I've long been a champion of training movement as part of a fitness programme. It's something almost everyone can, should and needs to do. With our ever increasingly sedentary lifestyles this is proving harder and our quality of movement is going down.

Here's an interesting article on how simple movement can prove more effective than medication in managing pain.

I had an interesting conversation with a new client yesterday, and for those of you who train with me, yes - I did digress and ramble a bit.

One thing did stick in my mind and that was how much conflicting and confusing fitness information, especially for women, is out there.

This is actually a really common question so I thought I would post this up to give you a bit of insight on my fat loss training process. Best bit is that all you'll need to follow along is a spreadsheet and will power :)

News of a Scottish GP's proposal to implement a "chocolate tax", irony indeed from the land of the deep fried Mars bar.

I think it needs a bit of a breakdown. According to reports we average 8kg a year, which is only 22 grams a day, or about 100 calories a day.

In the grand scheme of things, that's a really insignificant amount.

There is an obesity crisis, but there is a solution that doesn't require more tax and it's called "get people off their arses and make them move"

Disease always makes for depressing reading, but the report that rates of diabetes in the UK have soared is doubly depressing in that the majority of cases are completely preventable.

Type 2 diabetes is a condition where the body becomes insulin resistant. The body, in effect, becomes unable to process glucose which leads to an array of complications. The list is long and fairly unpleasant, and can include things like blindness and kidney failure.