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What Do I Do?

I am often asked what do I do. I normally answer based on the types of people I help, such as injury rehabilitation, weight loss, chronic fatigue etc, rather than list my qualifications. However, it normally doesn't take long before I'm asked questions like, "So...

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The Bare Foot Conference

On Saturday, I attended the Bare Foot Conference which was held at The Natural History Museum in central London. I have to say it was the most amazing venue I have ever been to for a conference. I'm not sure that will ever be beaten as a venue in my lifetime. It was...

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CHEK Workshop – Virgin Active Twickenham

Yesterday, I finished a month of delivering "The CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Training" at Virgin Active Clubs around the UK. If you look at the picture on the left, the club is located in the England Rugby Stadium at Twickenham. It has to be the coolest place to have...

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CHEK Seminars @ Virgin Active

This week on my weekly CHEK Seminar tour of Virgin Active clubs, I visited Manchester and Leeds. It was a long day leaving home at 7am to catch a train from Euston. On arrival in Manchester, I was straight in and begun the CHEK Approach to Swiss Ball Training workshop...

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Working Out, Bikram Yoga and Presenting Workshops

Well, what a week this has been. After a full week of Bikram Yoga last week, I was back in the gym the gym this week. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday I worked out using moderate intensities (8-10 reps) 3 working sets, often combining two movements per exercise, such as...

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New BodyCHEK Team Member

I am very happy to announce a new member to the BodyCHEK team. Leanne has joined me this week as my personal assistant. I have asked Leanne to join the team to allow me to provide an even better and more efficient service to our clientele and to enable us to take on...

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Johnstone Paints Trophy Final @ Wembley Stadium

On Sunday I went to watch the Johnstone Paints Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium. I went to watch my former client Alan Connell who plays for Swindon Town. Swindon were playing against Chesterfield who whilst being in the league above Swindon are looking like being...

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Monsanto Pig Patent

I always try to see the positive side of life, but I also think it is important to make people aware of any potential dangers to health and major cases of injustice (and insanity). It is really important for you to educate yourself as to what is going on the world and...

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Paul Chek’s Gratitude

As a reader of my blog, you'll probably be aware that the person who has had by far the biggest influence on my career has been Paul Chek, the founder of The CHEK Institute. In a series of Paul's recent blogs, he has given gratitude to each of the CHEK Institute...

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CHEK Exercise Coach – Lancashire

Last week, I taught CHEK Exercise Coach at The CHEK Europe Headquarters in Mawdesley, Lancashire. I was very fortunate that I had a great group of students who were all highly self-motivated and worked really hard during the week. I always like to teach in a very...

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The CHEK Conference – Part 4

On the final day of the conference, I managed to see Chris Maund discussing Distance Running for Beginners, Jon Bowskill and Dan Plev discussing the past, present and future of Spinal rehabilitation, Dan Hellman discussing Respiration, Dr William Previte discussing...

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The CHEK Conference – Part 3

The following morning after two late nights in a row, I was starting to feel a little jaded and I still had a to give another presentation that day. The day started with Jade Johnson and Warren Williams showing us how Warren had helped to condition Jade from her...

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The CHEK Conference – Part 2

On awakening the next morning, I didn’t feel too tired and was fired up for the conference to start. Paul Chek opened up proceedings with an emotional presentation entitled “Living the CHEK Lifestyle”. As per usual, Paul entertainingly didn’t start the actual...

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The CHEK Conference

This month, I have to tell you about an amazing experience I had at The CHEK Conference in San Diego, California. I had such a great time, both professionally and personally. In fact, right now the jet-lag is just about wearing off, but the feel-good factor of the...

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The Food of Choice

If you've read my recent blogs, you will know that I recently took the Mediator Release Test to find out what foods my immune system is reacting too and therefore causing internal damage. So I was faced with a few challenges as every body is when required to eliminate...

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Recent BodyCHEK Workshops

Over the last two weeks, I have taught three workshops across 4 days and two separate weekends. Firstly, on 16th April, I taught my "understanding the Core" Workshop. I taught a group of exercise professionals the importance of functional anatomy of the core, how it...

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New "MT Coaching Success" Program

Wow, has half the month almost already gone? Time has flown this month! Today was a very special day. Today was the launch of my new online coaching program, "MT Coaching Success".  It has been nine months of hard work, long days and an extremely steep learning curve....

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My Injury Rehab Progress

It's been a while since I first posted about my shoulder and knee injuries. Since then, I have been carrying out two to three corrective exercises programmes in the gym each week. I have been getting to bed a little earlier than usual. This week I am averaging over...

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When Being Too Busy Can Cause Injury

I really am not proud of what I am about to write, but I do have a confession to make. For most of the summer, I haven't been practicing what I preach with regards to giving myself adequate down-time and rest, or what Paul Chek calls, checking in with Dr,. Quiet. I've...

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How I Overcame Acne

 Many of you will be unaware that from the age of 13 or 14, I suffered greatly from acne. Now that may not sound like much to you and you may be thinking, “Well, that happens to teenagers”.  However, my acne continued all through my twenties and into my thirties. If...

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The Leigh Brandon Interview

 This week I was interviewed by personal trainer and serial blogger Tom Godwin. Tom asked me some questions about my background, my career as well as some of my philosophies. He also asked me specific questions on how I help people with specific conditions and the...

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The 10 Secrets of Weight Loss – Part 5

Here are your fifth and sixth secret tips: Digestive System Health Ensure you’re hydrated prior to a meal. Drink two glasses of water 15 minutes before you eat. Do not drink during or for up to one hour after eating Chew your food until liquidised You may require...

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The 10 Secrets of Weight Loss – Part 4

Here are your third and fourth action to follow: Hydration Drink at least 0.033 litres of good quality water per kilogram of body weight Good quality water includes Evian, Vittel and reverse osmosis filtered water. If buying bottled water, glass bottles are better...

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The 10 Secrets of Weight Loss – Part 3

Here are your first two sets of actions to follow: Thoughts and Emotions Write down your goals What will you look like when you are successful? How will you know when you are successful? What will your waist measurement be? When will you achieve it by? What date?...

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The 10 Secrets of Weight Loss – Part 2

OK, so as promised, here are the 10 secrets of weight loss. They are: Thoughts and emotions Breathing mechanics Hydration Nutrition Digestive system health Immune system health Detoxification & Elimination Exercise Hormone balance Sleep patterns Whilst I can and...

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The 10 Secrets of Weight Loss

Having worked in health and fitness since 1996, I have worked with hundreds of clients looking to lose weight. I have learned through thousands of hours of education and thousands of hours working with my clients what is required to achieve long term sustainable...

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When is Wild Salmon not Wild?

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know how important it is to eat 'Wild' fish and not organic or non-organic farmed fish. Farmed fish organic or otherwise are fed unnatural feeds. Fish as far as I am aware over the millions of years they have been in...

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Swine Flu Prevention

If you are a resident in the UK, you will have received a booklet containing information on how to help you avoid swine flu (or any other flu). The advice is very practical and mainly covers the subject of hygiene. The information in the booklet in my view is sensible...

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Cancer / Obesity Link

"Almost 19,000 people a year in the UK are diagnosed with cancer that could have been prevented if they were a healthy weight, an expert says.  Professor Martin Wiseman said if everyone had a body mass index (BMI) under 25 it would make a big dent in the incidence of...

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Functional Diagnostic Nutrition™

You may already be aware that I have been studying Functional Diagnostic Nutrition™ (FDN) this year. So what is FDN? Well, I can tell you that FDN is not:  Diagnosing diseases  Treating illnesses  Treating symptoms An allopathic procedure But, FDN is all about:...

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What's Happening?

Hi Everyone, It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog and I just wanted to inform you as to why it has been so long. I haven't made the time to blog due to a number of exciting new projects that I am working on. Firstly, this Saturday, I will be presenting my...

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What is a CHEK Practitioner?

I am often asked what I do for a living. Whilst I combine a number of different professions into my work, the skills and techniques I use the most come from my work as a C.H.E.K Practitioner and CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach.   What we do as C.H.E.K Practitioners and...

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And what’s wrong with this letter?

The title above was the headline to a mail-out I received from a UK Cancer Charity. Obviously, the charity was asking for me to donate cash to their cause. So what is wrong with that? Here are some of the quotes from the letter: “This letter has the power to help beat...

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Eat Right To Save Our Species

Those of you who have read my posts before will know that I am a big advocate of organic farming and natural food production to help sustain our health. Many people are still unconvinced of the importance to change to supporting local farmers and the eating of organic...

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Reflex Survival Tote Pole – Part 3

Hopefully, during the first two parts of this post, you would have gained an understand of the complexity of dysfunction in the body. You will have also got an insight into how I follow a relatively simple system to help people overcome their challenges. In this post,...

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Reflex Survival Toem Pole – Part 2

OK, so you know from my previous post the different systems within the Reflex Survival Totem Pole. But how and why does it work? In simple terms, the more important a system is to survival, the more priority the body will place on that system. For instance, breathing...

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Reflex Survival Totem Pole

On a very frequent basis I work with clients who have received many different treatments and tried many different modalities all to no avail prior to coming to see me. Following a period of time following one of my 'Results' Programmes, their energy begins to improve...

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Looking Forward to 2009

As I stated in my last post, 2008 was a great year for me and for BodyCHEK. 2008 was the first year I took my foot off the pedal in terms of studying. I only completed 2 courses, which is not much for me. I did continue to read on a daily basis, but much of what I...

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Review of 2008

What a year 2008 has been! A truly great year. It has certainly been a busy, productive and successful year for myself. The first 6 months of the year I spent studying a Post Graduate Diploma in Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy whilst having the busiest client...

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