Do you know how many calories you should be consuming? The government guidelines say that men should consume 2000 calories per day while women should consume 1500 calories per day. I’ll explain why this is wrong. 15 stone Joe is a builder and spends his day carrying heavy loads, moving around a lot, running up and down ladders and scaffolding etc before heading to the gym at night for 2 hours of hard training 5 days a week. 10 stone Jimmy works in an office and spends his day

Healthy Foods?! We’re living in an age where we are becoming more aware of the benefits of eating good quality food. Organic, grass fed chicken is better than eating caged chickens which have been pumped full of antibiotics. A good quality almond butter is better than a value peanut butter. Avocado’s, cheese, nuts, seeds, olive oil, nut butter’s etc All these foods have come back in the media as being ‘healthy’. Yes, they have bucket loads of nutrition. Yes, they are whole fo

10 Top Tips for a Healthy You! Would you like to make a few simple changes to your lifestyle, that will significantly improve your health? Here’s my 10 top tips! 1) Drink a minimum of 3 litres of water per day. Add a small pinch of rock salt to assist your body in the absorption of the water. 2) Eat a minimum of 1.5g protein for every kilogram of your body weight. This will aid cell / muscle recovery, and keep you feeling fuller for longer. 3) Eat a high protein, high fat bre

Who should count calories, and why? This is probably one of the most disputed questions in nutrition. Should we count calories? Well, I’m sorry to disappoint but there isn’t exactly a yes or no answer to this one. You see, first and foremost it depends on your goals. If your goal is simply to feel fitter, have more energy, perform better at sport – counting calories, in most cases, is not necessary. The way we would work in this instance is through a simple process of trial a

Why 27% of people in the UK don’t join a gym… A study has come out this morning, stating that 27% of people don’t go to the gym because they don’t know how to use the equipment. This is why we took the bold decision to things differently here at JWC. NOBODY EXERCISES ALONE!! Every session that you attend, whether one to one or in groups will be lead by a fully qualified personal trainer. This is why our members get fantastic results, and most importantly enjoy every step of t

Here we go with myth number 3! I’m willing to bet that everybody out there at some point has used the word tone with regards to their appearance? ‘I just want to tone my legs’? ‘I don’t want to lose weight, just tone my tummy’? I would suggest that 99% of people have used it at least once when discussing their goals. Now, when we hear the word tone, what do we think? Making that area a little less wobbly? Making that area a little flatter? You would be forgiven in thinking th

After writing yesterdays email about diet pills, I decided to do a full week basically doing some myth busting! We’ve all heard the stories and read the articles about ‘ the best way to burn belly fat ’ or the ‘3 foods to avoid if you want a 6 pack’… The internet and media is full of them! Unfortunately, they are all marketing ploys to get you to buy their products. Very cleverly marketed as well! The problem that we face is that more and more people are becoming disillusione

I was driving through Manchester a few days ago and saw an advert for ‘medical weight loss’ You know the script, ‘LOSE up to A STONE IN ONE MONTH’, ‘LOSE 3 DRESS SIZES IN 3 WEEKS’, ‘AFFORDABLE WEIGHT LOSS’. Anyway, I pulled over to have a look online about what the fuss is all about! Yes, I am that sad! Anyway, when the website loaded, it was full of the usual fluff… A couple of very drastic (potentially photo-shopped) before and after photos, the picture of the scales and ta