Again and again people ask me ;’Do I need to do cardio?’; ‘What sort of cardio should I be doing?’ I will reveal all today…

NO YOU DON’T. I spend so much time trying to drum this into people. Traditional cardio can be a useful addition to your workout, but it is definitely not a necessity. Most people do not believe this when I tell them. But if they trust me, and try my methods (which can be found using the right hand column) they soon become believers!

The benefits of cardiovascular or aerobic exercise come from getting your heat-rate up to a certain level and keeping it there. It does not matter how you do it. And if you have ever tried one on my ’5 minute workouts’ i’m sure you will agree this definitely happens.

So why do traditional cardio such as the treadmill or cross trainer, when you can get all the same benefits, plus many more, and in a fraction of the time with simple circuit training? It just doesn’t make sense.

But I totally understand you will be dubious about this. That’s fine, but all I can say is, as Personal Trainer I have gotten fantastic fat loss results time and time again with no traditional cardio whatsoever. So please you the right hand column and give the FREE Workouts a go!

Today’s Takeaway- Traditional Cardio is old news. Circuit training will get you the fat loss results you crave.

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In my experience it’s not so much the knowledge that people lack when it comes to nutrition, it’s the planning and putting healthy eating into practice that causes the problems. So is there a way you can overcome this?

I try to simplify matters with my clients as much as possible and with most people that seems to work quite well. With both exercise and nutrition I get them to plan exactly what they are going to do/eat and exactly when they are going to do it. They must make it an appointment in their diary’ and treat it with the same importance. After all if they are paying for my help and advice, or in your case spending your time reading my articles, losing weight obviously is something that’s important to you.

If people plan their daily food intake, e.g. make a fresh salad for lunch before work every morning, take in fruit to snack on during the day, the battle is almost won. So why complicate things any further than that?

Today’s Takeaway – Assuming you know the basics of healthy eating, put time aside to plan what you will eat and when. It may sound simple but I have seen from experience that it works.

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If you have read my blog articles regularly over the last few months you will know I am a big proponent over a high protein diet for people looking to lose weight and burn fat. But how much protein should you actually be eating?

I won’t go into detail about which foods are protein rich. I have done this in other articles which you will be able to find by typing ‘protein’ into the search bar in the right hand column. But chicken and fish are probably the best two examples of high protein foods.

To determine how much protein you should be getting you need to find out you bodyweight in kilos. You then multiply this amount by 1.5. For example in you weight 70 kilos, you would multiply that by 1.5 to get 105.

This figure of 105 is the amount of protein you should get on a daily basis in grams. To give you an idea a chicken breast contains around 20/25 grams and an egg 5/7 grams.

You should be taking this protein gradually during the day. This means getting some at breakfast time. So if you don’t do that currently I would recommend a protein supplement.

Today’s Takeaway- Make sure you get enough protein on board to meet your daily requirements. It will put your body in the ideal state for fat burning.

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Everyone has a particular area or body part that they want to burn fat from more than any other. So can you spot reduce body fat? I.e. work on a particular body part and burn fat off of it?

Focusing all your attention on a particular body part – for example doing endless sit-up to try and flatten your abs – simply won’t work. Unfortunately it is IMPOSSIBLE to spot-reduce body fat. I know it sucks, but that’s just the way it is. The body burns fat as a unit, so each exercise you do will have an overall fat burning effect on the entire body rather than just the area that you are working.

 This is why you must do upper body exercises even if you don’t want to burn fat from this part of your body. Indeed if you don’t perform balanced workouts that reach every part of your body, this overall fat burning process will not work as well.

 Unfortunately however, we all have specific problem area/areas where the fat doesn’t shift as fast as other areas. Again, this is just the way our body works, but rest assured if you keep going with the right exercises and workouts you will get the results you want on these problem areas too – it just may take a little longer.

Today’s Takeaway - Please remember that simply putting more time, effort and focus into a particular body part will not make the difference.

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