Can you lose weight by changing your psychology with brain training apps?
Weight loss. It’s as simple as calories in, calories out, right? Just diet and exercise to create the all-important calorie deficit, and you’ll lose weight. Easy in theory, but much more difficult in practice. Humans are messy and complex creatures subject to myriad influences that make the weight loss process anything but straightforward. However, researchers […]
Common Barriers to Exercise In Older Adults
There are legitimate barriers to why some older adults lose motivation and cease exercise. We want to offer some solutions to overcome these barriers and encourage physical activity for older adults. Self–efficacy Many adults lose confidence in their ability to complete specific tasks as they age, and unfortunately, a sedentary lifestyle exacerbates these perceived feelings of body competence. Fear of injury When older […]
Do Our Genes Make Us Fat?
This topic came up again in a recent article published by the BBC about a population of people who are apparently ‘hard-wired’ to store fat. The idea might be an alluring one for some, but there is more complexity to it than simply blaming the genes we inherited from our parents. The BBC […]
Weight loss obstacles: Is breaking bad habits the key to weight loss?
How, what, when and why we eat is largely dictated by our environment in response to particular triggers. Given that most of our behaviour is habit-based, the obstacles we often face when it comes to weight loss goals are always linked to our habits. What are the most common obstacles to weight loss? 1. Emotional Habits are […]
Is There a Link Between Asthma and Being Overweight?
Studies show that asthma rates are rising faster among people who are overweight. For both adults and children, asthma symptoms and asthma attacks are harder to control if you are overweight or obese and they can be more severe. A 2018 study in the Journal of Paediatrics found that obese children had a 26-38% increased risk of developing asthma compared to their […]
How to Stay Active over Christmas: 5 Key Tips
Christmas is the time in the year where people relax, eat and drink more, and exercise goes out the window. But there’s one simple way you can stay healthy, maintain your bodyweight and get yourself in the best position to kick in the New Year – and that’s increasing your daily activity levels. Although finding ways to make time for […]
Fat Loss vs. Water Weight
To claim that a decrease in lean body mass, and an increase in muscle mass cannot coincide is to misunderstand the nature of what lean body mass includes. Joe Halstead explains further.
Steady State vs. HIIT Cardio
An objective review of the various merits of both steady state cardio and high intensity internal training. How can we make use of both for maximum impact?
Obesity and COVID-19
The health complications caused by obesity correlate with the biggest risk factors for novel coronavirus COVID-19, as explained by U.P.’s Joe Halstead.
Maintaining Your Physique Through the Lockdown and Beyond
Consulting the habits of successful weight loss maintainers gives us an understanding of how we can go about maintaining our weight in even the most dire of circumstances.
3 Simplest Fat Loss Mistakes You’re (Probably) Making
These 3 simple fat loss mistakes could be holding you back from getting a lean, shredded body
7 Simple Ways to Stay Super-Lean All Summer
If you want to stay lean all summer there are 7 simple steps to follow
4 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight
Why am I not losing weight is a question we hear so much at Ultimate Performance – Here are 4 reasons why.
8 Tips to Get Shredded for Summer
Looking to get shredded in time for the summer? You need to start doing this now…
7 Fat Loss Myths Everyone Needs to Know About
If your goal is to optimise your fat burning and get lean, there are 7 fat loss myths you need to stop
Low-Carb Bootcamp: How & Why You Should Do It
Find out why we think the low carb bootcamp works so well, and why you should try it in order to see great results.
How to Increase Your Muscle Gains by 30%
What if told you there was a simple secret to better and faster gains on your body transformation journey?