How Detox Diets Cause Weight Gain

It’s that time of year when our social timelines are filled to the brim with talks of detoxing, cleansing and juice diets. Now, we’re all for eating plenty of fresh fruit and veg but detoxing? Really?

Blog: Mixing up my training

I'm stuck in a training rut.

For probably my ENTIRE exercising life, my training has consisted pretty much of 3 days cardio and 2 days weights. The weights days have gone from teaching a barbell class in the good old days to half-heartedly picking up a couple of dumbbells and going through the motions as is the current habit.

Exercise is for life...

Oh come on, we've all done it. We spend the week after Christmas saying 'From next week I'm on a health kick and will lose this weight'. Then the week after that we join a gym/take up running/start Zumba. Then by 3 months later the gym card/trainers/sweatband is gathering dust for the next 9 months until the cycle starts again.

Lift Weight to Lose Weight

Yep, thats right. If you want to lose weight(well, inches/fat but for the sake of this post let’s call it weight loss as we’re all familiar with the term) you need to lift weights. Resistance training is key to a successful, and more importantly sustainable loss.

5 Ways to boost metabolism

So, your metabolism is the process your body goes through to convert food into energy. The faster your metabolic rate, the greater number of calories are being distributed to the cells for use.