Oh my goodness!! I still smile to myself, and shake my head in admiration, when I look at this amazing photograph. First of all, let’s...

As my many (gulp!) regular readers of iamprotein.co.uk will by now doubtless know, I started bodybuilding when I was a thirteen-year-old...

I’ll be turning 51 in a few weeks. It’s been an interesting year. A year that has taken me by surprise. Birthdays with zeros in them are...

I started lifting weights when I was 13. This new world of training and bodybuilding was a very exciting and interesting one, but the...

In today’s world we are faced with a bewildering array of choices in our lives. Or, more accurately, choices on how to live our lives....

I was reading the BBC’s News app today and saw an article on a new phenomenon called Big Dick Energy. I was intrigued. The Urban...

My dear wife Suzy bought a couple of books for me at Christmas time, one of which was a non fiction work entitled East West Street by...

One of the annoying things about being a Personal Trainer is having clients who are new to bodybuilding and gym who constantly ask or...

This post is causing me a lot of confusion!! I cannot make up my mind as to what it is exactly about. The photo at the top is in the...

My father in law, Alex Waxler, used to say “ It’s easy, once you know how.” And how right he was, some things in life are blindingly...

When Hugh Lofting was dreaming up his characters for the Doctor DoLittle series of children’s books I like to imagine that he had in mind...

I am often struck by how much bodybuilding and life in the gym has changed since I first picked up a dumbbell 37 years ago. From being a...

Whilst I’m not much of a tennis fan and not much of a Serena fan I loved this quote of hers. Obviously as a PT I have plenty of clients...

Recently I wrote a post on how getting a pump was like traveling forward in time as pumped up muscle gives you a glimpse of how you will...

A good friend and client that shares my love of bodybuilding history sent me a Facebook post by 80’s bodybuilding star Gary Strydom. In...

One of the (dis?)advantages of having children is that you are exposed to all sorts of influences and experiences that you otherwise...

Imagine when you run, or cycle, you could see the results of your efforts instantly. How amazing it would be to literally see the fat on...

I was having a conversation with a particularly difficult client about attitude to eating with control and within set parameters. I told...

Cheat meals. Now rebranded as Refill Meals, presumably so you can eat some junk and not feel guilty about it. For what they are worth,...