Strength training, personal training, personal trainer

Beginners guide to strength training

A beginners guide to strength training. Strength training is designed to improve your posture, speed up your metabolism, reduce injury’s and build lean muscle around the body. Posture – Having a better overall posture requires you to activate muscle groups that may have switched off. Which is due to your lack of using them day Read More…

food, dinner, chicken and rice

Slow cooker teriyaki chicken

Slow cooker Teriyaki chicken. Ingredients – 1½ lbs. (700g) chicken breast 2 tsp. corn-starch + 3 tbsp. water 1 tbsp. sesame seeds, to garnish For the Sauce: ¼ cup (60ml) + 1 tbsp. tamari ¼ cup (60ml) honey 1 large onion, diced. 2 tbsp. ketchup 1 tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. chilli garlic sauce (Sambal Read More…

Mountain top, mountain climbing, mountain climber

The TOP 2 fitness tools.

The perfect combo for your health! I believe in the yin and yang. Yin and ying is the balance of life. Working hard and recovery. Rewards and challenges. When we embrace the extremes in anything, we are naturally fulfilled. Fulfilled by the progress and enjoyment of feeling in control. And getting the progress you want. Read More…

“I REFUSE TO LET DIETING RUIN MY WEEKENDS BRENTON”

“I refuse to let dieting ruin my weekends Brenton!!” ⁣ I refuse to stop socialising ⁣❌ ⁣ I work hard all week, so I’m not eating carrots and hummus all weekend. ⁣ A client told me this a few weeks back and I completely agreed.⁣ ⁣ Life is about balance. ⁣ ⁣ 80% Healthy⁣ choices Read More…

YOU MIGHT NOT NEED MORE DISCIPLINE

Most of us know what we need to do more of in life. But that’s not the problem, the problem is doing it consistently. For some reason there’s a gap between what we say we are going to do and what we do. Snacking of an evening. Scrolling social media. You name it, it’s a Read More…

Why diet culture is so toxic…

I hope me and you can agree that everything we do comes down to our emotions and logic? These dictate our decision making and what we prioritise daily. We can kind of control our thinking but it’s a different story with feelings. Feelings are more powerful and hard wired into our identity. We crave motivation Read More…

OVERCOMING FEAR OF FAILURE

  If you knew you were guaranteed success, what would you do next? Would you start to get fit? Would you start that business idea? 9 times out of 10 you would choose something you’ve been putting off. So what stops a lot of us committing to something that we say we want? I believe Read More…

THE 5 MOST COMMON FAT LOSS QUESTIONS

How do I get rid of this stubborn belly fat? Should I lose weight and then do weight training? I don’t like to eat breakfast is that a bad thing? How do I stop snacking that’s my biggest problem? How do I get motivated to start losing weight? These are my most common questions over Read More…

SHOULD YOU AIM TO BE SKINNY OR STRONG

  We all know that intention without action is useless. But also, action without intention is a waste of energy. One step further than that, I’d say your intentions with fat loss can either make or break your results. For example, intending to improve your health for your own energy and confidence will create a Read More…

STOP BELIEVING THIS ABOUT WEIGHT TRAINING!

  There are many pre conceived ideas people have about weight training/resistance training. But Brenton… “I want to lose body fat first before I try that” “I don’t want to get big and bulky lifting weights” “I don’t want to get injured lifting weights” “I think I’m too old to be lifting weights” All four Read More…