Every week I’m trying to think of new things to write about and topics I think you’d find interesting. But sometimes I think it’s a waste because I don’t believe most of you are even implementing the basics. You’re still getting distracted by the lasted fads and quick fixes.

So Po (I may or may not have just called you a fat panda) today I’m going to give you the Secret…….The Dragon Scroll. 

I don't think there has ever been a more important or pressing time for the public to know the truth about certain aspects of this industry!

Did you wake up last Monday all inspired with new plans? You know the ones, “I’m going to give up the smokes, takeout’s, chocolate, I’ll train three times a week, in bed by 9pm and think only happy thoughts all day long”. Ye and by Friday you’re sitting down in the pub laughing about them and talking about how you’ll start Monday.

I bet you are!
Don't worry though, I got your back peeps!

"This hurts, that's sore, I don't want to do that lift 'cause I have 'X' wrong with my so an' so"

Classic talk I hear all the time, sometimes out of my own gob too.

Let's face it, we're all guilty of falling into a recovery deficit at some point.

Do you know that every week I get a number of reply’s to my blogs. Generally its people showing their appreciation for the information I supply. Recently though I got some surprising feedback. Someone said to me that I tell people what not to do all the time but never offer the alternative?

Now in my head I’m thinking it’s really simple. Follow things that I include like The Food Chart or The Alkaline / Acidic Chart. Stay away from gluten, drink reverse osmosis or other filtered water. As regards training, one week I gave very simple instructions on how to revamp your old gym programme even if its only machine based. Read it HERE.

We all make mistakes, (I sure as hell make my fair share of them!) we all have to start somewhere too, right?

Usually with a lot of mistakes.

Quite often I see the same mistakes being made repeatedly, that’s why I’m writing this article. Whether you’re training with us here at Access Fitness or heading over to your local health club, there are a few things you can do to help make those goals an almost certainty.

I generally ask everyone I consult what it means to eat a balanced diet and generally after a minute of fumbling around trying to string the right words together they give up. Whether you say a balanced diet or everything in moderation, nobody seems to have a clue what it is.

Nine times out of ten it's Saturday and Sunday where we fall down.
I think it stems from a desire to break out from the constraints of the day to day, Monday to Friday grind; the monotony of mid week compliance.

You just need to learn how to be happy.

Are you constantly searching for happiness in materialistic goods? "Oh if I have that iPhone, 60" TV or new car then ill be happy". So what happens then when you smash the screen on your iPhone, your TV is stolen and someone rear ends your new car? Bye Bye Happiness.

I have to admit, this has become a bit of a pet peeve of mine; the word ‘but’.
Usually followed by an excuse, the kind of excuse that wouldn’t wash with a four year old, the kind of excuses I used to use myself.

When I first opened the doors of Access Fitness Dublin I realised very quickly that I was far more productive between 6-9am than I was between 9pm and midnight.
 

Three years on and its rare not to find me in bed by 9pm. When I’m in the gym I’m generally up at 5:10am but even when I don’t have to it’s rare that I sleep past 5:30am.

Whenever I’m looking for direction or inspiration; whenever I’m looking for guidance or motivation to achieve the things that I want to achieve, I look to the very people whom inspire me the most.
A former employer of mine once gave me some invaluable advice with regards creating success (a multiple CEO, OBE holder and multiple millionaire- I listened!).

If your Father suffered from Heart Disease and his Father suffered from Heart Disease surely it’s inevitable that you’re on your way down the same path, yes? Don’t be ridiculous.

Did you ever think that maybe you’re grandfather had a bad lifestyle whose habits were passed onto your father who in turn raised you a similar way and that’s how you could end up with the same faith.

This week’s blog is bit different; I want to talk about something I’m seeing more and more of all the time, something that has always struck me as damaging and something that I just can’t ignore any longer. Call it a rant, call it whatever you want.

For those of you that actually read my emails and follow my Facebook posts you’ll be well aware that I’m a big believer in building our foundations in Training, Food and Lifestyle so when things go wrong as they sometimes will like an injury or a two week blow out in the canaries we will have plenty of good habits to fall back on and it won’t be as heart-breaking to get back on track.

When I suggest to my clients that they should jump on the rollers or do some activation work while I’m setting up at the beginning of a session I can bet my bottom dollar that nine times out of ten the following inevitably happens; they all go straight to foam rolling the Calves.
What’s wrong with that I hear you ask?

Let me start with this is not a blog of abuse. Even if you get pissed off with me after the first couple of paragraphs because I will probably hit a nerve with some. Please read to the end. Thank You. 

The majority of us will fall somewhere in between two of these body types. Whichever category you place yourself into, you should never use it as an excuse or a crutch; It is more than possible for anybody, regardless of ‘body type’, to build a physique to be proud of and there thousands of examples out there to prove it.

This is a line I’ve said so many times to clients in my facility. You see if you have a bad lifestyle and are putting on weight a simple reason may justbe an over consumption of calories.

With refined and processed foods it’s very easy to clock up calories, so let’s say you wake up one morning and that’s it! This is the day it’s all going to change. You’ve been talking to Mary up the road and she’s telling you that you just have to eat ‘Clean’. So you plan out your day with 3 meals and no snacks that looks something like this:

The day I took my final practical assessment to get my cert I saw and heard some very interesting things. It took place in a big gym, full of all the latest machines and as many pink dumbbells as you could fathom