by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, General Health
You may have heard on the news today about the 7/7 bombers in London and how they used fertiliser to build bombs. Well, what has that got to do with health I here you say? It is interesting that fertiliser may be used for making bombs as it originally began life as...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Professional Courses, Strength & Conditioning
This weekend I spent in Bisham Abbey taking an accreditation exam for the UK Strength & Conditioning Association. The accreditation process has been set up to ensure that strength and conditioning coaches working in British sport have a standard of skill and...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Strength & Conditioning
In my last post I indicated the potential benefits of using Olympic Weight Lifting to improve performance. But how can you incorporate it into your exercise programme? Without question, you need to learn proper technique from a properly qualified person in Olympic...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Professional Courses, Strength & Conditioning
Last weekend I attended a course on Olympic Weight Lifting run by The UK Strength & Conditioning Association. My aim was to improve my own technique in The ‘Clean & Jerk’ and The ‘Snatch’ and to improve my own coaching skills of the...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
Last time, I mentioned that scientists had found the fat Gene. In reality being overweight is not a genetic problem, it is a lifestyle problem. Being overweight is your body’s way of pointing out to you that your health is under threat and you need to do...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
According to Reuters, researchers have produced the first clear evidence for a gene common in the population that dictates why some people gain weight while others do not. They found the gene, called FTO, by studying nearly 39,000 white Europeans in a finding they...
