So we’re all waking up today and being told to stay at home. The stuff we take for granted like getting up and heading off to work or dropping the kids off to school has been taken away from us. It’s funny how you only notice the value of stuff that you usually take for […]
Author Archives: Andrew Lahart
Most of us have had one at some stage in our life. That lovely layer of excess that just hangs on the lower portion of our abdominal area. aka the belly. Every lad, without exception who starts training with me mentions it. And how they want it to send it back to where it came […]
Seen this trending on The Times website this morning. An interesting article on how calorie counting is not the optimal approach when trying to lose weight. It was based around a dieting study they did on people. The conclusion was pretty interesting: “I think one place we go wrong is telling people to figure out […]
Most lads that get in touch with me about Bulletproof Dad, are well over the age of 30, and tend to have some sort of recurring injury or issue going on with them. Whether it be a dodgy knee from football, a mashed up shoulder from rugby, a stiff hip from gaelic football, a tender […]
If you stood outside my gym door at the end of a session you’d see all the BPD lads walking out with big sweaty heads and a protein shaker in their hands. See the reason I give my a clients a protein straight after a workout is simple. After a tough strength training session, muscle […]
If you were to go on a diet on today, what would be the one thing you’d fear to give up most? Your few pints? Your tea & hobnobs? Or your cheeky weekend take away? Whatever it is. Any decent nutrition program worth it’s while, should allow for it. The truth is, if you’re trying […]
A massive part of being a personal trainer is looking at and assessing your client’s food diary. Seen hundreds, if not thousands over the years. And to be honest, I can probably count on one had the amount of people who are consuming a “decent” amount of protein on a daily basis. The vast vast […]
When I’m on a application call with lad looking to join BPD I’ll casually enquire as to what his food habits are like. Probably the most common answer I get is “I’ve an awful sweet tooth”. But lets face it mate, who doesn’t? The human organism is genetically designed to enjoy “sweet stuff” When we […]
Was chatting to a guy on an application call last Sat. He had been going to the gym in Swords regularly over the last year or so but he’d hit a a bit of a plateau lately. The weight hasn’t dropped in the last while and since Christmas it’s started to creep back up again. […]
One of my bulletproof dads mentioned that last week he was at his son’s football match. He mentioned how in the past he would be very self conscious going to the games all the other dads were in much better shape than him. He said he was “the fattest dad there”. And what added to […]