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Ultimate Performance in the Press this month

Nick — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:54:40 +0000

Although receiving press attention isn’t an accurate barometer of how good we are as personal trainers (I can think of one well known London personal trainer who is actually quite a terrible trainer if the feedback I have had from his clients is anything to go by) it is always gratifying to see / read about yourself in various magazines. And I like to think that we must be doing something right as all of this press attention has been unsolicited and come to us based upon the work that we have been doing and the results that we have been getting for our personal training clients.

I had one of my regular supplement pieces on how to use digestive enzymes to assist your fat loss and muscle building goals in Men’s Health magazine. Please note that my preferred option for HCL therapy is Poliquin Perfomance HCL 4.0 and that this is a KEY supplement that almost all of our clients use when they start out with us.

I was also lurking in the background in a couple of pieces in the Sun newspaper and even the East London Advertiser, so true fame has come at last!

We had a nice piece on our unique Bridal Boot Camp (more details on this to follow soon as we are doing some very exciting things here) in Perfect Wedding magazine, and most importantly, and the real reason why I am writing about this month’s media work, I wanted to extend my thanks and appreciation to senior Ultimate Performance personal trainer Glenn Parker for his sterling work in Men’s Fitness and an excellent article on why spot reduction is possible with BioSignature Modulation. Glenn is not just a great trainer and BioSignature Coach, he is also a tremendous character full of resilience and energy and I am very lucky to have him as part of my team.

101 Tips to lose fat and get lean: Be accountable for your fat loss

Nick — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:34:34 +0000

Be accountable for your fat loss

Fat loss can be a lonely business. Achieving your peak physical condition doesn’t exactly widen your opportunities to socialise, and temptations are around every corner (or in every biscuit barrel and sweet tin). We all have ongoing internal dialogues and sometimes the good voice is strong, and sometimes it is weak and willing to succumb to whatever vice lies in our path and throw the fat loss out of the window. If you are anything like me you will be a master of self justification. How many times have I heard my personal training clients and / or myself utter such self defeating phrases as:

“Just one won’t hurt”

“I am low on carbs, I need the energy”

One for the bodybuilders – “I feel flat, I need to get some glycogen in my system”

Would you shy from your fat loss regime if you were accountable to this man?!

Pfah! Having a cheat / reefed meal is not necessarily the end of the fat loss world, but having an unplanned one almost always leads to a real and significant falling of the dieting wagon. One way to avoid this very common pitfall is to make yourself accountable to someone. This is one of the ways that a good personal trainer can earn their fees. My trainers always stay on top of all our personal training clients, and those clients in turn can expect to receive encouragement and praise if they have stuck to their fat loss plans, and something of a telling off if they let things slip too much. Those of you who know me will appreciate that “something of a telling off” only tends to happen once, after that most of my clients realise that we both have a lot invested in their success and that accountability to me to follow through on our work helps us achieve some often spectacular results!

101 Tips to lose fat and get lean (1): Drink Water!

Nick — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:59:46 +0000

101 Tips to lose fat and get lean: Drink Water!

Our London personal training clients have proper hydration drilled into them regularly. It can be a limiting factor for both fat loss and muscle building – I have seen people do everything right nutritionally and exercise wise, yet if they are don’t drink sufficient water their gains can be non existent.

There are many formulae for how much water one should drink, but given that climate and exercise levels cause needs to fluctuate I don’t necessarily set much store in them. A general rule of thumb that I like to follow with our personal training clients (whether fat loss or hypertrophy are their goals) is 1 litre per 25kg of bodyweight.

Give this a try and watch both your fat loss and energy / well being levels soar!