Losing fat from around the belly is probably the hardest part of the body to lose fat from. It’s the last part of the body to lose fat and the first part gain it.
Whenever I feel myself put on weight, the first place I notice it is my midsection. As soon as I notice it, I do...
All the world’s most productive and successful people conduct reviews. It is an essential activity for any highly performing person or team. Without conducting reviews, you are destined to repeat mistakes and fail to reach your potential.
I recently read an article by a...
It’s 6:00pm. You just got home from a long day at work. You’re tired and you’re hungry. You look in the fridge and stare blankly for something to eat, or ideas on what to cook for dinner. Thirty seconds later and you realise you’re still staring into the fridge. Nothing...
Staying on track is the major theme my readers say they struggle with when it comes to health and fitness. The holidays present a major hurdle when it comes to staying on track. If the holidays come when you’re in the middle of an exercise program, you’ve just finished a program, or...
The practice of yoga can be traced back to 5,000 years ago and potentially even double that time. The distinct difference of yoga, to almost every other form of exercise, is its unique blend of physical, mental and spiritual components. These components can be further broken down. Fitness for...
You may or may not remember that earlier this year I set a goal of saving $100,000. Recently, I was asked how I went with that goal and if I achieved it. As this is the final blog article for the year, I wanted to let you know how I went.
For the past two years I’ve...
Getting stressed is a part of life. It’s a common emotion in today’s day and age and a healthy one from an evolutionary standpoint. Getting highly stressed over an extended period of time however, can have dire consequences. Managing stress and reducing it efficiently and effective...
If you could spend less than one hour a day for five days to completely change the course of your life, and set yourself up for your best year ever, would you?
For the past two years I’ve done just that. I never really knew the benefit of reviewing my year each year and taking...
On 8 January 2013, British journalist and television presenter, Andy Marr, suffered a stroke following a strenuous workout on a rowing machine. He was 53, not overweight and exercised regularly. There have been several reports of other high-profile individuals having a heart attack or stroke...
How do you meditate when you don’t have the time or you can’t sit still? Easy.
I’ve tried meditating many times. Here’s how the story goes. I add a fifteen minute block of meditation to my schedule every weekday, morning and night. I struggle through back...
It’s commonly said that sitting is the new smoking. The private health fund, Medibank Private, recently published a fact sheet on sedentary behaviours. It stated that employees in certain industries were spending up to 80% of their work day sitting. In addition, the majority of these...
The ancient art of colon cleansing, cleaning the large intestine, dates back to ancient Greece. The two main methods for cleansing the colon include taking supplements through the mouth or rectum, and colon irrigation, whereby you insert a small tube into your rectum and flush water into your...