Carolina came to me in June with a weight loss goal – to lose the dress size she gained since perimenopause symptoms kicked in. Despite trying multiple times to lose the weight, she was unsuccessful, but after seeing the 30kg+ weight loss from one of my other clients, she decided to try something different. Carolina […]

This post is dedicated to my beautiful client Kristen’s progress over two years – WOW! ⁠⁠Kristen has competed once in 2022, so she’s undergone a few fat loss phases and muscle building phases. She trains 4-5 days per week and does cardio only when focusing on fat loss. ⁠ Fat loss phases involve a calorie […]

This post shows an example of what happen’s when you approach fitness goals with your health as a top priority, and, why you can’t rely on the scale weight in order to track progress. As you gain muscle, you will gain weight – this is because muscle is denser than body fat. On the left, […]

Call it weight loss, fat loss, or body transformation, this process will be much more successful, and you will lose weight faster, if you have a healthy mindset. In this article, I’ll compare a healthy vs unhealthy mindset, so you can see where you fit in your body transformation goals! WEIGHT LOSS IS JUST AS […]

Are you trying to lose weight, or embarking on a body transformation journey? Here are a few examples of why monitoring progress with more than just scale weight is key, especially when you’re weight training. When it comes to body composition it’s important to note the difference between the density and appearance of fat and […]

Strength training isn’t just about building a bikini body. When I began lifting weights, I was focussed only on physical goals, but it wasn’t long after starting that I realised how diverse the benefits really are! Curves, improved body composition and muscle tone are all amazing ‘side effects’ but what about how your confidence improves […]

Changing your body composition is difficult and multifaceted, but with the right tools, it’s much easier. So if you’re pursing your dream body, check out this post as you may be missing a crucial piece of the puzzle.  In order to achieve the dream body, we need to track food, follow a training program, and […]

When you’re wanting better health or body composition (what we call ‘body transformation’); you want less fat, and more muscle. Your weight on the scales may not change, but that is also the goal! Here is an example of what happens to the body as you gain muscle, and lose body-fat over time. Using myself […]

From the day we are old enough to recognise that our bodies seem to be of extreme importance – through the media, for jobs, at school, in magazines, when we are buying clothes – the body comparison begins. We then spend the rest of our lives trying to boost our body confidence by moulding ourselves […]

I’ve coached my fair share of female bodybuilding champions over the years, and in this article I will be sharing what it is like to train them – including what it takes, for both myself and my clients. Personally, I was obsessed with bodybuilding since the early years of my career, falling in love with […]

If you want to transform your body, focussing on your scale weight can be detrimental. In this post, you’ll find a really good reason why this is true! I met Hayley back in 2013, and three years later she looks like a totally different woman. This post is a flashback, but I’m going back to […]

Without a healthy metabolism a healthy body cannot exist, and you can’t have a healthy body composition, either. And to be clear, what I mean by ‘healthy body composition’ is, the healthiest amount of body-fat for your body, personally. I don’t mean skinny, lean, or small. What is often missed when it comes to food […]