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Can nutrition coaches give out diet plans?
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 31-10-17Upon completion of the BTN Practical Academy (Active IQ Level 4 Qualification in Nutrition Coaching) you are a qualified nutrition coach able to practice and...
Why do I store fat in my legs?
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 24-10-17As a coach specialising in fat loss, the vast number of my clients have been female. This is not unusual and is in fact the...
Here’s what every nutrition coach needs to know...
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 03-10-17OK, so my last blog here was kinda long, and wasn’t really aimed at fitness people. I’m going to try to make up for that...
How to optimise diet and training around the female cycle
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 02-02-17Sorry fellas, this one's for the ladies but it won't do you any harm to read.... As females it’s not just as simple as having...
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Are you controlling your diet, or is your diet controlling you?
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 22-05-17Today I want to talk about an issue which I find a huge amount of overweight, repeat-failed dieters face, and that is the issue of...
Why trying to be perfect with your diet leads to failure
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 16-05-17Extreme leanness and a perfect physique is totally obtainable for many, yet completely unsustainable for most. To an outsider looking in, the fitness world had...
Why your diet isn’t working and how to get better results
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 28-02-17It’s mid-February – surely the January, ‘New Year, New Me’ gym goers have faded out by now. They will have come up with excuses by...
How to optimise diet and training around the female cycle
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 02-02-17Sorry fellas, this one's for the ladies but it won't do you any harm to read.... As females it’s not just as simple as having...
Are you over complicating your diet?
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 17-01-17Nutrition and your diet, do you find it confusing? I don’t, but the reason why isn’t because I know everything there is to know. For...
A note to those on a diet – especially if you’re not getting results
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 10-01-17It’s January – Happy New Year! With January comes new hopes, and a certain positive approach to looking forwards to the future - after all...
Adrenal fatigue
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 27-12-16One of the things which really should make us proud of Western society is our medicine. I am alive today because of Western medicine, and...
How coaches can get more likes and followers online
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 25-11-16This blog is aimed at coaches, personal trainers, nutritionists and ‘industry folk’ who write social media posts, emails and blogs with the purpose of improving...
Mobility from an athletic point of view
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 01-11-16When we talk about Mobility it’s important we know exactly what we’re referring to. A very basic definition is; “the ability to move or...
The role of carbohydrates in female fat loss
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 27-09-16Yes, carbs are still getting a bad name and there are still too many people under the belief that the way to fat loss is to...
Why eating 3500 calories less a week is bad advice
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 06-09-16“Bro, you’ve gotta go low carb to get lean” “If you cut out gluten you’ll shed fat” “Eat fat, burn fat and get shredded” Regardless...
How to use your hands to diet
Posted 10-04-19 | updated 29-08-16When it comes to dieting and losing fat there is no doubt that 24-hour energy balance is the key factor to consider. If you burn...