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A simple explanation about my skills as a personal trainer Keep Reading

There’s been many a time when I’ve said “this is probably to simplest piece of advice I could give you.” There seems to be a few of them in my vocabulary so here’s another to add to the list. You have to learn to walk before you can run. Or these days in my world it seems to be you have to learn to roll, them crawl, then walk and ten... Keep Reading

Exercise can help the grieving process Keep Reading

I often get asked about my choice of shoes. It’s normally along the lines of “I’ve never seen those shoes before, what are they for?” and “where did you get them?” My typical answer is ‘the martial arts store on Courtney Place, they cost $45, go check it out”. The next question is invariably “why, what are they good for?”... Keep Reading

It could be time to sell the couch!   So, the other day I alluded to the fact that sitting in chairs since we began primary school has caused a whole host of movement restrictions for us. Namely our inability to rest in the squat position like we should be able to. If you are having some trouble either getting into the squat or stayin... Keep Reading

Help with re-learning to squat   By the sounds of it, there were quite a few of you that took up the squat challenge last week. It wasn’t as easy as it perhaps should have been! So, how do we improve or even re-learn the squat if we’ve lost the ability to do it with ease? With any movement that we perform, there is a map of that ... Keep Reading

One of the things I love about travelling, is seeing the way people do the everyday things in different countries. There are so many similarities, but many subtle differences that I find intriguing. I start to question why we do things in a different way. Not always because I want to change them, but to figure out how and when the differences... Keep Reading

Every morning at 6:30am I walk into the gym ready to go. I'm fired up to help my people start moving in positive ways. The first thing I always notice when I walk in is 5-10 committed individuals on the cross trainer (sometimes refers to as the elliptical). Now I really admire these guys when I say committed. They get there before me so they m... Keep Reading