By Darren Bain

We all know that a well chiseled 6 pack improves our appearance but what you may not know is that our trunk muscles/ab’s help prevent injury and improve performance.

The first two areas that need to be addressed before we even begin to look at specific abdominal training is your diet and exercise program. If your diet is poor and your exercise program is rubbish your body fat is going to be high – you could do 1000 abdominal reps a day but you’re never going to see an ab little lone a 6 pack unless you get the body fat down. But of course this doesn’t apply to you guys and girls because you have this under control by STRICTLY following the 6 week beach body plan.

When it comes to abdominal training the biggest mistake people tend to make is the  exercise selection and repetition range

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Is It Time To Get Refocused??

By Darren Bain

There are many aspects to be covered and it can seem all “too hard” when on a mission to enhance your physique and improve your health. If this is you and you’ve ‘thrown in the towel’ on the 6 week challenge refer back to your goal and the reasons why you wanted to achieve that goal to get back on track and re-motivated….

If that doesn’t get you going again may be you can relate to below?, if so you can’t afford not to do the 6 week challenge.

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5 Reasons You’re Not Dropping Body Fat!

Where do I start on this one?

If you’re serious about improving your body composition & health then you’ll apply my tips in this blog. If not, keep doing what you’re doing and stay the same! Read more

A common question I get asked is

“If I’m eating healthy why do I need to take supplements”?

Why Do I Need Supplements?

By Darren Bain

There are many reasons why we need to take supplements. Dr Rakowski states “it takes 17 elements to make a healthy plant, and we only put three back in. So what happens is this malnutrition in the plants becomes malnutrition in the animals and becomes malnutrition in humans”

We simply don’t get all the nutrients we need from our food supply in today’s day and age, 100 years ago we did but not now. Our food today is highly processed, genetically modified and prepared using methods that destroys the nutritional content of the food. Read more

By Darren Bain

Well done on registering for the 6 week challenge. Remember every time you step into the gym it’s about ‘setting a new standard’ every single session.

It’s as simple as this – “The harder you train the better the results”!

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