Kate is a superb fitness pro. A former GB athlete, a star of TV's Gladiators and owner of a boot camp business that has changed lives. She knows her stuff!
We are all more restricted than perhaps we have ever been, most of us have more time on our hands. So what better opportunity to work on our fitness? And …
As stated in Part 1, the UK now has an ageing population. In fact there are more pensionable citizens than children. It’s the same story all over the world. So …
In the UK we now have more people of pensionable age than we do children. And this ageing population statistic is being mirrored around the world. With this fact comes …
Men and women often go about their workouts differently, with differing goals and concentrating on different body parts. Here are top 5 exercises for women concentrating on the legs, butt and core. …
If it wasn’t for ‘Fat Burning’ most health and fitness magazines, books and DVDs would be a bit thin and some might not exist at all. We could say the …
So it seems omega-3 fish oil supplements might do little more than relieve us of our money. Is there really an omega-3 supplement myth? For many years it has been an accepted …
The fitness and nutrition dream team of Kate Staples and Patrick Holford have combined their experience and encyclopedic knowledge to produce a book that delivers a genuine path to significant …
Omega 3. Here’s another scientific term I am sure you’ve come across and know of but, if pressed, might find it hard to define. We have a familiarity with it …
The body has age old common ‘problem areas’. It doesn’t matter where you go and who you ask, the answers will invariably be the same. Thighs, bum and tum! There …
There is a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about Soya. So lets take a look at the facts – is soya good or bad for us? Soya, tempeh and tofu …
At first glance ‘Fatty Acids’ might sound neither appealing or particularly good for us. However that goes to show just how wrong first impressions can be! Fatty Acids are crucial, …
Last time in the first of my body boosting, energy firing, detoxing meals I introduced you to the wonderful merits of Watercress soup. This time, lets try something a bit …
At this time of year more than any other, we are likely to subject out bodies to varying degrees of food and drink overload. And because of this our natural …
In this third part former TV Gladiator and record breaking GB pole vaulter Kate Staples concludes her look at the definitions of speed, power, strength and training for them. Explosive strength …
Here in part 2, former TV Gladiator and record-breaking GB pole vaulter Kate Staples continues to look at the notions of strength, speed and power and their impact on athletic …
We all know the terms ‘strength,’ ‘power’ and ‘speed and we have a grasp of their value to everything from elite athletic performance to functional fitness. But do you really …
I don’t want to tempt fate too badly but winter still seems to be holding off for now and here, in the South East of England, we have just enjoyed …
I’m sure we are all aware that there are numerous vitamins. We encounter them all the time in the fitness and health media, our supermarket shelves are bursting with them, …
Brrr…. It’s getting cold outside. Nights are drawing in, temperatures are dropping and all signs increasingly point to winter. This dawning realisation is not one of my favourite moments of …
So we’ve made it through another Summer and the colder, shorter days are bearing down on us – although as I write this in the south east of England it …
Firing up your metabolism is the secret to burning calories and shedding fat. But how do we achieve this? Summer is increasingly a fading memory for those of us in …
Whether we like it or not we are increasingly living in an environment of short and sharp sound bites. The instantly accessible, easily digestible and fleeting seems to be the …
There is one unheralded exercise that almost everybody can do, indeed they do it everyday, it has huge proven benefits, costs nothing and is completely practical and yet almost never …
Summer is here Many parts of Europe have been hitting record temperatures. I believe the legendary Wimbledon Centre Court registered 45 degrees! All of this means the sparest garments in …
Shape up with intense interval training… I was lucky to have the pleasure of working with Patrick Holford on a new book. Patrick is a leading international nutritionist whose 30+ …
Pure vitamin B12 (Cobalamine) is a water-soluble, dark red crystalline compound which is the most structurally complex of all the vitamins. Each molecule of B12 contains 183 atoms and this explains …
Following Part 1 of her story, here Kate Staples tells us of the drama that dramatically re-shaped her life… “I was just about to become the first girl to use …
Thanks to the power of successful prime time TV Kate Staples will probably always be best known for donning lycra briefs, hanging from rings, scaling a climbing wall and wielding …
Check out Part 1 here: Plyometric jumps: Shock tactics part 1 Many coaches want to know how many drop jump sets and ground contacts should be incorporated into a session… …
How do basketball players, sprinters, javelin throwers and triple jumpers – amongst many power sport athletes – develop so much speed, jump height, jump distance and throwing power? The answer …
Five minutes is not that long, just about enough time to make a cup of tea and probably not drink it! Yet, it’s possible in those 300sec to do a …
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere Spring has fully sprung and summer is on the way. This means unveiling your fine weather wardrobe baring the flesh and, very …
Current facts and figures in the UK suggest these are dark times for the nation’s fitness and health. Newly released statistics paint a gloomy picture that seems to point to …
I love Christmas far too much to start lecturing you all about healthy alternatives, relentless abstinence or unfailing moderation over the festive season. Lets just face the facts, take the …
Following on from my previous Intermediate Workout you can now take the next step up and follow the Advanced Programme. And as before these do not require you to go …
I was recently lucky enough to co-author the book Burn Fat Fast with international nutrition guru Patrick Holford. I devised some eight minute cardio and strength workouts that I have …
