Do you have an addiction to food? For many of us, life is consumed by a desire to alter our body shape, be that to reduce weight, increase weight or to enhance definition. This desire has a close relationship to food and the following article is written to identify whether you display traits of addiction […]
Do you want to be a British Indoor Rowing Champion this time next year?
The indoor rowing revelation happened at the back end of last year…. After 43 years of very disordered eating, which, at its height resulted in an obsession, that meant literally trying and failing a different weight-loss method every week, last year, I finally cracked the key to losing weight and feeling great without dieting. Last […]
Body Transformation Competition
!COMPETITION TIME! WIN A BODY TRANSFORMATION! 🌟🌟🌟 WIN WIN WIN an amazing 12 Week Body Transformation Package worth a staggering £1700 🌟🌟🌟 This winter MPA Fitness are giving one lucky person the chance to make the most amazing start to their January 2019. What does The 12 week Body Transformation Package prize include? 💪 Initial in-depth body assessment […]
Training & Nutrition Over 40
I’m 93 ya know….. You have to love the old man and woman in the post office queue. Engage in conversation with any senior citizen who takes care of themselves and you know what’s coming….an age reference! Information given to you that they are an active soul. They are quite capable of anything at all, […]
Sponsor You? For What?
What follows are my thoughts on how what has come to be expected from us as a fitness challenge has gradually reduced over time. I was worried that I may have been a little harsh on some people in the article so I asked a member of MPA (Helen Cameron) who’s opinion I value greatly […]
What is the Cost of Exercise?
I decided to put a theory to test over the weekend. It’s a theory put to the test in many studies before but I thought I’d try it for myself and it was to find out, as the title says… What is the Cost of Exercise? There could be many answers to this, one being […]
Change the Law and End the Obesity Crisis
What is a pandemic? A pandemic is a problem or disease that is prevalent or widespread across a whole country, continent or the world. Obesity is a global pandemic. Once thought to be a problem of the more affluent in society it is now a serious matter across all members of all economic classes. How […]
Count Yourself Lucky to be Fat!
If you have decided to read this then you are probably somebody who is overweight or you have an interest in losing some body fat – these days that’s more or less everybody! There are now more obese people than undernourished people on the planet so there is a likelihood that you are in the […]
What Do You Want To Achieve In The Gym?
Define your goal. Define your intention before you step up to the plate of purpose; the plate of intention and the arena in which you are choosing to succeed in your goal. What is the outcome you desire from performing your task? This is the reason you are ‘training’ – be it in the gym […]
Over 12,000 Hours of Personal Training Has Taught Me a Few Things
Since graduating from my personal training course and receiving my diploma in 2002 I have trained over 400 people individually and put in over 12,000 hours of one to one time. There have been a few hundred class teaching hours added to that along with a few hundred hours spent educating and teaching fitness instructors […]
What Do You Expect From Personal Training?
Have you ever thought to yourself that enough is enough and it’s time to do something about your health? Whether that means wanting to get lean, get strong, get fast, get powerful or more along the lines of wanting to be pain free, stress free, enjoy better sleep and more productivity within your life? One […]
The Fat Burning Myth
Since leaving the comfort and relaxed pace of the large health chain group, the ‘Fat Burning Zone’ is a phrase I rarely hear these days as it is a zone that is never required to venture into within the walls of MPA Fitness. So what is it? Why is it prescribed and why do we […]
My Visit to a Posh Health Club
I count myself fortunate to work in a facility where I am able to maintain a high level of fitness. Throughout my years in the industry I have seen what works and what doesn’t and this was highly relevant when creating the MPA Fitness Centre. Pull up rigs, dipping bars, kettlebells, barbells, space etc etc […]
Saturday 15th October
As a coach and owner of a fitness centre Saturday 15th October made me very happy. When Kevin and I opened MPA it was with the intentions of providing health & fitness to many people but with a very important point of making health & fitness enjoyable. I’ve talked before about how gyms can be […]
5kg Weight Loss in Three Months
5kg of WEIGHT LOSS in three months isn’t spectacular but it is safe, healthy and sustainable. 4kg of which is body fat and 1kg of which is lean muscle mass. How did I do it? Simply put, it was down to goal setting, exercise, making the right food choices and a determination. Looking at the […]
Choose Your Future. Choose Life…
I once lost six and a half stone training with Paul. It wasn’t easy but I achieved it thanks to Paul’s concrete tenacity and impenetrably thick skin (I was a terrible, lazy, stroppy, sloppy and emotional client). I also made the right choices about food and alcohol EVERY SINGLE DAY. I didn’t give myself any […]
Your Approach to Nutrition over the Holidays
With Easter approaching people often ask “Are there any healthy alternatives to chocolate eggs and sweets so that I can treat myself and still feel like I’m joining in?” The answer they would like to hear is “Yes, of course! You can have reduced fat eggs and sweets that have half the calories of traditional […]
What is Kettlebell Pentathlon?
Originally developed by Valery Fedorenko as a diagnostic test of human work capacity, fitness and athleticism, the WKC (World Kettlebell Club) Strength & Conditioning Quotient is a now a new sport in its own right. The military, police and rescue, as well as coaches of numerous athletes and sports teams have used kettlebell pentathlon to […]
Be in Control of your Blood Sugar Levels
Nowadays, our blood sugar imbalances are associated with a host of symptoms and health problems, including type II diabetes, unexplained fatigue, extra weight around the middle and mood disturbances. One of the main reasons for the rampant rise in type-2 diabetes is that the range for normal blood sugar is too high (1). This explains […]
How to give up Coffee
by Guy Edwards You should know that coffee is a drug. It contains Caffeine. Its chemical formula is C8H10N4O2. Its chemical name is 3,7-Dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione or 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine or 1,3,7-trimethyl-2,6-dioxopurine. Caffeine Chemistry shows a molecular diagram. Know that caffeine is addictive. Regular use of more than of 350 mg of caffeine a day (about 3 cups) causes […]
