This week, we discuss central male adiposity, aka the beer belly and back fat. Can you ever get rid of it, and how as Personal Trainers do we manage the expectations of our clients who want to reduce it? Is it just a case of a calorie deficit and exercise? If you've ever been sold a diet or exercise plan with the promise of dramatically reducing your belly fat, we'd love to hear from you if it did (or didn't) work.

Next, sticking with the male theme, we walk about whether it's possible to build muscle in your 40s. Does the reduction in testosterone make it completely a lost cause, or are there things that you are able to do to mitigate the ageing process and ensure that you can still maintain the gain train? We give our suggestions and recommendations, with some practical advice that you can easily start to implement to ensure that you'll build some muscle as a man over the age of 40 (which will soon be Andy, I might add....!).

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If you managed to catch the news recently, you might have seen an article about a weight loss intervention where magnets were placed on the teeth of a group of individuals, only allowing a 2mm gap to open their mouths, before giving them a liquid diet for two weeks. It caused a lot of chat over on our Facebook Group, and we wanted to discuss the topic in detail. Is it a safe intervention? Maybe you've tried a liquid diet before and had some success and don't see the issue. We delve into the considerations that need to be made with this kind of radical weight loss intervention and whether we would advocate this sort of thing (spoiler: we wouldn't).

Then we move on to listener questions, tackling the topic of professional athletes leaving their sport and the considerations that need to made for aftercare, both physically with nutrition and mentally having to cope with not having a team of people around them anymore. Added to that, is there potential to develop negative relationships with nutrition, training and body image once leaving the highest class of sport. What can we do to look after athletes after their career has ended?

Do you often see younger adults in the gym? Are they just wandering around with no guidance, potentially injuring themselves? Do they become and annoyance to you when you're trying to train? We discuss how we can do better as an industry to support young adults that aren't typically 'sporty' to express themselves physically in the gym. What should the focus be?

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If you'd like to contact Andy or Amy directly, get in touch via the details below:

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So we're both having to isolate after being pinged by the app, and we thought what better way to celebrate than by getting some more content out for you all.

If you're not into football you might want to skip the first 30 minutes or so, but after that we discuss whether you should vary your daily nutritional intake dependant on your daily activity. If you find yourself more sedentary on some days than on others, is it sensible to make adjustments to what you eat to reflect this, particularly if you have a fat loss goal? What if you do a really hard workout one day, should you eat extra to replenish yourself from this?

Then we move onto cellulite. If you're female, do you have it and does it bother you? If you're a trainer, is it something you talk to your clients about? Are then anyways that we can look to get rid of it?

After a very exciting week in the world of English football, you'll get to know us a little bit better in this podcast. From Amy's new football crush to Andy's tactical thinking around England's defence, we hope you enjoy this extra podcast Episode in what is an exciting week for English Football!

*I think this is the podcast that Andy always wanted to record....

We might be a bit late after this story broke in the news a couple of weeks ago, but we feel this one is going to keep rearing its head as both the Olympics gets closer, and Transgender athletes become more prevalent in sport.

After the inclusion of Laurel Hubbard in the Olympic New Zealand Weightlifting Team made its way to mainstream news, many people in the science, competitive sport and transgender communities have had their say. We broached the subject in our Facebook group and it seemed to get a lot of conversation going, so we thought we'd tackle it on the podcast.

Is it fair? Does she have an unfair advantage? And if so, what is the solution? With more of these athletes appearing, our message and underlying ethos is one of positivity. Isn't it a great world that we live in that we even need to discuss this topic, look into the science and see how we can create a greater level of inclusion and fairness in competitive sport?

If any of the terms we use in this podcast are not used correctly on in the wrong context, then we apologise. As we say at the start, the fact we're having this discussion means that we are open to be challenged and educated about these issues in the hope that we can open our own minds.

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First up, a couple of #NAFP announcements: 

Head over to Facebook and request to join the #Not Another Fitness Podcast Facebook Group, as a safe space to ask questions, give feedback on the podcast and give your opinions on the topics that we bring up. We would love to create a community for our podcast, and get it out to more people, and this is the place to start! Not only will you get to know Andy and I a bit better, but you will meet other like minded people who share Fitness, Nutrition and Health as a passion.

It's been a big week in the Fitness industry, with lots of articles making the news to give us plenty to talk about.

Andy and I go through our favourite and least favourite exercises, before tackling a question from the Facebook Group form Ryan. What can you do when little niggles and injury's occur, particularly with running when it's necessary to your sport?

It was a popular one you might have seen all over your social media for the last few weeks. What actually is the science? Is this true, and if so, what is to blame?

If you would like to enquire about working with Andy or myself, or offer some feedback about the podcast, head over to the Facebook Group or use the email addresses below to contact us directly:

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This week, we take two different avenues with the podcast. The conversation starts about training, with the discussion around whether there are any specific exercises that Men or Women 'should' do. We delve into the most common exercises we use for our clients who want to build a certain part of their body, before we move onto the Glutes and Chest specifically, with these being the two most common areas of focus for the genders.

The nutrition part of the podcast places the focus on the Binge/Restrict cycle, particularly for people in the fitness industry. Do you walk into the Gym on Monday feeling like a fraud, giving clients advice on their Nutrition knowing that you were elbow deep in a Peanut Butter Jar at the weekend? If you often struggling feeling out of control around food, or have used the word 'binge' to describe periods of overconsumption, hear us discuss why this might not be the best term to use to describe these moments.

Lastly, we have an exciting announcement about our Podcast. We have created the #Not Another Fitness Podcast Facebook Group! This is a place where we can build our community with the listeners of the podcast, ask questions, and get some fitness and nutrition related conversation started with you lovely bunch.

If you want to get in touch with us, search for the Not Another Fitness Podcast Group on Facebook and ask to join. We'd love to have you.

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After a question from Andy's client Lucy about training fasted, we revisit the conversation we had in Episode 6 about Intermittent Fasting and it's uses. If you've been fasting, or are wondering about its applications, hear us discuss it, the pros and cons, and where we stand on whether it's a good idea to fast if you train.

Then, we jump into the real meat of the podcast, discussing the importance of setting boundaries within your life. Do you set boundaries in your personal or professional life? If you find yourself often overwhelmed, spread too thin, or anxious about social events, work commitments and struggle to prioritise what's important to you, how can you reset the balance.

We also talk about establishing boundaries when you embark on any kind of fitness or training regime. As lockdown continues to ease and we begin to be more social, maybe you've found yourself veering off track from your goals as you struggle to say no to external pressures. If you've always struggled to politely decline or stay focused when trying to commit to training or nutrition, then hear our advice about how to reset the balance.

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This week we have both avid listener and friend of the pod, Dr. Bernie Jenner.

Bernie is a Medical Registrar with an interest in Obstetric Medicine, a mother and an amateur triathlete, and we were fortunate enough to be able to grab over an hour of her time to ask her some questions about her job, her lifestyle, and how she manages to do it all!

More importantly, we asked her about Pre and Post Natal health which is her professional area of expertise. What are the important things that expectant mothers need to know about their health and the health of their baby? Is training whilst pregnant safe, and if so, is there anything in particular women should look to either avoid or include in their training when expecting?

Dr. Bernie gives us both her professional and her personal opinion about how to manage pregnancy, the questions and criticisms that mothers often face, and gives some sound advice for training, nutrition and ultimately how to have a balanced lifestyle whilst managing to make your own training a priority. Bernie is literally a modern day superwoman!

We hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we enjoyed talking to Dr. Bernie. If you do have any questions for either Andy or Amy, or Bernie, please use our contact details below.

And as always, if you enjoy the pod, scroll down to the Review on Apple Podcasts, click the 5* rating and write us a little review. It helps get our podcast out to more people and expand our reach!

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To all of the runners out there, this week we're talking to you! If your a running and you've been thinking for a while how you can optimise your nutrition, then this is the podcast for you! Andy and Amy talk you through some considerations when thinking about fuelling those short and long distance runs.

Do you need to be stocking up on energy gels? What's the perfect pre and post run meal? How far before a run should you be eating? How much water is the most optimal amount to drink to ensure adequate hydration?

Here us answer all these different questions and more! If you have any questions around this topic or you'd like to get in touch with either of us for either personal nutrition advice or to enquire about training, contact us on the details below:

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This week we have another fantastic guest on with Craig Law from Next Level Supplements.

If you think that Supplements are just for hardcore gym go-ers or that the industry just sells you things you don't need, you'll definitely find this episode interesting. We talk to Craig about how he got into the industry, what is his best selling product, whether CBD oil is worth the hype and the all important Death Row meal question!

If you're wondering about whether you should start taking any supplements either for your health or to support your training, Craig talks about what would be beneficial. He also interestingly speaks about his views on how the supplement industry could work with the government to support the long term health of individuals.

If you want to get in touch with Craig, or see what products he has on offer, head over to Next Level Nutrition at www.nl-nutrition.com, follow them on Instagram @nextlevel.nutritionuk or over on Facebook @nextlevelnutritionuk

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