I recommend grass fed butter to everyone who cares to ask me for diet and nutritional advice and almost always I receive a confused look and get asked “won’t that make me fat”, “what about high cholesterol” and “I thought saturated fat was bad for you”. The answer to all those questions is, No! Eating […]

Spirulina & Chlorella – Why You Should Be Taking It
Just a quick post regarding Spirulina and Chlorella, 2 types of protein rich blue-green algae that are extremely effective at binding and removing toxins from the body. If you are like me and eat a lot of sushi or seafood you might want to consider taking some to remove heavy metals like mercury from your […]

Deadlifting~!
So I am working on my deadlift’s with the aim of joining the 400 club by the end of the year. This is me lifting 375 lbs~! Train Smart Not Hard!

CrossFit Weightlifting Trainer Course
Weightlifting is one of my many passions in life and recently I participated in a CrossFit Weightlifting Trainer Course. It was a brilliant weekend of weightlifting and meeting like minded people and learning the finer points of weightlifting. The course was held at CrossFit 3D, a brilliant facility in the heart of Manchester where we […]

Bumped into the UK’s Strongest Man, Eddy Hall!
I look a mess after my third workout of the day. Legs at my home gym, power cleans at Crossfit V.U.F, and jiu-jitsu at The Nest with UFC veteran Ross Pointon of Gladiator MMA. Then I had the honour of bumping into Eddy Hall, UK’s Strongest Man! Train smart not hard!

Yoga Flame~!
I have been meaning to get into yoga. I have been playing around with yoga for years but never took it seriously. I can get into Full Lotus on my fingers however, I want to learn more about yoga’s breathing techniques more than anything.

K-Pop Celebrity Diets – SNSD
In this instalment of celebrity diets I will be looking at everybody’s favourite girl-group, Girls’ Generation. These girls are the envy of every young girl around Asia and, may I dare say, the majority of girls around the globe who have ever heard of them (how can you not have?!) because of their good looks, […]

K-Pop Celebrity Diets – Park Bom
The second in a series of posts addressing the issue of extreme diets that Korean celebrity girl groups put themselves through and why they do more harm than good. In this article we will be addressing Park Bom of popular girl group 2NE1 which is another one of Korea’s most popular girl groups. Park Bom […]

Carb Back-loading: Have Your Cake and Eat It
If you have been following the Train Smart Not Hard principles and eating clean you should have seen major improvements in both your physical and mental health. Now I am going to introduce you to a concept that you will love called Carb Back-loading. The Eat Clean principles of Train Smart Not Hard are quite […]