THE ULTIMATE BEGINNERS STRENGTH GUIDE

Just like with anything when I comes to the fitness industry, it’s a bloody mind f*ck. But after this article, you’re going to have all the fundamental knowledge you need to start strength training and get results from it. Hold tight, you’re in for a treat. “You’re a treat Ali alone” Behave yourself. Keep your …

3 STEPS TO FIX SKINNY FAT

What does skinny fat mean?  Skinny fat, is where you had fat and just lost the weight via a lot of cardio and in a calories deficit (through whatever method you tried) and that you have no muscle.  So how do we fix that?  Step 1: Bring your calories up to maintenance or even slightly …

ARE “CHEAT DAYS” GOOD FOR YOU?

“Cheat days” sounds fantastic right? A whole day to eat WHATEVER you want? Basically calories don’t count for the day… right? So for the people that may not know what a “cheat day” is… It’s basically when people are strict with their diet from Monday to Saturday and then Sunday is basically an all you …

HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO WORKOUT?

“To lose weight should I run everyday?”. “To gain muscle should I go gym 2 hours 6 days per week?” Here we go… A lot of confusion out there on what you should and shouldn’t be doing. From influencers ramming their HIIT workouts 7 days per week to Scientist saying you shouldn’t be doing cardio …

WHAT TO EAT BEFORE & AFTER YOUR WORKOUT

So there’ll be questions flying through your head on what you should and shouldn’t be doing for working out, exercises, nutrition etc  over the next coming days,  I’m about to make that easier for you.  You’re so welcome. So first up today, what you should eat before and after your workout?  Before: this is subjective …

WHAT WEIGHT LOSS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE

Typically people think weight loss is one straight line from A straight to B. Or they know it’ll have it’s difficult times but don’t realise how tough it can get. “Ali you’re not selling it” I paid a marketer to help me with my business at one point, I did a video on social kinda …

SIT UPS – GOOD OR BAD?

Are they best for pukka abs? or do they just cause back injuries? There’s a lot of controversy over them, are they good, are they bad? Here’s the full run down… Benefits? Easy to do Accessable Strengthens the core Greater flexibility on the spine and hips Adds stability to the core Down side? Causes lower …

WHEN TO EAT CARBS

So I got a question from Kerry via email the last week: “Does it matter when you eat certaincarbs? Please help my little brainunderstand.” Decent question, by the way. You see, there’s SO much information out there it’s almost impossible to know what to do when it comes to “dieting”, right? – No carbs in …

CALORIES ON MENU A GOOD OR BAD THING?

This is a very controversial topic but I f*cking love it. I personally think it’s a good start in the right direction to conquer obesity “But Ali what about people that have eating disorders” Yeah it’s tough for them but they’re the minority in this debate. Less than 1% of the country have an eating …

‘YOU’RE LUCKY’

Speaking to another PT the other day about AGF and how busy it gets and having a good community etc.  (I pride myself on a great community, if you have a great group of people everything else will fall into line) Anyways,  the guy goes (he’s only in Ashford as well)  “You’re so lucky, people …