Hi, my name is Elliott Ryan and im an advanced personal trainer in northampton. Health, Fitness and wellbeing is a massive subject area and i will try and cover different subjects over time.

There are a lot of myths out there that are both put in the media and on the web. This miss information can sometimes have quick results but be detrimental to your health or even have the reverse desired results.

In my 6 years experience as a personal trainer i have come across a lot of miss-conceptions, the most common is the typical, "i want to tone my stomach and have a six pack, i do 100 sit ups but still see no improvements". The reason for this is that everyone has a six pack however, there is a layer of fat covering the muscles and this stops then from showing through. by doing all these crunches, this just pushes the layer of fat forward, so what we really need to do is reduce body fat. looking at both your nutrition and exercise plans can help you achieve this goal. A reduction of fat to 30% of your total calorie intake per day and to cut out as much saturated fats as possible. lowering alcohol intake is also a must to achieve your goal, the recommended daily allowance for males is 4 units per day and 3 units for females.

please feel free to email me on ell_ryan@hotmail.co.uk for more advise.