Last week I went through some Q &A, this week some thoughts on elite youth sports and fitness events.  Youth Sports -  I went to Madrid for a Hyrox two weeks ago and did a tour of the Bernabeu football stadium. It was a great experience, what really made an impact...

This week I include some questions and answers from clients over the last couple of weeks. This includes the issue of judging muscle gain during a bulk, knowing how much to move and stopping a period of bad eating:  How Do I know If I have gained Fat or Muscle? This...

This week is Thanksgiving over in the USA, which is great for me as American football is my favourite sport so you have games on a Thursday. While I do not entirely understand the tradition, it is roughly about giving thanks for things we have in life. Along those...

This year the Christmas decorations seem to have set a new record for the earliest they have been put up. While I cannot say I feel at all festive I have seen over the years that people who started a fitness drive before the holiday period, went on to get some really...

Muscle maintenance is one of the hot topics in fitness right now due to various doctors stressing its importance during the menopause, alongside numerous studies showing how weight loss jabs are causing significant muscle loss as body fat drops. This is on top of the...

Protein is spoken about constantly now, especially in relation to fat loss. I feel it has gone too far. Bodybuilders have been obsessed with protein for decades, but most people aren’t bodybuilders. It seems every coach online now implies that unless you hit some...

Over the last few weeks I have discussed aerobic training, its benefits, the methods used to improve it and the ridiculous improvements this will have on health. This is hardly rocket science or difficult to understand, however, it is really hard to actually find a...

I often get asked binary questions on all sorts of topics. I’m notoriously hard to pin down to one black or white answer, like when I was on the BBC 1 Breakfast show (see below). This is mainly because most questions have nuance to them. Here are some common topics I...

I had someone contact me around improving their VO2 max, which made me realise I hadn't got an article on it despite my recent posts on aerobic training methods, mitochondria and zone 2 training. What is VO2 & Why Does It Even Matter? The maximum volume of oxygen...