Personal Fitness Training for People with Chronic Illnesses or Disabilities
Ever heard the phrase “skinny-fat”? It might sound like an oxymoron but it’s an actual thing. Check this out…your body is made up of a number of things, but two of the larger parts tend to be muscle and fat, unless you’re like me and you have 0.5% body fat. Ha, I wish!!! But seriously, …
For many years people have suggested that cardio is the way forward for weight loss. Some people still think it, even today! (there’s no roll-eyes emoji in my email software, but if there was, I’d have used it). For many of my clients and followers who find it hard to get the heart rate up …
Hey, hey, hey! Check this out – For years people have spoken of “slow metabolism” or “fast metabolism” as an explanation to why people’s “natural” body weights differ. I use the quote marks because I don’t believe in the concept of a natural body weight. But that’s another subject for another day. With regards to …
Aloha, Here’s a simple trick to help you find more time in your life for exercise. Or other stuff if you’re already doing enough exercise. Firstly, spend a minute (no more than that) deciding which is your favourite TV show/Netflix show etc. Once you’ve decided that, make a note of it and perform a simple …
Next week is a good time to start your fitness regime. wanna know why? So next week is significant in my part of the world because we’ve all got a hangover from Christianity which means we celebrate religious festivals, even those of us who are not even remotely religious. But what that does do is …
Why next week is a good time to start your fitness regime. Read More »
Walking in a bid to get better at walking might leave you frustrated with little or no improvements, but certainly an eventual plateau in progress. This is not specific to walking, but any activity from sports, to crosswords, chess, washing your clothes. ANYTHING! Yes, walking should be an aspect of your training regime to improve …
THIS IS WHY WALKING ALONE WON’T MAKE YOU BETTER AT WALKING Read More »
Here’s a story about failure and an explanation as to why you can’t fail when it comes to exercise. The other day I scheduled a video call with a client who’s about to start my Custom Fit Programme. This is the standard procedure to make sure I get a good idea of how their body …
This will motivate you, BIG TIME! I recently had a check in call with a client on week 8 of my Custom Fit Programme. One of the goals we agreed at the beginning of the programme was for her to be able to walk 5km (3 miles for the yanks) by week 12. Quite a challenge …
I thought I’d welcome you with a smiling picture of me this week. Look how tanned I was back then! Anyway, moving on, we looked at anxiety and fear last week on one of my Facebook lives. Very common for a lot of people with chronic illnesses but as a nation we still don’t like …
Fear, Anxiety and what to expect when you start a new fitness regime Read More »
Hi Dom, Thanks for applying to win the free MS Warrior Programme. I was overwhelmed by the number of applicants which shows that there really is demand for this kind of offering 🙂 I’ve listed the winners at the bottom of this email so if you’re on the list, get back to me and I’ll …