
Power Up Your Diet
I am a nerd!!!! One definition of the word nerd is "a person who is extremely interested in a subject" I'm an exercise nerd!! I'm also a snowboard nerd!!! And from about the age of 10 I've been a video game nerd!! I remember playing the first Atari console my Dad got when me and my brother were kids. (OK, so that's not us but you get the idea!!) Games like Tank, Pac-Man or Space Invaders kept us occupied for hours. By current gaming standards they were ridiculously basic. But

RECIPE - THAI BEEF SALAD
Thai Beef Salad with Nam Jim Nam jim is a chilli-based Thai dressing with a balance of spicy, salty, sweet and sour flavours This recipe is high in protein, low carb and easy to do. Give it a go and let me know what you think. INGREDIENTS • 1 bunch coriander
• 3cm piece ginger, finely grated
• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 4 long red chillies, seeded, thinly sliced on the diagonal
• 2 lemons, zested, juiced
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 55g (1/4 cup firmly packed) bro

HEALTH GOALS
It is great to have goals. They give us something to work towards. In the gym most people tend to focus on being stronger, losing weight or building muscle. It is very rare to hear that someones goal is to be healthy. Probably because being "healthy" is a little bit vague and means different things to different people. However, I think you can roughly define what is healthy for the average person. We don't need to be the fittest, fastest or most ripped but we do need to be ab

WHICH FOODS MAKE YOU FAT??
In the recent past it was thought that eating fats like dairy, nuts and oils made you gain weight. This is why there are so many low fat products available to buy. Recently the attention has turned to carbohydrates and it is implied that things like pasta, bread and sugar are to blame. Even protein comes in for some bad press from time to time. It's all very confusing. So which is it??? The answer is all of them and none of them. Again, very confusing. So what do I mean? It i