Back to school can be a time of high stress for adults and children alike. The "routine" is back in full flow and we want to make things as easy as possible. One of the biggest challenges can be what to make your child for their school lunch or even send as a snack if... Continue Reading →
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Mark Caulfield Coaching Podcast is LIVE!
I set myself the challenge of recording 30 podcasts in 30 days in August 2019. Why? No idea! They are all unedited and unscripted although I do have a general outline to keep it flowing so excuse the odd slip up or tangent in conversation. The results are below and all are less than 15... Continue Reading →
Is Stress Ruining Your Fat Loss Progress?
Stress is close to unavoidable in today's society. Work pressures, family responsibilities, and social pressures combine to leave us stretched thin on a daily basis. Tethered to our mobile phones we are exposed to a virtual environment where all we see are snippets of "perfection" of lives far removed from our own with self-imposed goals... Continue Reading →
This Shoulder Exercise Is Harder Than It Looks
The shoulder joint is a complex orchestra of muscles that attach to and from our ribs, shoulder blade, arm and spine. It requires a combination of adequate mobility, stability and strength to move and function optimally. Unfortunately many of us will train shoulder strength in the gym with overhead press variations and hit isolation exercises... Continue Reading →
6 Ways To Maintain Fat Loss While On Holiday This Summer
BEFORE YOU GO Whether an early or late flight, travelling takes time and energy. Prep your final meal before leaving to avoid being famished and making poor choices at the airport. Have a late dinner if leaving really early and if not have food prepped for breakfast and all your bags and documents ready to... Continue Reading →
The Worlds Easiest Homemade ChocOaty Pancake Recipe
Pancake Tuesday or not, this is an awesome recipe you an use at any time for any meal or snack! Here it is in all it's glory: Mash half a banana Add an egg Add 1-2 cupped handfuls of porridge oats I added half a teaspoon of cacao powder to taste. You don't have to.... Continue Reading →
Bet You’ve Never Done This Core Exercise Before?
I happened upon this exercise by mistake during a workout I was doing at home. I was kneeling, doing a KB Overhead Press, when I put one down and my son asked me could he have a kettlebell. Already kneeling I outstretched the kettlebell in both hands to give it to him. My anterior core... Continue Reading →
The Deadlift – Execution, Common Errors and Adaptations
You know that song by Nicki Minaj that says "Oh my God, look at her butt"? You just sang it didn't you? Legend has it the person she wrote that about had just been doing Deadlifts. So yeah! If you want a rock solid, shapely, strong and song worthy backside you need to DEADLIFT. The... Continue Reading →
The Kettlebell Swing
The Kettlebell Swing is a posterior chain exercise, meaning it works the majority of the muscle on the back of your body. These ones...... That's a lot of muscles! Hence why the Kettlebell Swing is such an effective exercise for improving power and strength when executed correctly. However there are 3 common errors that can... Continue Reading →
Nutrition: Back to Basics DOWNLOAD
Are you fed up wading through the never-ending "best" nutrition strategies? Is your brain fried trying to figure out if you should go Keto, Paleo or Intermittent Fasting? Even if you do fast, there's so many different ways to do it!!! My brain was fried too! Until I realised there was no perfect way. No... Continue Reading →