So you have just started training, or maybe you have been training for some time and are struggling to keep up with it all.

Work, partner, family, friends, and now fitness. It's almost too much to handle.

This thing in your life that is supposed to benefit you, becomes this task on a checklist of things to do that starts to stress you out, until one day it all becomes a bit too much and you think to yourself, why even bother?

But you are smart, and you know that keeping up your newfound (or not-so-new) fitness routine is good for you, so you decide to go out and find the answer…

In an attempt to figure it out, you desperately ask friends and family how they seamlessly manage it all, because you are struggling to keep up. Then when all seems bleak, it seems that everyone you know keeps repeating this one word to you. Balance. Balance. Balance.

After this ordeal, you sit there and think to yourself, "Maybe I need to get some of this balance that everyone is talking about."

What is balance? How do I achieve this balance? How does fitness work into my life balance?

You have just started training, or you have been training for some time, all of the jacked guys at the gym and on the internet are telling you to eat more protein. Then you come home, and your dad is reaming you saying, “Too much protein will damage your liver”. You are lost and confused and don’t know what to do. Is protein hurting my body or helping me get gains? It is possible to be eating too much protein? I am willing to bet that you might be. Let me explain…

So you are new to the gym, or maybe you have been training for some time. You want to learn how to get the most out of your training, or maybe you feel like you aren’t seeing the progress of your training. There could be a simple reason for this, You might just be performing all of your exercises wrong. Let me explain…

You have just started in the gym, maybe you have just come back after some time off, or, maybe you are a gym addict looking to maximise every session. You want to feel like your efforts are going to pay off. So you look for every sign of success. That pain in your muscles the next day. Ahh yes. Sweet success. What if I told you that soreness is not everything you expected it to be?

So you have started on your health and fitness journey. You scroll on Instagram and see hundreds of influencers with the physique that you want. Then you sit there and think, yeah, I’d like to look like that.

Well, that really could be a reality, or it could be a delusion that you will fail to achieve. Let me explain.

Have you been told that weightlifting is the superior way to train? Does your personal trainer or group fitness studio have you doing weights as a part of the training session? Have you been promised that extra muscle will help you burn more calories and help you lose weight? If so, then you have been lied to.

How can you guarantee a successful session and ensure that you are not wasting time?

It can be a difficult question to answer, especially if you are new or even if you are a seasoned trainee. Read on because you might be missing this one trick to take your okay sessions into amazing sessions.

It’s coming around to the festive season again. A time when overindulgence in food is all too common.  One day you wake up, look at yourself, and think, ‘Wow, I'm starting to look a little rough around the edges’

If you agree with this, then I can say that at least you have a life well lived. But that doesn’t necessarily help you with your goals now, does it? No, but there are ways to fix this and reduce the severity of it in the future.