How To Dress For The Gym

Sacrifice

'Give up (something valued) for the sake of other considerations’

Banana & Peanut Butter - Overnight Oats

What to Eat Before & After Cardio

Your pre and post workout meals will vary depending on what type of workout you do, but today we are focusing on cardio. However not all cardio training is the same, if you were doing HITT training you would eat something different than if you were doing a lighter session, such as a hike.

Pre Workout Review

Iceland

Most people's idea of a Holiday normally consists of sun an sand, but if you limit yourself to only going to places for the weather, you're missing out on half the world.

New Year Detox

Its common knowledge that over the Christmas period we tend to overindulge and let our diets slip (or in my case forget the diet completely), so when it comes round to January we feel that a detox is in order. And while a cleanse isn't a bad thing, its not a good idea to mix various herbal remedies together.

Food Diary 5.12.16 - 09.12.16

Every morning I have 3/4 eggs scrambled with coconut milk and half a tin of beans. Hardly exciting but a good source of protein after my workout.
I take a packed lunch to work:
- Grilled Chicken fillet
- Green Beans
- Baby Sweetcorn
- Mange Tout
- Spinach

approx. 3.6g fat   8.8g carbs   29.8g protein   188kcals

Here are some quick and easy dinners

My Music Playlist

When I'm at the gym I have to be listening to music, a good base line gets me through any set. Now I have a pretty varied music taste, from anything from show tunes to rock music, but as I said.... when I'm at the gym I need a heavy baseline (or a catchy pop song)

Staying Active on Holiday

I recently spent a week in Tenerife, and although a holiday is a great time to relax, I still need to stay active. I was thrilled to find out that the hotel I was staying in was equipped with a gym, however once I got there and checked it out I realised it was less of a 'gym' and more of a room with a couple of hand weights. 

Obviously my idea of getting in a normal workout wasn't going to happen, but adaptations were made so I still managed to do something.

Running Away

Running - its bad for your knees so why bother?

My Top 5 Outdoor Exercises

Summer is around the corner, so why not take your workout outside!?

My local park has a fitness area with equipment, therefore I have adapted equipment into a few of my exercises, but don't worry they can all be done without equipment.

Protein Cookies

Got a craving for a cookies but its not part of your diet? Well here is my recipe for protein cookies that will curb that craving!

Ingredients: 
- 125grams Lightly Salted Butter
- 4 Tablespoons Almond Milk
- 1 TeaspoonVanilla Extract
- 1/2 Cup of Flour (I used rice flour, but any type of flour will do)
- 2 Scoops of Protein Powder
- 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
- 2 Tablespoons of Baking Powder
- Chocolate (I used 1/4 bar of cooking chocolate, chocolate chips are also fine)

Walk A Different Path

People find it hard to believe that I enjoy outdoor activities, I take a lot of pride in my appearance when I go for dinner or meet friends in town for drinks... However, there are two sides of me.

Growing up I spent a lot of my spare time in the scouts. Now my scout group wasn't the typical scout group, we still did all the usual things like learning how to tie knots and orienteering but we also went rifle shooting, quad biking, skiing in Switzerland, human bowling, ab-sailing down cliffs and one time we made our own beer. We would spend a lot of weekends /school holidays going camping and I completed my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver, so hiking and being outdoors is second nature to me.

Banana & Peanut Butter FroYo

If you're anything like me, you'll love ice cream, but eating Ben & Jerry's every week isn't going to be good for your waistline. So here is a healthy, easy and delicious alternative....

All you need is Bananas, the rest of the ingredients can be changed depending on your preference.

New Year = New Me?

With the beginning of the new year comes New Years resolutions. Whether or not you're planning on keeping it is a different story, but we all make them.

Photographs by Zak Walton



Christmas in the Hawker Household

I love hearing about how people celebrate christmas, everyone has different traditions, passed down from grandparents and great grandparents. 

Sweat... It's Your Fat Crying

Now most of my friends think I'm crazy for getting up at the crack of dawn to go to the gym, and maybe I am... but it has to be done right?

Wrong! It doesn't have to be done, I do it because I love it. 

I wasn't always into fitness. When I was in school I ditched every PE lesson I ever had and the only time I would go running was to get more food.

Racing Extinction

I watched a documentary the other night called Racing Extinction, and it really made an impact...

Christmas Shopping

Me and my friend decided we would try and get our Christmas shopping done early(ish) so we decided to start off at Knightsbridge. 

We decided we would peruse Harrods, but we where quickly put off with how busy it was. Everyone in London was out for the Black Friday sales. Trying to get around was awful, it was far too crowded so we left.