Client Success Story: How to Lose 20kgs in Less Than 3 Months

ByJarrat Wood

Recently, Belinda reached another fantastic weight loss milestone of 20kgs. This was achieved in less than 3 months. In my opinion Belinda has done almost everything conceivable to assist in her weight loss in a healthy and graded manner without risking injury or excessive dietary restrictions. It is a great achievement and one I thought deserved to be shared. I interviewed Belinda and here are her own thoughts behind her weight loss success:

Client Success Story: The 40-Year-Old Personal Best

ByJarrat Wood

Everyone loves doing a personal best (PB). It doesn’t matter if it is lifting weights, running, swimming, riding. It’s a great feeling that you have just taken your body to a level which it has never achieved before. What maked this blog so special is that as we age a lot of us start to feel like a PB is not attainable. I don’t like this mindset. I like the old dog that wants to learn new tricks. I like the attitude that says you are never to old to change and I like an attitude that knows that your body will adapt to any new stimulus you put it through and its response can be remarkable given enough time and the correct progression strategy.

Nigel is one of my clients who has such an attitude and last week he ran a 5km PB of 19mins 50secs at the age of 40! This is he how we did it:

Your Health is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

ByJarrat Wood

Your Health is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

I watched a fantastic TED Talk during the week on Success. The crux of the message from the talk is that the biggest contributor to success across a wide variety of fields is grit: the ability to be both resilient and perseverant in your field of choice to attain the highest level of competency. You can view the full talk here. 

This talk had so many parallels with my approach to health I had to blog about it here:

3 Fables for 30kgs

ByJarrat Wood

Last week Belinda went past the 30kg mark. She cruised past it in fact. 4 Months and 30kgs gone. I’ve blogged about Belinda before so she is familiar to most of you (you can read more about her weight loss journey here). Here is an update on what we’ve seen and experienced from the 20kg mark to the 30kg mark. 3 Fables to celebrate 30kgs:

The 4 Sessions that Everyone Should Be Doing to Improve Their Fitness

ByJarrat Wood

After years of training for distance running and triathlon as a teenager I developed a repertoire of training sessions that improve cardiovascular fitness rapidly. It’s now thirteen years later and I still can’t believe that the fitness industry is so far behind sport science in teaching people to apply basic principles to improve their cardiovascular fitness. The sessions I learnt in the 90s are still some of the best and well known methods to improve aerobic fitness. Here are the 4 basic sessions that EVERYONE should be doing to improve their cardiovascular fitness: