In February a doctor will become a featured blog writer on the personal trainers blog.  They will not only be helping assist us with medical questions relating to health and fitness but helping out in the forum answering health/fitness related questions.  We will be talking more in detail about supplements with them, injury prevention and [...]

Experts now say that you should brush your teeth once a day but floss twice a day. Over brushing can actually do damage to your teeth and gums. Most people don’t floss but the flossing is very important and should be done on a daily basis. I have been brushing my teeth once a day [...]

Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone aka “Stress Hormone” produced in the adrenal gland, it is involved in response to stress and anxiety.  Cortisol increases blood sugar levels, increases blood pressure and reduces immune system responses.  This is one hormone that we really need to control.  In most peoples modern lives they suffer from cortisol being [...]

This week I have been doing a lot of writing for the different blogs I have and I am now definitely starting to feel the sign of RSI.  Last night my right hand started curling up, when I put it flat on the table it wanted to levitate up into a crunched position.  I have [...]

I was browsing a life expectancy site the other day, not that I am nearing the end of my life but to make precautions to ensure I am doing the best I can for a long healthy life.  The site mentioned one point that I has not thought of which was about flossing your teeth. [...]

Now I know this doesn’t have much to do with fitness, but certainly has a lot to do with general health, and we cover that to.   I had hiccups for an hour last week  and tried all the tricks people have told me over the years for getting rid of hiccups.  Drinking out of [...]

Most of us work in offices therefore tend to be sitting in chairs facing computers most of the day, apart from me who tends to be in the gym.  When you sit at a computer your back muscles relax and you begin to slouch aspecially if haven’t got the best computer set up with a [...]

Although we are constantly warned of the dangers from the sun we shouldn’t forget the benefits from the sun.  The sun is a great provider of vitamin D and around 50,000-60,000 cancer deaths in the USA alone could have been prevented if people had had more vitamin D modern research shows.  In the UK, the [...]

I was once really big and have now lost a lot of weight but I have ugly stretch marks what can I do to get rid of them?  I was very skinny and have now put on a lot of muscle, I now have big ugly stretch marks how do I get rid of them?  [...]

Often this time of year everyone is working really hard to get in shape for the summer and can easily end up working out too hard and over training.  Here are some ways you can tell if you have been overtraining. Signs of over training Decreased performance Increased recovery times Chronic fatigue Sleep and eating [...]