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Axe Adult Acne e-book Now Available

I recently blogged to let you know that I would soon be releasing my latest e-book, "Axe Adult Acne". Well, I am now very pleased to say, that the e-book is ready and can be purchased from http://axeadultacne.com. As someone who suffered badly from this problem and...

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Angelina Jolie and Her Breast Cancer Decision

You may well be aware that in February, Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Jolie had been told that due to her genetics, she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer. Jolie has been...

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Axe Adult Acne

It has been some time since I last wrote a blog post. The reason it has been so long is because I have been working almost every waking hour on my latest book, "Axe Adult Acne". The book itself is finally finished and edited. The website where you'll be able to...

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2012, What a Year!!!

What a year 2012 was! It certainly had lots of highlights. As a big sports fan, 2012 was an amazing year. Britain had without question the greatest year ever. As a tennis fan, it was great to see Andy Murray end the 76 years of hurt by winning the US Open and the...

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Another IBS Success

Last week I received a testimonial from a client that I helped this year with debilitating IBS. Here it is: Tag Line “Leigh is the answer to all your problems” Leigh was recommend to me by my good friend and boss. I had suffered with daily debilitating IBS-D for 19...

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Another Fertility Success

This week I received a really nice email from a client who I helped with fertility issues. She gave birth to a lovely little girl last month and here is the email she sent me:   Dear Leigh, I hope you are well and gearing down for a relaxing festive season. I...

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Are You Getting to Bed on Time?

On Tuesday evening (UK time) I presented this month's CHEK Webinar. This month's webinar was entitled, "Are You Getting to Bed on Time?" During the webinar I discussed the importance of getting to bed on time with regards to designing exercise programs and for health...

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CHEK Exercise Coach – Lancashire 2012

Last week I had the pleasure of teaching CHEK Exercise Coach at CHEK Europe HQ in Mawdesley, Lancashire. We had a really great bunch of guys who were a pleasure to teach. As always, I pushed the guys beyond their comfort zone, which ultimately is crucial if you are...

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The Big One Down South 2012

This weekend I spoke at The Big One Down South Fitness Convention, near Reading in Berkshire for CHEK Europe along with Team CHEK Presenter Duncan Reeve. I delivered three presentations entitled, "Flatten Your Abs Forever",  "Getting to Bed on Time" and "Crawl Before...

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From Sick Care to Health Care

Last month a great article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. It was entitled, "From Sick Care to Health Care — Reengineering Prevention into the U.S. System". It explained how the current health systems in the USA and the rest of the western world are...

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Fertility Success!

It is always very rewarding to receive positive feedback from clients. Last year I was approached by a client and his wife who were having fertility issues. After two failed IVF treatments, my client's wife was understandably getting very upset. I worked with her for...

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Classification of Injuries – Part 4

In part three, I discussed 'stress fractures'. In this post, I will be discussing 'tendonitis' and tissue healing times. Tendonitis  Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon. Tendonitis can occur with repeated stretching and overloading, the cross-linking structure of...

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Classification of Injuries – Part 3

In part two of this post, I discussed 'Strains'. In this post, I will be discussing 'stress fractures'. Stress Fractures  Stress Fractures are hairline fractures normally resulting from repetitive physical stress. Stress fractures are most common in long distance...

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Classification of Injuries – Part 2

In the first part of this post, I discussed 'Sprains'. In this post, I will be discussing 'Strains'. Strain A Strain is a tear in a muscle or tendon due to excessive tension through the tissue. Strains often occur at the musculotendinous junction. Muscle strains often...

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Classification of Injuries

From time to time, we pick up injuries, whether it’s during competitive sport, practise sessions, in the gym, walking down the street, down stairs or just getting into your car. What is useful to know is what kind of injury you have and generally how long it takes to...

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What Do I Do?

I am often asked what do I do. I normally answer based on the types of people I help, such as injury rehabilitation, weight loss, chronic fatigue etc, rather than list my qualifications. However, it normally doesn't take long before I'm asked questions like, "So...

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The Bare Foot Conference

On Saturday, I attended the Bare Foot Conference which was held at The Natural History Museum in central London. I have to say it was the most amazing venue I have ever been to for a conference. I'm not sure that will ever be beaten as a venue in my lifetime. It was...

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CHEK Workshop – Virgin Active Twickenham

Yesterday, I finished a month of delivering "The CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Training" at Virgin Active Clubs around the UK. If you look at the picture on the left, the club is located in the England Rugby Stadium at Twickenham. It has to be the coolest place to have...

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CHEK Seminars @ Virgin Active

This week on my weekly CHEK Seminar tour of Virgin Active clubs, I visited Manchester and Leeds. It was a long day leaving home at 7am to catch a train from Euston. On arrival in Manchester, I was straight in and begun the CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Training workshop...

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Working Out, Bikram Yoga and Presenting Workshops

Well, what a week this has been. After a full week of Bikram Yoga last week, I was back in the gym the gym this week. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday I worked out using moderate intensities (8-10 reps) 3 working sets, often combining two movements per exercise, such as...

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New BodyCHEK Team Member

I am very happy to announce a new member to the BodyCHEK team. Leanne has joined me this week as my personal assistant. I have asked Leanne to join the team to allow me to provide an even better and more efficient service to our clientele and to enable us to take on...

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Johnstone Paints Trophy Final @ Wembley Stadium

On Sunday I went to watch the Johnstone Paints Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. I went to watch my former client Alan Connell who plays for Swindon Town. Swindon were playing against Chesterfield who whilst being in the league above Swindon are looking like being...

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Monsanto Pig Patent

I always try to see the positive side of life, but I also think it is important to make people aware of any potential dangers to health and major cases of injustice (and insanity). It is really important for you to educate yourself as to what is going on the world and...

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Supreme Tennis Fitness

A few weeks a go you might remember, I wrote a post about how the best 4 movers in men's tennis are also the 4 most successful players in tennis today. Yet again, the top 4 of tennis shut-out the final 4 places to reach the semi-finals of The Aussie Open. You may also...

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FA Cup Success

You might have seen at the weekend that Division Two's Swindon Town FC caused the biggest shock in the FA Cup Third Round by beating Premiership Club Wigan Athletic 2-1. I was really pleased to see my former client Alan Connell score the first goal in their win. After...

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Paul Chek’s Gratitude

As a reader of my blog, you'll probably be aware that the person who has had by far the biggest influence on my career has been Paul Chek, the founder of The CHEK Institute. In a series of Paul's recent blogs, he has given gratitude to each of the CHEK Institute...

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Jade Johnson’s 2012 Comeback

Yesterday's Metro Newspaper in London ran an article on long jumper Jade Johnson. The article talked about her knee injury and how she has suffered from adrenal fatigue. The article also dicussed how she is working with Paul Chek and her jump coach John Herbert to...

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CHEK Exercise Coach – Lancashire

Last week, I taught CHEK Exercise Coach at The CHEK Europe Headquarters in Mawdesley, Lancashire. I was very fortunate that I had a great group of students who were all highly self-motivated and worked really hard during the week. I always like to teach in a very...

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The CHEK Conference – Part 4

On the final day of the conference, I managed to see Chris Maund discussing Distance Running for Beginners, Jon Bowskill and Dan Plev discussing the past, present and future of Spinal rehabilitation, Dan Hellman discussing Respiration, Dr William Previte discussing...

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The CHEK Conference – Part 3

The following morning after two late nights in a row, I was starting to feel a little jaded and I still had a to give another presentation that day. The day started with Jade Johnson and Warren Williams showing us how Warren had helped to condition Jade from her...

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The CHEK Conference – Part 2

On awakening the next morning, I didn’t feel too tired and was fired up for the conference to start. Paul Chek opened up proceedings with an emotional presentation entitled “Living the CHEK Lifestyle”. As per usual, Paul entertainingly didn’t start the actual...

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The CHEK Conference

This month, I have to tell you about an amazing experience I had at The CHEK Conference in San Diego, California. I had such a great time, both professionally and personally. In fact, right now the jet-lag is just about wearing off, but the feel-good factor of the...

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The Food of Choice

If you've read my recent blogs, you will know that I recently took the Mediator Release Test to find out what foods my immune system is reacting too and therefore causing internal damage. So I was faced with a few challenges as every body is when required to eliminate...

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