
How to Get Back Into Fitness After a Summer Holiday
If you’ve landed on this article, chances are, you’ve recently enjoyed a summer holiday. And like many are facing one or the two common fitness-related changes below. The two major summer holiday-related fitness challenges Challenge 1: You can’t get back into fitness after your holiday Firstly, your fitness regime has probably taken a bit of […]
Why Waiting Until January to Start Your Fitness Goals is a Mistake
If you are motivated today, why would you wait? In the months running up to the festive period, it can be tempting to think that it would make sense to draw a line in the sand come the new year, and put off beginning a new training program until January as that will be when […]
How Mindfulness Effects Weight Loss (And Muscle Gain)
Having a mindfulness practice is akin to being present and having a conscious awareness of yourself and what is around you in the moment. Whether you are trying to maintain that throughout the day, or deliberately taking time out to focus on it’s pursuit for a few moments per day, simply introducing it into your […]
How Motivation Really Works in Health & Fitness
You don’t actually lack motivation I’m quite often told by my inbound online personal training clients that in their own view they are “not very motivated to exercise” What’s worse is that for one reason or another, many have actually incorporated this limiting belief into their identity, using statements like “I’m not a very motivated […]
How To Make Exercise A Daily Habit
When trying to achieve impressive results in fitness, it’s going to come down to two things, following the right workout plan and staying consistent with it. The first is pretty easy to solve with a good deal of research or having a personal trainer build a program for you, I’ve actually written a guide to […]
How to Return to Exercise After a Long Break
As an online personal trainer, I often meet people who have been through many cycles of activity vs complete inactivity. This may sound familiar. It’s very common and may be due to any number of reasons outside of one’s control. From interruptions to your schedule, periods of stress and overwhelm or even an illness or […]