It’s easy for you, you are a trainer* (* substitute alien, cyborg, anything that doesn’t feel pain for the word trainer).
What would you like me to do? Cut myself so you can see that I have fat, muscle, blood vessels, blood and bone like you, a “mere human being”?
Training HURTS, It is HARD, do I ENJOY every single session? Hell no.
Th ..
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I have type 2 diabetes…Well actually I have the genes that have an influence on the overall risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes.
These genes have strong interactions with lifestyle factors, such as physical activity and nutrition.
How did I find this out?
A few years back I sent of a saliva sample to a DNA lab as part of a course I did. When I read my DNA profile* and sa ..
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A big shout out to Nexus F.I.R.E crew member Nicole F.
Nicole was deep into her 2nd round of F.I.R.E for 2014 when she took a 2 week (well deserved) break with her family to Vietnam. Unlike the majority of people who appear to think that a holiday means a holiday from EVERYTHING and that holiday calories don't count: excess alcohol, excess food (your body still does all it's funky metab ..
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"What's the best body weight to be?" was a question a client asked recently.
Best body weight? The best on-the-spot example I give my clients about body weight and how that it is not relevant to body size are these 2 kettle bells.
Clearly these two kettlebells are different in size but when you turn them around you find out what their weight is.
They are both 8kg! So ..
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How good was the 2014 AFL Grand Final!!!!! Simply Sensational....yes I am a Hawks supporter and I will admit I was not faithful in my belief that the players and the coaching staff would retain the cup in 2014. Due to the shock of the result (63 points is a "shocking" margin in an AFL Grand Final) I remain glued to the TV and soaked up the player speeches/interviews late into the evening. ..
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Lemon Chicken with Jerusalem Artichokes Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes. Cook Time: 1 hour Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
(this has been taken from the original recipe. I am not so sure that peeling 1kg of artichokes happened in 10 minutes!!! Feel free to half the ingredients if you aren't up to peeling 1kg of artichokes in one go.
Ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 f ..
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We Aussies are a competitive bunch, we love to get out there and prove to the world, that even though we are a relatively small country (population wise), that we can still mix it with the best of them.
But we are in a race that Australians surely don't want to win; to be the most obese country in the world. We are eating our way as fast as we can to be the Fattest Country in the World. ..
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