Crossfit competitions - multiple demanding workouts, spread out over the course of the day. Not an easy task for your body to cope with. Here are some tips on how best to prepare for your competition from a nutrition standpoint and how to fuel all of your workouts throughout the day. Pre-Competition Crossfit as a sport requires high intensities which means you will be utilizing glycogen as your main energy source. Therefore, you will want to make sure you have fully saturated

Agghhhh help! I've put on 10lbs over Christmas! How am I going to lose all this fat?!? First. Relax. You enjoyed yourself and put on some weight. Its ok. Second, you definitely haven’t put on 10 lbs of fat in the 2 weeks of Christmas and new year. Third, let me tell you what’s going on with your scales and body, and how you're not that far from where you were before the holidays. So, you’ve put on some weight over Christmas. Let's use 10lbs as an example and you can apply it

With winter on it's way and the hours of darkness getting longer, it's not rare for your mood and energy levels to drop. On top of all this, there are the numerous bugs and viruses circulating which are easily picked up in the winter months. The solution? Vitamin D! Vitamin D is often described as the sunshine pill because it is synthesized within you body when your skin is exposed to direct sunlight. Because only small amounts of Vitamin D are available from your diet (143 e

After doing a poll on Instagram and Facebook asking which is better for weight-loss out of a Freddo and a rice cake with peanut butter and banana, I was glad to see that just over 60% of people chose the Freddo. If that was you, well done! If not, don't worry, I'll explain why you got it wrong. I know you're probably thinking: "How could eating a chocolate bar as a snack be better for weightloss? They are unhealthy and full of sugar!", and you wouldn't be wrong! However, the

Nobody wants their parents and grandparents to get old and frail. Yet for most of us, this is the harsh reality of ageing. In this article, I will explain three of the most common factors that effect quality of life in the elderly and what you can do to help. Heard of Sarcopenia? Yeah, I didn't think so! It's basically where, as you age (and after menopause), there is progressive loss of muscle size, strength and performance. This is bad news. Like, really bad. Not only does

I'm not actually a big fan of KFC but I do love chicken and this is one of the tastiest ways I've found of cooking it! The Polenta (ground Corn) gives the outside a great, crispy texture and allows the chicken thighs to keep from drying in the oven! Plus this is definitely cheaper than KFC and much healthier! Ingredients: 1 Pack of Boneless Chicken Thighs 300g* Ground Polenta *Enough to cover chicken 1 Tbsp Coconut oil Salt, Pep

This is My Review of the BBC's 'The truth about Carbs'. I will start by saying, if you haven't watch it already, then please don't. Not only will you waste an hour of your life, but you will be watching a uniformed and under-educated (in terms of nutrition) doctor attempt to tell you that Carbohydrates are uniquely fattening. If you think my dig at doctors' lack of nutritional knowledge is unfair, then take a look at the BBC's own article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43

What? We all know that feeling... A day or two after a tough workout and you feel like you can barely move. Your in desperate need of a massage or some way to loosen off your tight muscles. Good News! Instead of paying £40 for a sports massage, you can do it yourself! Foam rolling or trigger point release as it is also know, is where you place pressure on a sore/tight muscle to try and loosen off the muscle tissue. This can be done with a foam roller, lacrosse ball or any oth

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With so much information circulating social media and the internet about how to lose fat, I thought it would be best to show you the hierarchy of whats important when trying to lose weight and fat. The single most important thing (which should really be taking up the whole damn triangle), is energy balance. To lose weight, you MUST be in a calorie deficit. This means you are consuming fewer calories than you are burning... e.g if I burn 1500 calories in a day and I consume 10