Do You Need Help With Your Health, Fitness or Nutrition?

The health and fitness industry is a minefield for many.

There is information everywhere. More services are available than you could review in your lifetime. There seems to be a new diet trend every week. And everyone wants to tell you how their approach is the right one and all the others are wrong.

Is it any wonder most people struggle to find a path that will make the most of their efforts and reward them with a successful outcome?

DCSfit aims to provide a complete resource of all things health and fitness related. An ever-expanding and evolving resource ensuring that, if you have a desire for change, we will provide you with the right tools and direction to make the most of your efforts.

My Journey from Skinny, through Obese to Fitness Industry Professional

My name is Coach Mark Tiffney and I joined the fitness industry primarily in response to the poor quality of information and resources being dished out by those in the industry when I was looking to make personal changes.

I had gone from an ultra-skinny, multi-sports-playing teen to an obese professional Architect. Then through study and research, I found a path to single-digit body fat and a visible six-pack inside a year.

I worked to qualify as a fitness professional soon after, worked with people in my spare time to build my abilities as a coach and quit my job a few years later to follow this path of helping others find their route to success through online coaching, Personal Training, then opening my own 5,000 Sq.ft training facility.

Over the years (along with becoming a father), my focus has matured away from aesthetics and shifted to focus on health, longevity, function, and well-being. And understanding the pressures of professional, as well as family life, along with working with thousands of clients both individually and through my training facility, has helped shape and develop my overall approach to ensure I work with the needs and restraints of others rather than forcing ideals that only add further pressure.

What Do You Need Help With?

This website is packed with resources and information and is growing all the time.

As such, we want to ensure you can find your way to the areas that answer your questions, or give you the resources you need as quickly as possible.

The simplest route is to use the portals.

Below you’ll find links to various portals answering specific questions. Giving you quick access to the most relevant articles and resources for each element of struggle.

If you feel you need specific one-to-one assistance, head to the Coaching section, fill in a questionnaire and get tailored feedback or even a free one-to-one digital review.

If you live in Central Scotland, Personal Training can be arranged (though in a limited capacity) in both Gartcosh and Cumbernauld.

Or if you are looking for something as simple as an easy-to-follow nutrition guide to make quick improvements, see below.

GETTING YOUR NUTRITION APPROACH RIGHT

If you are looking for a guide that will kick-start your nutrition approach in a way that will not only see exceptional results in the first month, but will set up your internal system in such a way that, anything you target from that point forward, with regards physiological change, will be much much easier and you will hit your targets much more rapidly.

And not only that, but it’s completely FREE.

You did read that right. You can download this plan right now. Access our support page on Facebook and a few other goodies that will be coming your way to help you make the most of your efforts.

There’s no catch!

I simply found I was spending more time answering the same questions over and over again that by creating this, it actually saves me time. And the more people who read it and follow it through, the more worthwhile that process will have been.

INFORMATION & IDEAS

The largest portion of this site is ‘the Core’ dedicated to giving you all the knowledge and information you need to make quality fitness, training and nutrition choices.

This resource, however, is easy to get lost in and as we continue to add new content, the search is only going to get harder to find the best starting point.

You likely have specific issues you need advice on in mind already.

As a result, we’ve organised the site into 8 portals to help you find the content that best suits your needs quickly. These are:

These portals will also be visible at the side of every article and at the bottom of each portal page, allowing easy movement between them and getting you to the best content to get you started in each subject.

INFORMATION & IDEAS

The largest portion of this site is ‘the Core’ dedicated to giving you all the knowledge and information you need to make quality fitness, training and nutrition choices.

This resource, however, is easy to get lost in and as we continue to add new content, the search is only going to get harder to find the best starting point.

You likely have specific issues you need advice on in mind already.

As a result, we’ve organised the site into 8 portals to help you find the content that best suits your needs quickly. These are:

Getting Started

Getting Leaner

Getting Stronger

Diet & Nutrition

Training

Work/Life Balance

Fitness Career

Quick Tips

These portals will also be visible at the side of every article and at the bottom of each portal page, allowing easy movement between them and getting you to the best content to get you started in each subject.

ONE TO ONE COACHING

From 2 decades and well over 1000 clients (plus online interactions with thousands more), it has become abundantly clear that the most significant changes made are done so in the mind and through daily habits beyond the gym floor.

Exercise, whether cardio, callisthenics or strength training, can play a significant role in making changes. And how you fuel your body will have an impact on everything you do. But these are just tools in a much larger picture where if the foundational elements of your mindset, daily habits and approach to the demands of your everyday life (along with well-thought-out strategies and goals) are out of kilter, will have frustratingly poor long-term effects.

Working with a Coach who not only has wide breadth of professional experience but lived experience to draw from and who can take an objective view of your situation, inside a framework that has been proven to work time and again, is absolutely the most productive and beneficial route anyone could consider.

It may not be the ideal solution right now, but few people would not benefit from considering Coaching at some point in their lives.
Mark does not accept all potential clients. But he will respond and advise everyone who submits a request.

All you have to do is complete an online questionnaire. From there, you will receive either emailed advice or an offer of a free one-to-one digital coaching session to set you on your path. If you wish to consider taking things further, with a more long-term commitment, that’s up to you. But the help is there if you need it.

PERSONAL TRAINING

Whilst Coaching is the ideal route to progress, some people are not yet in the mindset to commit to the process.

And if your issues are primarily physical in nature, then Personal Training could be the solution you are looking for.

As such, we are currently offering (in a very limited capacity) Personal Training Sessions in Gartcosh and in specific cases, Cumbernauld.

IN THE WORKS – Group Sessions | Courses | Career Assistance | Financial Boost

Ultimately the goal of this site is to deliver solutions to as many people as possible.

However, being all things to all people, given how unique everyone’s issues and situations are, is extremely difficult.

The information throughout this site should ensure that there is something of use, regardless of your circumstances. But we will always aim to achieve more.

Currently, the following services are in the works. If you are interested in any of these, it would be a good idea to sign up to our newsletter (it is not a bombardment, filled with spam or sales pitches, it just keeps you updated on useful information and you will always be notified before anyone else):

Group Coaching – 8 weeks of group coaching sessions (with follow-ups and out-of-session support). The course will identify specific personal barriers to progress. Obstacles and frustrations. By the end of the course, not only will you have made tangible, measurable progress, but will also have a clear personalised plan for continuing forward on your journey.

If this is something that may be of interest, get in touch now to be added to the list. Courses will only launch once there are 8 registered for one time and venue and will accept no more than 12 for any block.

Courses – The group coaching sessions will be held in person. But that is only suitable if you are based in central Scotland. As such, the plan is to make similar sessions available digitally. This will involve a lot more work, as video resources etc will be required to cover all situations. But this is in the works and will be launched once there is sufficient interest. So, if this is something you’re keen on, get in touch.

Job Hunting & Career Progression – Some of the courses will be tailored with job hunting and careers in mind. Specifically improving interview success rates, increasing productivity (through increased self-belief, focus and energy), improving the immune system (so fewer sick days) and heightening physicality in a manner that has been shown to increase income levels. We are hoping to offer these courses via existing support groups and charitable organisations, and we’ll update you with any links we forge as they occur. But in the meantime, if this is something that is of interest to you, please let us know.

Financial Stressors – Probably the biggest roadblock to improved health and fitness is stress. You cannot overcome the negative effects of overwhelm and stress with a bit of exercise or a diet. In fact, you may be adding to the problem. And financial stress can be one of the most toxic. To combat this, we are developing a separate entity called Boosted Income, which we hope will give the resources needed to alleviate at least some of the stress financial worries can cause. It’s not a get-rich-quick scheme. It is simply guidance toward small to medium-income boosts that might be enough, in many cases, to make a positive difference and allow you to focus on yourself rather than your bank balance.

DISCOVERING A SUPPORT GROUP OR COMMUNITY

If you feel that going on this journey alone is not something you are comfortable with and you need the energy and support of others who are in a similar situation to you or have the same drive and goals to keep you motivated, that is completely understandable.

On a local level, that is the main driver for creating the Group Coaching Sessions mentioned above and the more people who show an interest in these, the quicker they will be created.

However, regardless of your location, I’d recommend joining us on our Facebook Page and sign up to our newsletter to access our DCSfit Facebook Group. We have numerous social media platform outlets (including 3 other Facebook pages) with a community of over 10,000 people across all platforms. So regardless of your current situation, there are bound to be others who can empathise.

Everyone is welcome, so come and join the party, say hi and let us know what you are doing, how you are doing it and let’s continue to build the support network to encourage a stronger community of positive lives, stronger approaches, and better results.

QUICK LINKS, RESOURCES & DOWNLOADS

As you browse through the articles or around the site, you may notice we’ve created something useful to download.

Can’t remember where you saw it or heard about it elsewhere? Not a problem!

Just head to our Resources page and you can get it from there.

Not only that, but we often get asked about equipment, books and the like. So here you’ll also find links to products & information we feel you might find useful.

Thank You

Thank you so much for checking out our resources and community here at DCS Fit.

We put a huge amount of effort into delivering the content and resources that you need and it would be meaningless if no one was here to utilise it. So, you make our actions worthwhile and give us purpose.

So, for that I thank you.

And to make this resource as valuable as possible, we need to know what it is you need.

Therefore, if there is anything you are looking for and cannot find on this site, drop us a message. I’m always open to criticism, feedback or suggestions.

We will continue to expand and develop this site and aim to make it somewhere you want to keep coming back to again and again. And I hope you find it valuable and your journey, from this point forward, becomes greater and more exciting every day.

Thanks again,

Coach Mark Tiffney