Thursday, January 27, 2011

Metabolism - What's That?


Your metabolism is the engine room of your body, it's what gives you your energy, helps you get up in the morning and allows you to burn off extra kilos throughout your day.

You can begin to lose muscle strength and muscle mass in your 30's, if you are not participating in some kind of strength training program.

It is increased calorie consumption and decreased activity that sees people gaining weight as they get older, it certainly isn't 'natural' and doesn't have to be 'the way it is'.

As you lose this muscle mass you not only lose strength you also lose energy, as your metabolism slows down.

This is why strength training is essential for weight loss programs as it's the best way to increase your metabolism and my clients who know they are stronger than they've ever been, can attest to what a great feeling that is.

Your body is like a car in the sense that even if it is not running on all cylinders, it still runs, but not as well or as efficiently.

How well is your body running?

Sunday, January 9, 2011

What's Your Plan for 2011?


It's the start of another year of training and after the indulgence of the Christmas and New Year break, time to get your fitness back on track for 2011.

Take some time out to reflect on all of your achievements in the past 12 months and congratulate yourself on meeting the targets you set for yourself in 2010.

If you still have goals that have not yet been met, ask yourself why this is the case:
  • did they really match up to what you value and want for your life?
  • did you have a clear, specific plan of action to achieve your goal?
  • did you take the action necessary to reach your goal?
  • were you committed to doing what was necessary even when you didn't feel like it?
Once you work out why your goal wasn't achieved you can reset this goal for 2011 with a clear understanding of what you can do to make it real this year.

We will talk about goals in the first few training sessions of the year and work together to define the actions and steps you can take to get there.


"The real reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them" - Jim Rohn