by Pete Luffman | Aug 4, 2021 | Nutrition and fat loss
This is by far the most common post I see from frustrated personal trainers and nutrition coaches, in the various Facebook groups and forums I frequent. It typically goes like this: My client is adamant they’re eating X amount of calories (usually a number...
by Pete Luffman | Aug 3, 2021 | Nutrition and fat loss
This can be quite a hard concept for people to understand, its not a very intuitive thing to think that building up your muscle mass will help you lose weight, but once you understand the mechanisms of how it works, it’ll make sense. Here are the main ways in...
by Pete Luffman | Jun 28, 2018 | Nutrition and fat loss
Intermittent fasting Everyone has heard of this by now. There are many different ways to do IF, probably the most well known is the 5:2 version, which is basically choosing two days per week where you fast. Typically on fasting days, you would only eat 500-600...
by Pete Luffman | Nov 30, 2016 | Nutrition and fat loss
If you’ve spent any amount of time reading my blog posts, you will already know that I am big advocate of getting all the nutrients you need from whole food before supplementing. However Vitamin D is one of the 24 critical micronutrients for human survival, so...
by Pete Luffman | Nov 18, 2016 | Nutrition and fat loss
To continue seeing optimal progress in your quest for ultimate strength and fitness, you will need to employ recovery strategies. A very simple thing you can do is to add magnesium flakes to your bath. Magnesium is a mineral that has a long list of benefits: Improve...
by Pete Luffman | Nov 9, 2016 | Nutrition and fat loss
Quality sleep is massively important for your well being, health, recovery from exercise and of course in the quest for lower body fat. Use and implement these top tips to ensure you are getting enough. 1. Decide on a bed time in advance. There needs to be a...