Personal Trainer & Fitness Blog

Intermittent fasting has become increasingly popular over the past few years. There are claims that it’s the perfect diet if you want to get lean without giving up your favourite foods. There are also those who swear by its health benefits. At the opposite end, some people warn against intermittent…

As a Personal Trainer or nutrition coach, you’ll likely still marvel at people blindly following the latest trendy diet or workout. You may have marvelled at the debates raging on social media over the recent Game Changers documentary on Netflix. If you’re up to date with the latest evidence, you’ll…

Smoothies don’t have to be bad, in fact they can pack in a lot of essential nutrients, here are some of our favourites. We love a smoothie over here at TRAINFITNESS. You can hear the whirr of the blender from the kitchen throughout the day and we have talked about…

What are the Differences Between the Fasted and Fed States of the Body? A nutrition trend that is becoming more popular is to take time away from eating and to enter a fasted state. As with many approaches to health and fitness there is little new here, fasting can be traced back…

Stumbling across #mealprep is unavoidable.  A quick flick through social media and you can be certain to find plenty of images of pre-prepared meals; row upon row of containers filled to the brim with veg, protein, carbs, fruit, snacks and everything else in between. There are several possible reactions to…

Mitochondria (pronounced might-o-con-dria) have recently undergone extensive research and are proving to be extremely interesting. What’s been discovered is that they are crucial to our overall health as they moderate the disease and aging process. However, their primary role is to produce energy (ATP) for each cell they reside within….

Alternative Sources of Protein Put down that chicken breast and consider the alternatives. We aren’t asking you to go full vegan on us (unless you want to, and there’s nothing wrong with being vegan or vegetarian or anything in between), we just want to show you some other, alternative ways…

In a perfect world, we’d be spending our Sunday’s prepping a weeks’ worth of meals and topping up with fresh options during the week. But given the nature of modem day lifestyles where we’re always on the go, it can be a struggle to have homemade healthy food every day,…

If you’re embarking on a diet this year, make sure it’s one that will deliver results The results are in and the best – and worst – diets have been announced. The annual Best Diets report by US News sees the appearance of both old favourites (e.g. Weight Watchers) and…

From whey to ZMA, gym goers are spoiled for choice with pills and powders. Personal trainers need to cut through the marketing jargon for their clients and consider alternatives to these must-haves Your new personal training client has their gym membership sorted, bought sparkling white trainers and stocked their fridge…