Nate Miyaki - Digital Course

Have you seen Nate’s Abs? If ever there was someone to advise on how to develop an amazing six pack, it’s Nate Miyaki.

His books were among very few in the fitness realm that were gimmick-free, well researched and implementable for fantastic results. Nate has morphed all the information he has put out over the years into a fantastic digital course structure. With the written elements supplemented with full follow-along video content. And as ever, he backs up everything with links to the science behind it all.

Well worth a look.

JRF Recipes for Success - Jeremy Reid

Jeremy has gone through an amazing transformation of his own and obviously gets a lot of questions asking just how he did it. And obviously a large part of it is nutrition. So here's a chance to grab a copy of Jeremy's very own recipe book.

The Chimp Paradox

Most people know there are things they could improve with their approach to nutrition, fitness or healthy living. It’s not an issue of knowing where to start, but rather following through. In other words, most of the issue is in your head. So, if you are not sure why you can’t stick to things or follow through on your plans, having an understanding of what is going on under the hood is a good way of ensuring you can break that habit and make better choices.

The Chimp Paradox is probably the best book I’ve read on this subject and it’s not only something I’ve recommended to many clients, but it is mandatory reading for our interns and fitness staff. I strongly recommend picking up a copy. It may help, not only in your health and fitness approach, but in many other aspects of your life.

Accumeasure Self Testing Calipers

You’ll notice there are no scales on this list. That’s because they are borderline useless and should be used LESS or not at all by most people. If improved body composition is your main goal, getting a good feedback loop in place should be something you implement ASAP. Ideally you would have your body fat measured via a professional through skin-fold calipers (assuming you can’t afford a DAXA test or have access to an underwater weighing service). However, you can get good enough results to keep an eye on things with these. They take a little practice to get used to them, but it will give you a route to constant feedback to ensure what you are doing is actually working for you.

Tic Watch

I’m not big on gadgets in general (for fitness purposes) and many studies have shown that people, on average, make no better progress using them than using traditional methods of tracking, such as pen and paper. However, having information to hand as part of something you'd likely have on you anyway can be useful. Often people use there phones, but it does mean having it with you every time you move. And after receiving one of these as a gift, I have found it useful to check my heart rate in certain instances, how far I've walked or run, and whilst it's sleep tracker is probably it's weakest feature, it can still give some interesting information. The build quality is solid and it charges (and holds its charge) extremely well.

Worth a look if you are interested in a fitness tracker watch.

Gym Boss – Interval Timer

Need a timer for the gym or indeed any form of interval training? This is as good as it gets! Easy to set up – easy to use – lightweight and comes in many colours. What more can I say but, get one!