Blog posts covering exercise, diet, books and music.

This is the second installment in a series of articles about kettlebells. Here I will highlight to you, the benefits I have found in kettlebell training - in myself and in my clients.

Kettlebell training has become increasingly popular in the past few years, with many athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike adding kettlebell exercises and kettlebell specific workouts in to their training regimes. In this post I will highlight why these iron orbs have become so popular and the fitness benefits they can provide.

There is a plethora of diet plans and weight loss programs available for people to follow to help them lose weight. Some are sensible, but there are many out there that are just outright bizzare and some that are possibly dangerous.

Today the Australian Government launched it's Swap It, Don't Stop It campaign. This is the latest phase of the Measure Up campaign which raised awareness of why it's important to be physically active, to eat well, and to keep your waist measurement in check. This new campaign is designed to show people how.

'Metabolic conditioning' or 'metcon' for short,  is a term that has become quite popular among fitness professionals over the last couple of years. In this article I will attempt to explain what it is and why it is beneficial.

This is my second installment of a two part series on debunking 10 fitness myths. You can read the truth about the first 5 myths in Part One. This post will explore myths 6-10 and uncover their falseness.

Over the next two posts I will look at 10 common fitness views and explain why these views are just myths which can keep you from achieving your fitness goals.

Getting enough sleep can have a big impact on both weight loss and exercise/sport performance. Research from a number of studies has shown a link between sleep deprivation and weight gain. Separate studies on athletes have also shown that getting more sleep leads to better sports performance.

After writing a post on Top 10 Tips For Keeping Up Your Fitness Regime, using my top tips from Twitter, I thought I would also share with you my top Twitter diet tips - to help you kick-start and maintain a healthy diet.

Unless you are experienced with exercise, or have an experienced trainer, it can be hard to know if you are doing the right exercise, with the right intensity, and regularly enough, to achieve the fitness/strength/fat loss goals you are looking to achieve.