What are the advantages of wearable tech for the everyday person who wants to personalise their health and fitness, without spending a fortune? Here’s why I think wearable tech can help with the personalisation of exercise: Encourages personal responsibility and self-monitoring Helps to create an awareness of how active you […]
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There are many things that you can do to minimise the risk of, and recover from, injury. A personalised diet and exercise plan will ensure that you’re mitigating your risk as much as possible, and here are some other things to consider. Use your DNA The DNA reports will provide
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DNA testing for health, fitness and nutrition is becoming more widespread, and anyone interested in personalisation will be interested in this test. It’s a simple, non-invasive oral swab that you can do yourself and takes a minute to do. Before we do the test with our clients, they often have questions, and so
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Giving up so many food sources is quite unusual, so why did I decide to do this? Here’s what happened when I gave up dairy, carbs and grains for 30 days… There were four problems I wanted to understand and resolve. The first was my sugar addiction. I was eating
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DNA & Genetics Human beings are 99.5% the same and 0.5% different. It’s that 0.5% difference that’s really important; that’s the 30 million letters in our genetic code that make each one of us unique. Within the 30 million letters, there are Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs, pronounced ‘SNIPS’), which are
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Ask 20 people to eat the same diet for 10 weeks and you’ll get 20 different results, despite everyone being under the same controlled conditions. This shouldn’t really be surprising. If we put 20 people in an environment where they are all taught to play a musical instrument, we wouldn’t expect
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I’ve just finished reading renowned psychologist Susie Orbach’s book Bodies. In the book Orbach discusses how our attitudes towards our bodies have changed, and how as a society we venerate the ‘perfect’ body, spending thousands to try and achieve the desired look. The irony is that often the look
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I’m often asked why I left a well-paid job in the City to start working as a personal trainer. It’s a good question. I had no clients, no equipment, no logo, no branding, just a Diploma in Personal Training (it takes six weeks to attain that qualification – frightening, isn’t it). I
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Injuries happen to us all over the course of time, but often they occur when you least want to them to – when you’re training for an event. It happened to me in 2014 when I was training for the London Marathon, and in the end I had to pull
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Recently I’ve been doing more public speaking events, something I really enjoy. One event three weeks ago was a short talk to 20 sixth former girls at a local school; I was part of a group of female entrepreneurs who run successful businesses in the local area. We talked to the
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