The Fitbiz Training Blog

How What You Eat Affects How You Think

5.11.2018

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Our brain.

I like to call him Brian. Brian the brain.

Yes, I’m probably a little bonkers, but if you take a minute to think about the decisions our brain is making for us on autopilot, it seems like there is a separate person inside our heads.

In my last email, we looked at the way the brain makes automatic decisions about whether we need to be paying attention to something, and how difficult it is to make the conscious (slow) part of our brain make the decision rather than the automatic (fast) part of our brain.

Today, I […]

The Oura Ring – A Fun Gadget For Health Tracking

25.10.2018

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Health, Mindset, Weight Loss

I was very excited to see an Oura ring on Prince Harry’s finger last week, how very exciting! I’ve been wearing an Oura for the last 18 months and it is a fabulous bit of kit!

Primarily, it’s a tool for assessing recovery. It’s a bit of a nerd-gadget and goes way further than the more well known Apple Watch and Fitbit. If you love information and playing around with the actions you take and seeing the response your body has, Oura would be fun for you, and seeing the results of your good efforts […]

Why Behaviour Change Is Hard

16.10.2018

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Mindset, Weight Loss

Among the things which interest me is how we make changes – why is it that one person can make a change but another struggles hugely with the same change. What is the difference? And how can we make change easier for everyone?

There are some really interesting things about the brain which explain why we find it difficult to make lasting changes.

There is an area in the thalamus part of our brain called the habenula. Its like a scoreboard, counting the failures we’ve had while trying to change our behaviours – its this scoreboard which is responsible for our […]

My Top Ten Reasons To Do Resistance Training

9.10.2018

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Fitness, Health, Weight Loss

While other types of exercise certainly hold plenty of benefit, I firmly believe that if you had to exclude all but one type of exercise, the one you would keep would have to be resistance training.

It is the most effective type of exercise you can do for all round health, at every age (arguably, the older you are, the more important it is) and it comes with multiple unique health benefits. Here are my top ten.

1) Obviously, because you are lifting weights, your body will gain muscle. You’re not going to start looking like a bodybuilder, although […]

What’s The Cost Of Being Absent Minded?

3.10.2018

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Health, Mindset, Nutrition

Have you ever thought about what we give up on when we accept another biscuit, or absent mindedly pour another glass of wine?

They’re only small things, of course, and if it was pretty infrequent it would make absolutely no different at all to our weight loss quest. But, if we accept a biscuit every day, pour a second and third glass of wine every Friday and Saturday and accept a pudding every time we go out for dinner; these small bits add up annoyingly quickly.

We’re choosing temporary pleasure over our goals.
When you give in to […]

How To Make Better Choices In Restaurants

4.08.2018

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Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Choosing well off a menu in a restaurant is sometimes a difficult task, and in my experience, it seems to be because of several key reasons.

Firstly you’re hungry, and trying to make a good choice when you’re hungry is HARD!

Secondly you’re probably chatting away to whoever you’re eating with and so distracted from properly thinking through your choice.

Perhaps you might be a bit nervous to ask for a change or two for what you’d really like from the menu.

Finally, you’ve probably had a glass of wine or two, which clouds […]

Everything You Need To Give Fasting A Try

23.07.2018

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Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Seeing as it is hot and most of us are experiencing a reduced appetite, I thought it a good time to write about fasting. Perhaps this heatwave could provide a good time to give it a try, given most of us are halfway there already!

Fasting has recieved plenty of positive press over the last few years, with a big chunk of mainstream awareness being brought with the 5:2 diet.

Fasting is great for purely cutting out the calories from a meal or two – and hence reducing your intake for the day – and the benefits include reduced body weight […]

Fitting Exercise Into A Busy Life

2.07.2018

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Fitness, Mindset, Weight Loss

Last week, we saw how using a menu plan can help you to eat well around a busy life, and I promised this week we would explore ways to add exercise into a busy life.

Now, when you’re rushed off your feet and stressed, I don’t think adding in a tough workout is the right thing to do.

This isn’t to say that strength training isn’t going to give you benefits, because I think it is important for almost everyone to fit strength training into their lives.

High stress levels need to be countered with plenty […]

Eating Right When You’re Busy

2.07.2018

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Health, Mindset, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Fitting in eating well and exercising around a busy lifestyle can be difficult. If you don’t feel you have time to touch the ground, let alone think about what to eat, it can feel like an impossible task to make the right choices.

I see it a little differently and I’m going to explain in two parts. Today, about the food, and next week about exercise.

I think we can look at being busy and not having time to think about food as a potential positive. If you’re sitting at home all day and just trying not […]

Shoulder Pain & Exercise

18.06.2018

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Fitness, Health

I don’t know why it would be this way, but I seem to go through phases of working with clients with the same injuries.

I can go for weeks and the only injuries which will be spoken of will be back injuries.

Then, back pain will go and I’ll work with a wave of clients with knee injuries.

The pain of the moment seems to be that related to the shoulder.

I seem to naturally gravitate towards writing about food and lifestyle topics, and although hugely important, these topics are of course not the whole picture of being […]