Bullshit, Brawn and Business

When I talk to people about my training, the thing that seems to startle people most is that I train first thing in the morning. What I'm going to do in this article is attempt to explain why I do this. Historically I have never been a morning person, I was the person who would get out of bed at the latest possible moment in order to get somewhere on time but in January 2013 I realised that I was using the excuse 'I don't have time' too often not only in terms of keeping fit but with my work as well. I was right I didn't have time to work out and complete all of my work to a high standard because I would spend the first 3-4 hours of the day procrastinating, thinking about how tired I was and therefore made a change to my lifestyle in order to become more productive. The change was getting my arse up in the morning and train! What I quickly found out is that the hardest part of training in the morning is actually turning up. The 10 seconds between my alarm going ...

Assisting your training and recovery through supplementation has become widespread in recent years and has lead to the rapid uprising of what seems like millions of supplement companies, so the question on everyones lips is which brand is the best? Now, we all know that is a minefield of a question and the real answer is IT DEPENDS! I'm aware that I've given a pretty wet answer there but it really does depend on  #1 how much you are willing to pay,  #2 what type of protein you are looking for,  #3 whether you are looking for quantity or quality. Only you can provide the answer to the three factors above but one thing I would urge you to ignore when deciding which brand of protein to buy is the advertising of the brands. The reason for saying this is because the vast majority of protein companies employee athletes and sexy celebs to 'endorse' their products, the sole purpose of this is to make you think that if you buy that brand of protein you'll end up looki...