Monday, 17 March 2014

Why does my healthy lifestyle offend you?


I’ve become increasingly aware of the far too many people around who are all too happy to give their opinion on someone who leads a very healthy lifestyle. They sit back in the comfort of their air-con, munching on chocolate and chips, laying on the couch for hours and telling us, the ones who got off our ass today, that we have a ridiculous obsession with working out and keeping healthy. Alllllrighty then...

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Fat burning in a fasted state – Burn more fat in the morning


Morning workouts are extremely beneficial to fat burning and weight loss. We have all heard of these fat burning walks (FBW) but probably never really understood how exercising first thing in the morning is a whole lot better for you.
To put it as simply as possible our bodies preferred source of energy is glucose (carbs and sugar). Exercising of an afternoon or evening will most likely just burn off the food you have eaten that day rather than the body fat you are trying to shred. It will take you a much longer time to get to the point of fat burning. 
Over the day you have consumed a number of carbohydrates which are your body’s most convenient fuel source of energy. As you start exercising this is transformed into glucose which is then converted to energy with the help of insulin. This process is usually quite quick provided you are eating a healthy diet and the type of exercise you are doing.

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Not reaching your goals? Here's why...


Are you doing some really great workouts and eating really healthy but just not seeing the results you were expecting? Hitting a plateau that you just can’t shake?

Consistency is key in constantly making improvements. There are a lot of common mistakes people make that can prevent you from reaching your goals.