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How Do I Lose Weight?

A lot of people ask me the question: “How Do I Lose Weight, Daniel?” And it’s a simple answer: there are lots of things that you can be doing to burn fat, lose weight and feel happier about your body. That’s something that we help individuals with through our bespoke personal training programme at…

7 Simple Steps To Get The Body You’ve Always Wanted

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When you sit there and imagine how comfortable and confident you feel being around people on the beach, you know you’ve got the body you’ve always wanted in life. But, how do you get there? What is it that you need to do to feel that great? These seven steps are simple: they’re not overly…

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Why Eat What Our Ancestors Ate?

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At some point you’ve probably heard someone you know, say: “That’s it. I’m going on the Paleo diet!” But, most people don’t eat a full Paleo diet: they ‘mix and match’ depending on what foods they’re eating. A true Paleo diet is eating with the seasons and going out to hunt and kill your own…

No Ifs, No Buts, No Shortcuts: Assessments Matter

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If you’re reading this then you’re probably one of the 1000s of people who have gone off to join a gym at some point in your life. Chances are you’ll have had the statutory gym induction, where an instructor demonstrates and explains how to use the machinery in the gym and get things set up…

Is Your Life on Standby?

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If asked how you’re doing today or one of your friends asked how you were, would you be like most people and answer, “I’m alright, I suppose?” But, if you were pushed for an answer, the most common response I hear is, “Well, I’m a little tried/ stressed/ fatigued …sigh!” Herein lies two of the…

Say No to Moobs! 5 Tips to Banish Man Boobs

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Picture used under Creative Commons Do you ever fear taking off your shirt in front of people? Even those who love you for who you are and don’t really care about what your body looks like? You remove your shirt at night and what you see makes you feel uncomfortable: it doesn’t really resemble a…

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Why Protein is Important For Your Body

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Everywhere you look in the fitness world these days it’s all about protein, usually high protein. But, is high protein really necessary? Where do you get protein from? Is eating all that protein actually good for you? These are questions that we get asked constantly at MPT. What is Protein Used For? Let’s take the…

Sleep is more important than you probably realise

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Sleep is critical to weight loss and building a healthy body. A good night’s sleep or bad night’s sleep can affect you in ways you wouldn’t even begin to realise. Weight loss as an example You’re trying to lose weight, but you’re struggling to keep on track with your diet. I was actually talking…

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Why women should lift weights

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I’m asked a lot what type of training I do and how many times a week I train. The answer is that I train pretty much most days with maybe one rest day a week, and my fitness workouts mainly involve doing weight training and minimal cardio vascular exercise. Some people are surprised when I…

Little Black Dress

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Personal trainer explains how you can achieve a happier, healthier, sexier you! You’ve just finished applying your lip gloss. You stand up and go to the full-length mirror and what do you see? Damn… you look hot in that dress! All of that hard work and clean eating has really paid off. Now you’re…