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Wanted: 20 Fat Loss Guinea Pigs For Rapid Fat Loss ‘Experiment’

March 23rd, 2010

Well, we’re experimenting again, this time with an all-new approach fast, effective and safe methods to help you lose lots of fat, really, really fast.

If you’re 2 stones (28lb) or more overweight (and we really mean, over FAT), live or work in London and can come to my islington personal training studio in London twice a week to participate in this new program then we want to hear from you.

This new program has really been put together for those who have tried everything and failed to both lose weight and keep it off for good and represents well over 10 years of trial and error with literally thousands of people from all around the world.

During this six weeks we’ll cover:

==>Mastering the fat loss mindset – how to think your way slim in practical, simple and easy to follow steps that you can use in mere minutes a day to do away with cravings, the desire to ‘cheat’ and the self-sabotage that most people seem to engage in.

Once you learn these six simple strategies, you’ll never struggle with mental side of staying on track ever again.

==>Mastering The Fat Loss MOUTHset – You already know that you are what you eat but did you know that many of your ‘healthy’ alternatives are actually contributing to fat GAIN?

We’ll guide you through the nutritional minefield and tell you exactly what to eat, what not to eat and how to prepare it to get the most from your food so that you never feel deprived, never feel hungry and yet never, ever have to count a calorie or a point ever again in your life.

==>The Power of Posture – most people are aware that posture is important but did you know that your posture is directly related to your ability to metabolise the foods you eat and that bad alignment can actually CAUSE you to to gain fat?

We’ll guide you through a simple postural program that’ll almost immediately make you look taller and slimmer but that, over the course of the program, will add a turbo-charge to your metabolism and get you shifting fat faster than ever.

==>Identifying Your Hormonal Helpers - Did you know that the bulk health problems (including long term fat gain) is the result of a dysfunctional endocrine (hormone) system?

It’s true.

And that’s why we’ll be covering hormone rebalancing advice that’s literally rocket-launch your fat loss faster than you’ve ever experienced before and doing so without those harmful medications that most doctors like to get you hooked on.

==>From Distress To De-stress – You’ll learn the 10 major stressors to human function, how they serve to make and keep you fat and, ultimately, what you can do to reduce them rapidly so that you can start shifting even the most stubborn of body fat in record time.

And that’s not all!

Each session we conduct will have a presentation component covering the all of the above subjects but also include simple, short yet highly effective exercise routines that you can use as homework to blast away the fat that’s been blurring your figure fo so long and get you leaner, firmer, stronger and more supple than you’ve been in years.

There really has never been a program like this before and we’re expecting HUGE things from it but the reason we’re giving it away for FREE this time around is that whilst it’s been tested in one-to-one format with our personal training clients, it’s never been delivered in group format.

That being the case, we need some ready, willing and able volunteers to go through the program and give us some ‘real world’ feedback on how it works.

Let’s be clear on what I mean by ready, willing and able.

Ready – You’ve got to be in a place where you’re pretty much sick of the reflection that stares back at you from the mirror every morning and where change is no longer a ’should’ , rather it’s now in the category of ‘must.

If you’re not at the level of ‘must’ then please don’t try to claim one of these places.

Willing – we’re going to do our utmost to motivate and inspire you to make the changes but you’ve got to be in a place where you’re willing to adopt the changes we’ll be advising you on. You’ll be asked to make some fairly dramatic (by your current standards) changes to your diet and lifestyle, required to exercise for 20-30 minutes a day every day and asked to put forth a 100% ‘can do’ attitude to the process.

If you know that you don’t want to (or won’t) make these changes then please don’t try to claim one of these places.

Able – We believe that absolutely everyone is able to follow the guidelines we’ll be teaching you but the most important thing is that YOU believe this too. If you say you’re unable to exercise daily because you won’t have the time, unable to change the diet because of what other members of your family might think or unable to give up certain foods because of… well… habit, then don’t try to claim one of these places.
We don’t mean to sound harsh but we genuinely want and need to test the program against people who will follow it and give us the feedback we require based upon the program we’ve created rather than what it’s turned into as a result of individual ‘adaptations’ to our advice.

Finally…

This program is FREE!

Well, kind of…

It’s free from the perspective that we don’t expect to be paid in CASH for our time, expertise and service. We’re happy to give all this without a cash incentive to those who are serious about getting results but still, there IS a price.

We expect all participants to do just that. Participate!

We want you to follow all of our advice, keep a daily journal, allow us to use before and after pictures in the marketing of subsequent programs and, of course, to be able to use your testimonial to promote the course.

If that sounds like too much then please don’t try to claim one of these places.

Another finally : )

We’ll be asking every participant to give us a cheque for £199 upon selection of their place onto the trial.

We won’t be cashing the cheque but rather using it as a kind of contract between us that shows your readiness, willingness and ability to proceed with the program and, on the last day of the program you’ll get the very same cheque returned to you. If you drop out, however, we’ll cash the cheque in return for all of our hard work.

Only fair, right?

Now, if you’re thinking ‘I knew there was a catch’ then you’re thinking wrong.

We’ll only ever cash that cheque if you quit and, if you’re thinking of quitting before you’ve even started then maybe you’re not really ready for this yet.

The long and the short of it is that we actually don’t WANT the money on this program this time around (we want to make a ton of the stuff from later successful courses after this, of course) as we want the success stories and testimonials of 20 super-happy participants instead.

If YOU want to be one of those super-happy people then you need to do just two things to move this forward.

1. Re-read this post and see if you qualify.
2. Call my Islington Personal Training Studios on 0207 354 3550 to register.

That’s it.

We expect an absolute flood of request to enter the program and so don’t hang around. Get your skates on and call us right now.

Speak soon!

Dax

P.S – Once you apply, leave a comment here too so that we can keep track : )

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You, Your Fat and Where It’s At: Part 1 – Banish That Belly Fat!

March 10th, 2010

Everybody has a six pack.

Trouble is, in most cases that six pack muscle is buried deep under a layer of fat that hides the muscles from public view and keeping them out of sight and out of mind.

Many people believe that performing endless rep after rep of crunches or situps will somehow miraculously burn away the fat from the abs but science tells us that whilst an element of spot reduction from exercise may be possible, the contribution of fat burned during an exercise comes from the overall fat supply within the body rather than from one site alone.

So trying to show off your six-pack with endless crunches is a waste of time. Sure, you’ll make the area stronger and create greater endurance (both worthy goals) but you can be sure that the fat sitting over your stomach won’t be going anywhere as a result of your efforts.

But wait a minute!

That doesn’t mean that spot reduction is impossible altogether.

In fact, it’s not only possible but probable if your approach it from a different perspective… such as that of your hormones.

Science has shown that where you lay your fat stores down is directly related to the action of your hormones and that you can predict how balanced or imbalanced your hormones are by looking at where you hold your fat.

If you find that your belly fat is a problem, chances are that your cortisol levels (your ‘fight or flight’ hormones) are markedly elevated due to increased stress levels and/or lack of sleep.

Whilst endlessly grinding out the abdominal exercises won’t ever help you to remove this layer of fat, simply getting to bed by 10.00 – 10.30pm 5 nights a week and taking steps to reduce your stress can often yield dramatic and rapid results.

Try supplementing with Ayurvedic supplements like Ashwaghanda and Rhodiola and taking magnesium and zinc supplements and even the most stubborn of belly fat will start to shift.

Reduce stimulants such as coffee, tea and caffeine containing sodas and replace them with green tea (only after elimination diet as it contains caffeine) and Tulsi which is an excellent cortisol lowering Ayurvedic tea.

Ditch the sugar, maltose, dextrose, fructose and all the other ‘oses’ from your diet and serious consider dropping starches from your diet too to give the sympathetic branch of your nervous system a chance to rest and recover and allow your parasympathetic ‘rest and digest’ branch to do its thing.

In addition, try incorporating breathing and meditation exercises into your daily routine by trying ‘cyclical breathing patterns’ that have you breathing in for 4 seconds, holding for 4 seconds and breathing out for 8 seconds for 8-10 breaths. The relaxation and oxygenation effect is an amazing counterpoint to the stress that most people are under and it’ll leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed in no time.

Finally, commit to shorter, more intense and more frequent workouts rather than longer ones as these create far less cortisol and are often offset by the surges of testosterone and growth hormone that follow.

Net result?

More belly fat loss for you : )

Give it a go and see how much belly fat you can shift in the next 7 days, You’ll be pleasantly surprised : )

Dax Moy

The UK’s Leading Personal Trainer
London Personal Training Studio

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London Personal Trainer Reveals Overtraining Myth

March 4th, 2010

When I first entered the fitness profession I was told by my tutors that one of the things I had to keep my eye out for when training either myself or my clients was the dreaded scourge of all fitness results… overtraining.

I was told that training too hard, too long or too often would not only mean that my clients wouldn’t get results but that they’d probably lose most of the results they’d already achieved too!

Most of the fitness instructors going through the course at the same time as me bought this piece if fitness’ wisdom’ hook, line and sinker but coming to fitness from my background in the armed forces I felt very different about things.

You see, in the regiments I’d belonged to (including airborne and commando units) myself and my fellow trainees were made to expend a massive amount of energy on a daily basis with gym workouts, rucksack runs, log carries, assault courses and, of course, the ubiquitous punishment pushups that are par for the course for soldiers everywhere.

We wouldn’t be consuming supplements and protein shakes, no creatine or glucosamine and our food was hardly cutting-edge nutrition either. In fact, we ate the traditional fried breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, beans and a mountain of hot toast and tea, lunches of meat, potatoes and veggies of some kind and the same at dinner.

We’d usually be in bed by 9.30-10pm at night because we were so exhausted and start the whole thing over again at 05:30 with morning PT before breakfast and intersperse more fitness activities between military lectures of machine guns, hand-grenades and anti-tank missiles.

Overtraining was never mentioned by our physical training instructors and drill instructors and maximal physical output was required at all times regardless of what came before.

So, hearing civilian fitness educators telling industry neophytes that we should be careful about having our clients do more than a few hours a week of intensive exercise per week never really made much sense to me and, to be quite honest, I promptly ignored them and set about doing things my own way. The way I’d been shown by the military.

I don’t mean I hit my clients with military intensity or a drill instructor mindset, rather that I gave the human body the respect it deserved and expected more of my clients than anyone had ever expected of them before and asked them to stretch themselves with respect to both the frequency and the intensity with which they train.

Even today, 10 years later, the hallmarks of my training include an expectation of 6-7 days a week of activity, often 2-4 times per day, even if only in 15-20 minute blocks at a time.

Most fitness professionals and personal trainer reading this will be horrified at this approach and tell me that I’ve got it all wrong, that I don’t know what I’m doing yet, to be blunt, most personal trainers don’t get anywhere near the kind of results I help my clients to get in the timeframes I get them.

It’s not uncommon for those following my programs to achieve as much if not more in 28 days as many people will accomplish in 12 weeks, despite that fact that none of my clients count calories or points, weigh or measure foods or do any of the other nonsense that seems to be the norm these days.

Do my clients get tired? You betcha!

That’s a normal response to working hard, but overtrained? Don’t be ridiculous!

‘Overtraining’ is really under-recovering and that’s about hydration, nutrition and sleep. Get those components right and you’ll never have problems.

The truth is, the human body is far tougher, far more adaptable and far more resilient than your average armchair expert or white coated laboratory researcher will ever tell you and it can cope with practically anything you throw at it as long as it has the right nutrition, hydration and sleep.

Even then, even in the absence of these things it can still give you far, far more than you’d ever believe possible.

Take the ‘marathon monks’ of Hiei in Japan, for example.

These amazing men give themselves over to a 7 year ‘pilgrimage’ where they complete back to back marathons every day for 100 days.

Pretty amazing right?

But what’s even more amazing is that they perform this 100 day marathon ritual every year for five years. Then, on the 700th day they perform a 9 day fast where they consume no food, no water and have no sleep, take a couple of weeks off running and then begin again.

Only this time they perform 100 consecutive days of 37.2 miles a day.

Impressed?

Don’t be, they save the best for the 7th and last year of this amazing ritual.

100 days of 52.4 miles a day followed by 100 days of 26.2 miles!

And what are they doing in between all of this? They’re doing what monks do. Reading, praying, making repairs to their temple and other ‘monk stuff’. And, of course, being buddhist, they’re living on donated rice, fruit and vegetables too, so none of your ‘go faster’ ergogenic aids and vitamins.

What makes all this possible?

Well, there are many factors but among them would have to be:

1. Purpose – They have a clear and definite purpose associated with the task that gives all of their efforts meaning.

2. Belief - Their belief in both themselves and a the value of the pilgrimage to their goal of attaining enlightenment keeps them putting one foot in front of the other

3. Meditation – The daily practice of meditation strengthens their inner selves to the degree that what their outer selves experience becomes irrelevant

4. Expectation – They simply expect this of themselves and their brothers and the expectation is so high that they don’t doubt the possibility

5. Proof – As well as having an amazing belief system, these outstanding men have proof that what is expected can indeed be done. It has been on numerous occasions before and continues to be done even as they and their brothers are doing so.

Interesting, don’t you think, that this has far less to do with physiology and far more to do with psychology. In fact, as I read over those 5 points I recognise all of them as being the driving factors that kept myself and my squad going as young soldiers and that the ultimate purpose of my military training had far less to do with fitness (which anyone can develop) and far more to do with mental toughness and dedication to a purpose that had meaning.

But overtraining?

It never factored into it back then, it certainly doesn’t factor into the lives of the monks of Hiei and it shouldn’t factor into your live either.

Give up those nonsense beliefs about overtraining and give your body credit for just how amazingly wonderful it really is. Feed it well, hydrate it and let it sleep and, when it wakes up, challenge it, push it, ask more of it than you’ve become accustomed to asking.

Amazing bodies are built this way.

Amazing minds and spirits too.

Here endeth the lesson : )

Dax Moy
The UK ’s Leading Personal Trainer
http://www.londonpersonaltrainingstudio.com

P.S – If you EVER hear anyone speaking about overtraining again, send ‘em here : )

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Personal Trainer London | Why Your Chicken May Be Fowl

February 23rd, 2010

Speak to practically any personal trainer around the world who’s trying to help their clients get leaner and healthier and you’ll undoubtedly hear them talk about the value of eating a clean, healthy and nutritious diet.

Along with the usual “eat 5 pieces of fruit and veg a day” kind of information that you’ve undoubtedly heard time and again, you’ll probably recognise the admonishment to avoid red meat because of it’s saturated fat content and instead consume lean, ‘healthy’ sources of meat protein like chicken, turkey and fish.

Sounds like good advice on the surface, right?

But is it?

Read on and you might change your mind.

Here’s a few factoids about chickens to whet your appetite:

  • Current EU regulations allow up to 21 hens to be store in an area of 1 square metre – This is the equivalent space of less than 1 A4 sheet of paper per bird (More birds per sq metre are allowed in the US)
  • The average UK ‘meat’ chicken grows at a rate of 60g per day – This is 2-3 times the rate of natural chicken growth
  • The average meat chicken is slaughtered at around 35 days old having reached an average of  2-plus kilos – wild chickens live for up to 6 years and whilst often weighing a similar weight get there much more slowly
  • Up to 35% of all pre-slaughter deaths among battery chickens is related to osteoporosis – The lack of movement with upwards of 25,000 hens per barn plus the rapid growth leads to weak muscles and weak bones.
  • Egg laying hens produce up to 300 eggs per year - 12-15 eggs per year is the average in the wild
  • All factory farmed chickens are fed antibiotics – sure, it keeps them alive longer in the overcrowding, but studies have directly related anti-biotic supplementation in poultry too increased and more rapid growth
  • Chickens have been bred especially to produce larger than normal amounts of breast meat – practically everyone everywhere favours the breast meat for cooking and this has led to super ‘inflated’ chicken breasts perched ontop of spindly, weak and often fractured legs on sick chickens
  • 17-20 Hours of light and food - Chickens are stimulated to eat, eat and eat some more by 17-20 hours of artificial sunlight and a never ending supply of food. This fattens them fast and speeds up the time to slaughter.

The long and the short of it is that most of the poultry we consume as part of our diet is sick, weak, artificially created stuff that really has no place in our diets. See, if the saying ‘you are what you eat’ is true (and I believe it is) then eating this, (excuse me) crap with the regularity we’ve been eating makes no sense at all.

Over 50 BILLION of these ‘FrankenFowl’ are being reared for consumption every year, putting sick, fat and chemical and antibiotic contaminants directly into our foods.

This would be enough but remember, we haven’t even gotten these chickens to the food producers yet. This is just the farms!

During production the chickens are often ‘bulked up’ using water, salt and sugar, thus making the chicken heavier (which is great for supermarkets when they sell it by weight), which, as you’ve no doubt seen, makes the chicken shrink quite considerably when you cook it.

Package it up into other foods with emulsifiers, preservation agents and other stuff and and you have an amazing frankenfood indeed.

And it’s going into us!

Is it any wonder then that WE are struggling to lose fat when we’re consuming so many of these highly estrogenic ‘fat factories’ every year and, for many of us, on an almost daily basis?

THIS is why if you’re serious about your health and serious about getting into great shape, you MUST seriously consider switching to organic if you want to eat chicken.

Despite what many people may tell you, there IS a difference between organic and battery farmed chicken.

The tast alone should tell you that.

Yes, I know it’s more expensive but the truth is that it’s far more expensive to continue eating food that’s damaging to your health and your metabolism. Besides, once you start eating quality nutrients you’ll find that your appetite goes down and you’ll eat a lot less of them anyway. The net result is that you’ll probably end up spending no more than you do now.

Regardless, even if your only goal is one of aesthetics and fat loss and you couldn’t give a damn about how chicken do or don’t live their lives, try eating only organic chicken and eggs for a month and see for yourself what a difference it makes.

To Your Health!

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London Personal Trainer | When Willpower Isn’t Enough

February 21st, 2010

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My readers often write to me asking how they can increase their willpower in order that they can stick with their programs and get better results.

I always reply that willpower is not a particularly great ‘rocket fuel’ for propelling you toward your goals as it’s really about forcing yourself to do something you don’t want to do.

Sure, in the early days you may need some willpower to INITIATE the changes you need to make and break the current inertia you’re facing, but think about it, every time you’ve used willpower as your primary goals fuel, you’ve eventually run out of the stuff, slipped up and dropped out, right?

Willpower is a finite and quick-burning fuel.

It’s ok to use it to START your goals but to keep you focused on them in the long term you need something much more powerful than forcing yourself to do something you don’t like doing.

You need, enthusiasm, you need desire, you need passion.

You need to LOVE the idea of attaining the goal that you’re pursuing rather than pushing yourself to do things you hate doing.

The difference is immense!

Willpower will always leave you high and dry sooner or later but passion, desire, enthusiasm and love of the end result will keep you going long after willpower has gone.

So, you YOU love your goal?

Does the idea of attaining the goal that you have in mind right now excite, motivate and inspire you?

If not, then you’re probably thinking too small and ’settling’ for a lesser goal than you really want. You’re probably aiming at an outcome that’s less than what you REALLY dream of achieving for yourself.

Big mistake!

See, small goals without passion are the ones you quit when the willpower runs dry whereas the big, inspiring, passion-filled goals will keep you taking action until you reach them.

So here’s a little exercise for you…

Identify your BIG goal. The one you REALLY want for yourself.

The perfect vision you hold of yourself and dream about when no-one’s watching.

Picture the whole thing in great detail.

Write down what your arms, legs, waist, back, chest, calves and butt will look like when you’re done.

Create a hybrid vision of what you want to be. For example:

Jennifer Anniston’s hair, Elle McPherson’s Legs, Madonna’s Shoulders etc

Use vivid imagery of the bodies you most admire to help you create the body you most want, then see how you feel about the final version you design. If it inspires passion and excitement then use this image, if not then try again.

This is a powerful technique, give it a try and you’ll see for yourself.

Regardless of how you get there though, look for the passion in your goals so that you never have to rely solely on willpower ever again.

Truth, joy and love

Dax
London Personal Training Studio

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London Personal Trainer Reveals The PRINCIPLES Of Fat Loss

February 17th, 2010

Hey There!

If you’re still confused about what you need to do to get into great shape fast and stay that way for a long, long time then you’ll LOVE today’s video.

It’s a good bit longer than most I put together for you but I promise, if you take the time to watch it all you’ll get a lot from it.

Without further ado…

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Making the Connection – The Number One Skill Of Physical Transformation

February 13th, 2010

Whenever I start training with a new client (and especially men!) I take a lot of time to explain to them a  principle that has proven to be quite literally THE most important aspect of creating an amazing physical change in the shortest possible time.

Usually, they listen to me, nod in all the right places, tell me that they understand and are 100% onboard with the concept… right before they complain about their training not being hard enough, creating enough of a sweat or burning enough calories!

It’s funny now, but I used to get really frustrated by this and wonder to myself “why don’t these people understand this?!”


After all, the principle is, without a doubt, the most powerful ’secret’ in creating physical transformation that, to me at least, it seems amazing that people would want to ignore it and opt instead for the old fashioned ‘beasting’ sessions where they would rate the effectiveness of a workout by how sore, stiff or tired they were by the end of it.

I guess by now you’re wondering what this principle is, right?
Well, there are many, many names for it but in my own personal training studios in London I call it ‘movement mastery’.

Movement mastery describes a style of training that is governed not by how many reps you complete, how much weight you lift or how many calories you burn, but rather, the manner in which you completed the tasks (exercises) and how that movement translates itself into your goal.

Movement mastery asks that you slow down, connect and experience the movement in full for every single rep and every part of that rep rather than rushing through, shortening your range and making the completion of the set your aim.

It’s what many people often refer to as ‘mind/body connection’ yet goes further by making the experience of the set as important, if not more so, as getting the reps done.

This is about as far removed from most training as you can possibly get.

Most people’s workout sessions are about getting in, getting done and getting out. They’re about blasting through, ‘going for the high’, feeling the burn and all of the other exercise cliche’s we’ve all become so familiar with.

Sounds good on the surface but when you reflect on it, well, it just doesn’t hold water does it?

I mean, how many of those exercisers ‘going for the burn’ have the kind of physique that most people claim to be looking for? You know, lean, toned, firm and muscular? not many, that’s for sure!

The whole ‘go for it’ attitude to training and body transformation just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny when all’s said and done, yet movement mastery, mind/body connection or whatever else you want to call it has a much better success rate.

In fact, you’ll rarely meet a person who’s focused on great technique, focused on squeezing, feeling and concentrating on the action and the muscles involved who hasn’t got a great physique, or at least, on their way to one.

So here’s a thought…

Slow down.

Reduce the weight you’re lifting and instead focus on increasing the range, the level of control you have, the technique and feeling
of connection to the muscles involved.

Squeeze.

Feel.

Connect.

This isn’t the easy option or the ’soft’ method. What I’m talking about here is hard. Often brutally hard in fact, yet the return on investment for your time and effort will be immense,

You don’t have to believe me, just suspend disbelief and try it for yourself for just one workout. If you can feel this for yourself for just one workout then commit to it for just one week. If you see the results i think you will in one week then follow this approach
for just one month and I guarantee you’ll see and feel a noticeable difference in the way your body looks, feels and performs.

You’ve nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Apply the number one skill of physical transformation to your very next workout and see for yourself how effective it is and I guarantee, you’ll never go back to your old training style again.
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How To Lose 10lbs This Week WITHOUT Acai Berries!

February 9th, 2010

If you’re fed up of all those Acai berry articles promising you that you can lose 10lbs if, and only if, you buy a bunch of Acai products, marry them up with some kind of colonic cleanser and half starve yourself of everything else then I think you’ll like this short article.

This is how you can really lose 10lbs in a week and without taking a bunch of ‘miracle supplements’ or counting calories, weighing your foods or half starving yourself. Follow the simple instructions and you’ll easily drop excess weight.

What To Avoid

Keep clear of all wheat products such as bread, cookies, bagels, donuts, pasta, pizza bases etc
Avoid all dairy products such as milk, cheese and yoghurt (except the live kind)
Stay away from all caffeine such as tea, coffee and soda
Give a wide berth to all alcohol of all kinds
Avoid processed foods of all kinds including those that have additives, preservatives and ‘e numbers’
Skip all forms of sugar including honey, molasses, maple syrup and fructose

What You CAN Eat

Anything not in the list above:

All fruit, though for faster results you should limit yourself to citrus fruits, apples and pears
All vegetables, though heavy starches such as potatoes may be best avoided
Try to limit all fruit and vegetables to organic or biodiverse sources
All meat, fish and poultry, though organic sources will yield much faster results
All nuts and legumes, though remember, these foods are calorie dense
All pulses, beans and peas

In Addition

Drink 1 litre of water for every 50lbs of body weight every day
Get to bed by 10pm latest at least 5 nights of the week
Supplement with zinc citrate, magnesium orotate and high quality fish oil daily

In essence, that’s it!

Of course, if you add some exercise daily you’ll lose the fat faster and keep it off longer but this protocol works even in the absence of exercise as it detoxifies and cleanses the body naturally, allowing excess water and fat stores to be given up easily and quickly.

This is the exact same protocol that I’ve used with over 45,000 people from all around the world to get serious weight loss results faster than any other dietary system around. The real beauty is that you don’t have to weigh and measure, you don’t have to count points or worry about portion size and you never get hungry either.

It’s basically a return to healthy eating when you think about it, but in a far more accelerated and focused way than most people would normally approach it.

Try it out for yourself!

Dax Moy
The UK’s Leading Personal Trainer
Islington, London

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London Personal Trainer Reveals How To Accelerate Your Metabolism and Your Thyroid

February 3rd, 2010

Here’s a great article on the Thyroid from Shai James, Level 1 Coach at my Islington, London studio

Enjoy!

Keys to Thyroid Health and Function
By Shai James

A vitally important thing the Thyroid, but it’s one of those parts of the body who’s ‘work’ gets taken for granted and goes unnoticed until it doesn’t work properly. For those that are unaware, the Thyroid Gland is located in the lower, front part of the neck. Beneath the Adam’s apple (Larynx/voice box), and its primary role is to regulate the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) which is basically the amount of energy your body uses daily if you don’t move or do anything.

This affects EVERY cell in the body.

The Thyroid manages the rate at which our bodies burn fuel. This is why the Thyroid is often referred to as the body’s ‘accelerator’ or ‘Gas’ Pedal (to my US readers) as stimulation causes the BMR to rise, while inhibition sends it down. Anything that affects the Thyroid will affect metabolism.

Less Thyroid hormone(s) mean less ability for the body to burn fat, so it’s very easy to put on ‘weight’ or more accurately for your body to store body fat when your BMR is low. Thyroid hormone(s) increase the oxygen consumption as part of the calorigenic process. Calor = heat, which is why people are usually cold as they are not generating this ‘internal heat’ when their thyroid isn’t functioning properly.

Thyroid hormone(s) is vital to the ‘normal’ development of both the skeletal system and muscular tissues. As well as brain development, and creation of new synapses (synaptogenesis), it also acts as the ‘key’ that allows other hormones to work, along with stimulating glucose entry into the cells. So as you can see the Thyroid is rather important.

The Thyroid Gland produces two major hormones; Triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroxine (T4). The number after the ‘T’ represents the number of Iodine molecules used/required to create the hormone when combined with Tyrosine.

Iodine is not only critical in the stabilization of metabolism and therefore body weight/fat, it also plays a vital role in brain development in children, fertility and the optimization of our immune systems. Iodine is a potent anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, anti-viral and anti-cancer agent.

There is a direct link between Iodine levels and cancer, the lower the Iodine, the higher the risk of the disease. As with all of the above, remove the ‘anti’s’ and see the problems stemming from low Thyroid/Iodine levels.

Iodine deficiency is generally regarded as the main cause of Thyroid dysfunction which affects more than 10% of Men and 20% of Women. This is no surprise given that in our modern societies most of our food sources are adulterated and de-natured. We’re currently at an all time low. Also we’re eating more toxic foods as well as being exposed to many forms of pollution – petrochemical, heavy metals, industrial wastes etc.

PCB’s (Polychlorinated biphenyl), other petrochemical toxins along with pollutants chlorine, fluoride and bromide all lower thyroid function and also increase the excretion of Thyroid hormones from the body. Other nutrient deficiencies include Omega 3, Vitamin A, Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, Tyrosine and Selenium. Also too much Soy, Millet and Cassava can throw the Thyroid off.

Next up in major causes of Low Thyroid levels is Estrogen, which works in opposition to Thyroid hormones in that Estrogen helps to store food calories as body fat, whereas Thyroid hormones turns stored calories into energy. Estrogen and Thyroid fight over the same receptor sights so if Estrogen is high it will take up the space in the cell not allowing the Thyroid hormones to be taken in.

This often leads to misdiagnosis by our doctors as the standard blood assessments only test for the presence and levels of Thyroid hormones, but as we can see our Thyroid Gland could be producing sufficient or over producing Thyroid hormones which will be present in our blood – but not gaining access to our cells to do their work.

This also applies to blood tests for Iodine and Thyroxine. As there is a big difference between having enough flowing in our blood and our cells actually binding with and using it. The Blood tests simply test for their presence.

High Bromines are also a cause of Low Thyroid, bromines are essentially oxidizing agents and toxic. These include Fluorine, Chlorine (Fluoride + Chloride) which are halogens and poisonous, Pesticides, Plastics, Baked goods and flours – softening agents/conditioners in doughs, Soft drinks – Mountain Dew and Gatorade currently have the highest quantities.

Other causes of Low Thyroid levels also include; Stress, Pregnancy (due to Iodine depletion as being directed to creation and development of baby), Pituitary Gland dysfunction, Autoimmune conditions, and vegetarianism – usually due to the lack of iodine rich foods consumed. Iodine rich foods include saltwater fish, kelp, eggs, shellfish and meats.

Symptoms of Low Thyroid Hormone include:

• Fatigue
• Muscle Weakness
• Psychiatric disorders (such as anxiety, depression, phobias and any compulsive behaviour)
• Weight Gain / Difficulty losing body fat/’weight’ despite a low calorie/low fat diet
• Sensitivity to cold – generally starts in hands and feet
• Difficulty/inability to sweat
• Brittle hair + Hair loss
• Dry, often scaly skin
• High Blood Pressure
• Reduced Cardiac Output
• High Cholesterol
• Musculo-skeletal pain
• Cramps
• Reproductive System Problems
• Pregnancy Complications
• Mental ‘fog’
• Irritable
• Feeling exhausted despite sleeping

As you can see these symptoms are common with a large variety of other medical problems which adds to the difficulty in correct diagnosis, also the onset is slow so it’s easy to miss or go undetected.

More specific thyroid related symptoms include: Low body temperature (below normal level of 98.5°F or approx 37°C), swollen Thyroid Gland or goiter, hoarse or gravelly voice especially without having a sore throat.

Dietary Recommendations:

• Eat plenty of Iodine rich foods
• Avoid pesticides – eat organic foods when possible
• Chelated Mineral supplementation especially Zinc and Selenium
• Vitamin C – helps to strengthen glandular function amongst other benefits
• EFA’s (Essential Fatty Acids) – Omega 3 + 6 (Fish, Flaxseed, Krill + Coconut)
• Maintain Iron levels
• Avoid Xenoestrogens
• Avoid bromines
• Reduce adrenal stress – Vitamin B Complex, builds stress tolerance and reduces adrenal stress
• Iodine supplementation
• Herbal recommendations: Irish Moss, Kelp, Black Walnut, Ginseng Panax, Ashwaganda + Rhodiola
• Follow the Elimination Diet – it’s not just about Fat Loss and ‘cleaning out’ but will help hormone rebalancing.
• Not dietary but also avoid petrochemicals – found in most cosmetics + Solvents – contain bromides

As an after note Thyroid responds better to rebalancing your Estrogen than trying to fix Iodine levels.

As with any course of Supplementation, if in doubt it’s always best to seek the advice of a Trained Medical Professional before starting.

To our health and happiness

Shai – Level 1 Coach, Dax Moy Personal Training Studios – London
http://www.mylondonpersonaltrainer.com/

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London Personal Training Studio February Newsletter Is Here!

January 26th, 2010

Hey Guys

At last, here’s the first newletter of 2010 from my London personal training studios!

This month’s offer is packed with articles around the ‘new year new you’ theme with tons of useful hints and tips on how to get started and keep going toward your health, fitness and fat loss goals this year.
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Just click on the magazine cover to read! : )

Enjoy!

Dax Moy
London’s Leading Personal Trainer

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