Despite all your efforts to avoid them, are processed food poisoning your shopping basket? Here’s a small list of big names in the war against oxidants and industrial foods. Add them to your menu right now, because they might literally save you an arm and a leg in future medical expenses. Beetroot You can’t beat
Detox foods: My Top Ten List Read More »
Gandhi once said that ‘there’s no way to peace, peace is the way’. The same can also be said about success and what it takes to ‘make it’. Success fosters success, it’s a virtuous circle that once triggered, is surprisingly hard to break. Being on a roll is no accident though, I believe that everything
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The chest is often a problem area for aspiring bodybuilders and beach showboaters alike. A symbol of masculinity and authority, the chest needs special attention if you really are to develop it fully. Here’s how… Today we’re going to look at some exercises that might seem counter-intuitive for beginners but actually provide very good results.
Workout of the week : put your chest to the test Read More »
Whether it’s 4am or 4pm, the thousands of food stalls, restaurants and eateries of Bangkok are always ready to delight your palate with their never-ending list of exotic dishes. The choice is vast but almost all of the local culinary propositions involve an ingredient that many of us shouldn’t include in their diet: white rice.
Nutrition : a look at the Bangkok expat diet Read More »
The biggest mistake most people make when they are trying to get into shape, is they want to do it all at once. They may have let themselves go for years, or even decades, and they wish to get their body back to the way it used to be, as quickly as humanly possible. They
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Most weekend warriors and froghair primadonnas outthere have something in common: they don’t exercise (clubhouse parties excluded). The much-maligned Tiger Woods once said that his level was mostly the result of sweating it out in the gym. To many though, it seems that golf is all about technique or worse, all about equipment. While this
Golf Fitness: it’s all about the core, mate! Read More »
Here’s a 30 minute workout built for explosiveness, cardio and strength. This type of functional training is what we love here at Aspire Coaching & Physio Bangkok. Now it’s for you to practice what we preach! After a thorough 10-15 minute warm up (treadmill @ 4-5 mph)you can start. Note that these exercises are supposed
Workout of the week : 30 minute dynamite session Read More »
If you’re like me, you must spend an awful lot of time waiting for the customs officer to wake up, waiting for the conveyor belt to belch out your luggage, waiting for the hotel receptionist to process your credit card… You’re a frequent flyer but have very little time to dedicate to maintaining your shape
Training on the go: your hotel room is your best friend Read More »
Fitness magazines and so-called fitness pundits love to flood their audience with the same old messages year after year. Summer’s coming? Try our orange-only diet! Winter’s coming? Then try our 14-day watery soup diet! Summer’s gone? Why don’t you try our brand new ‘don’t eat until noon’ diet? I’ve never been too fond of those
Weight management: Wanna lose weight? Cheat! Read More »
Aspire Coaching & Physio Bangkok, always on the lookout for effective weight management methods is presenting you a diet that will turn your world and your refrigerator upside down. Most people are very ill-informed about what their diet should look like or how they should shop to get healthier. Instead of using chemical-saturated MRP’s, shakes and
Nutrition : Become a 21st century hunter-gatherer Read More »
Kettlebells, kettlebells, kettlebells. Say it 12 times with a stone in your mouth and you’ll burn 8 kcal per hour. Seriously. While these big steely devices never quite made it to mainstream, kettlebells have achieved cult status among fitness connoisseurs.Rustic and manly, the handheld cannonballs were invented by the Russian and extensively used to toughen
Kettlebells for the win! Read More »
High intensity interval training is simply put, the best way to achieve more with your training while actually exercising less. To hell with the grueling, two hour long training sessions. To hell with the gargantuan weights. To hell with the treadmill rat race. More is less with HIIT and here is what you need to
HIIT training for dummies: an introduction Read More »
