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My Dysfunctional Relationship with Food
Hi Everyone, I hope you’re enjoying the New Year and doing what needs to be done without over-thinking it. I am asked almost daily about my eating habits and behaviours. For some reason, certain people...
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Why Recommended Daily Intakes are Unreliable
The only place Recommended Daily Intakes (RDIs) work is in a text book. And clearly, life is not a theory and you and I are not theoretical. The notion that John needs 2,150 calories every day because...
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The Next Big Thing
In my thirty-two years as a trainer, coach, exercise scientist, gym owner, media presenter, speaker, author, employee, employer and general shit-kicker, I’ve seen more ‘next big things’ than most....
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Getting Real about Obesity
*Warning: impending rant and language. Australia is one of the fattest countries on earth and many people erroneously suggest that education is the answer to our national obesity problem. Really?...
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Super Foods that Aren’t Super
Who knew that companies would bullshit us about their products in order to sell stuff? I’m stunned. If you’re interested in (1) your health and (2) quality information as opposed to clever marketing...
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Is the Obesity Crisis Hiding a Bigger Problem?
If you’re a regular reader here at me-dot-com, you’ll know that I rarely publish videos but when I do, it’s because I’ve found something that I believe might be of interest and value to the majority of...
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The Calorie-Burning Myth
The very common notion that doing a certain activity (sport, exercise) for a set period of time will ‘burn’ (a colloquial term) a specific number of calories is, to put it politely, unscientific. Or to...
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The “it didn’t work” Delusion
I just bumped into a lady at the supermarket who told me how frustrated she is with her “fat body”. Without wanting to, I somehow found myself in the middle of a consult standing in the nut section,...
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The Future of Personal Training
Hi Guys. This post won’t be of interest or relevance to many of you, so I apologise in advance but if you work in the fitness industry (or intend to) and you’re based in Victoria (or beyond if you’re...
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The Fitness Industry: A Joke to Some.
The other day I learned that one of my friends sees the industry that I ‘grew up in’ as an ego-driven, body-obsessed joke full of people who can’t seem to agree on almost anything. He told me that he...
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