Fitness Journal Update

Recently on The Fitness Journal I have covered boxing for fitness, genetics and weight management and using a training diary. And these are just a few of the health and fitness topics.

Check it out at The Fitness Journal

This Week At The Fitness Journal

This week at The Fitness Journal I have blogged about low carb eating, periodisation, strongman training, training goals, gaining strength without gaining weight and more. So check out The Fitness Journal

Recent Fitness Journal Posts

Some of the recent topics that I have covered at The Fitness Journal include weight loss, 'martial arts' based fitness training, improving your recovery and women and weight training. Check it out here.

My New Fitness and Training Blog

If you are interested, you can now check out my new fitness and training blog The Fitness Journal.

The purpose of The Fitness Journal to give up to date, interesting and practical information to help you achieve the body, fitness, health and lifestyle that you want.

I have been updating daily and I hope to "see" you there.

Fitness for Trekking

As part of our recent holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia(we arrived back this week), we did a short trek in Sapa. It was a great experience but because of the combination of steep hills, clay soil and rain, it was not easy.

Here are some fitness ideas if you are planning a trek

- build up a good basic fitness level

- work on your flexibility, balance and agility - if you are walking on slippery steep ground, you will find these fitness elements are being constantly tested

- prepare yourself for the downhill sections - glutes and hamstrings will take a beating - if you have access to a elliptical machine, backwards stepping is a useful preparation.

- if your are going to use a pole for support (we would not have been able to do without our bamboo poles) - shoulder, back, arms and chest will all need work