Quartet has become the surprising tool of political debate in the United Kingdom over the past month. Because of recent events that are really too dull to get into, the [...]
Author Archive for Nadia Tejani
Nadia Tejani lives in Surrey and works as a Personal Trainer specialising in weight management and obesity. She is also a Sports Massage Therapist and fitness model. Nadia runs marathons and does Olympic weightlifting and she has been competing nationally in Natural Figure (Bodybuilding) competitions since 2008. Nadia has a degree in Pharmacology and is qualified in Nutrition. She sticks to a strict clean vegetarian diet and practise what she preaches! Nadia has 3 dogs, a tiny horse and 2 pygmy goats.
Functional Training
Functional training involves exercises which mainly focus on the strengthening of abdominal muscles and back muscles. As core strength increases so does balance and efficiency which reduces injuries. Functional training involves primal movement patterns and multi-planar ranges of motion. These are movements that children do naturally. This improves coordination by re-training the muscles to work together in [...]
Visualisations
On the X Factor auditions recently a contestant began her audition by saying “I can win, I will win”. Clearly she was utilising powerful mantras to give herself confidence and enable her to perform at her best in order to win. Unfortunately her confidence was misplaced and her dreams of winning did not come true. [...]
Empowerment
Empowerment is a valuable tool if used effectively, to enable those around you to be able to make decisions, take the initiative and feel valued. Empowerment is especially useful as a managerial skill, to empower colleagues, allowing them to take ownership of their own work and to have a certain feeling of having power, albeit [...]
Genetically Modified and Enhanced Foods
In order to feed the growing population that has steadily risen from 5 billion to 7 billion in 20 years, we need to utilize science and technology to make the most of what nature provides. The USA is the main producer of corn, however over 85% is genetically modified, meaning it has been modified in [...]
Sugars in Fruit
Many of us who are trying to lose body fat still continue to eat fruit. Whilst fruit has large amounts of vitamins and minerals, it also contains high amounts if sugar, some more than others, and so can hamper your fat loss results considerably. When we eat sugar (sucrose) it is broken down into glucose [...]
On The Milk Round
Nutrition and Fitness Expert Nadia Tejani takes a look at the different types of milk currently available and assesses their health benefits… there’s more to milk than you might think! Each year we purchase 5 billion litres of milk and an additional 6 billion litres are used in dairy products. But is it healthy for [...]
How to Avoid Cellulite
We are all familiar with the term cellulite which has been around since the 20’s, also known as orange peel and cottage cheese skin. We find it often on the thighs and glute areas, mostly in women after puberty, and for many it is the bane of their lives. The dimpling effect occurs when herniation [...]
Explore, Dream, Discover
Change is an evitable process we all have to go through. Sometimes we chose to make changes, starting new jobs, changing careers, new relationships, moving home. At other times in our life we have to adapt ourselves to a changing environment, for example, redundancies, divorces and illnesses. As humans are creatures of habit, we feel [...]
Barefoot Running
Before roads were created and shoes were produced, humans have been running in the most comfortable and safest manner possible. There are three ways to land when running, on the Forefoot, the Midfoot or the Heel Studies show that forefoot or mid foot striking can alleviate injuries such as repetitive stress, plantar fasciitis and runner’s [...]
Insulin Spikes
The hormone insulin is secreted by the pancreas in order to reduce sugar levels in the blood. An insulin spike is created when you eat foods with a high glycemic index (GI),that is a large amount of simple sugar. The simple sugars enter the bloodstream and insulin is needed to store the sugars as glycogen [...]
Training Advice for Mesomorphs
This is the best body type to be in and is characterized by the presence of broad shoulders, a small waist, thick skin and a hard body. Also a strong posture, the readiness to gain muscle and lose body fat, the mesomorph is naturally very strong. Mesomorphs have bodies are actually designed for the stress [...]
Training Advice for Endomorphs
Endomorphs carry more body fat than other types and tend to be softer and curvier. While this may sound like a disadvantage, they can lose fat with correct eating habits and by training hard, they can afford to lose a small amount of muscle on the way. In fact many of the best fitness models [...]
Training Advice for Ectomorphs
Ectomorphs have long lean limbs with a limited amount of muscularity. Whilst this gives them great definition, the ectomorph has a limited capacity for stress. Weight training with a hypercalorific diet will help gain muscle, but it’s best not to overtrain with many sets of many different exercises. Limit your sets to between 3 and [...]
The 3 Body Types: Endomorph, Ectomorph & Mesomorph
Ever wondered why a training routine that appears to be followed by a celebrity doesn’t seem to be working for you? Or what may work wonders for your friends figure has no effect on your shape whatsoever? This is because we all have different body types and need to account for this when planning a [...]
Kundalini Energy
Kundalini energy is a Hindi word for sacred, transformative energy that awakens the consciousness. It literally means coiled. In yoga, a “corporeal energy” – an unconscious, instinctive or libidinal force or Shakti that lies coiled at the base of the spine. The kundalini resides in the sacrum bone in three and a half coils and [...]
Energy: Chi, Prana & the 7 Chakras
“The Body is not what it seems to be with the naked eye. It is not a solid mass. It is actually a system of little particles or points of energy separated from each other by space and held in place through an electrically balanced field.” – David M. Cumes M.D. Energy is our life [...]
Happiness
Happiness is a feeling or emotion that we strive for, more than a measure of success but a deeper emotion that gives life meaning. There are many routes to happiness and many spend a lifetime pursuing it. We can do much to protect it and ensure it remains constant throughout the inevitable ups and downs [...]
To Supplement or not to Supplement?
Looking back at prehistoric man’s diet, humans managed to consume a large quantity of vitamins and minerals from natural foods that they found or hunted that was sufficient for their dietary needs. These cavemen and women had to be active in order to survive, and coped without supplements so why do we rely so heavily [...]
Eat What’s Right for Your Body Type
Although there are government guidelines regarding the recommended quantity of macronutrients that we all should be eating, there are actually three different macronutrient recommendations one could choose to follow, depending on how your body burns. If your body tends to store fat easily, you will need to eat a different amount of carbs, protein and [...]
Do You Live It?
As a trainer and therapist, I constantly find myself being sized up when meeting potential clients. Being asked what I eat, how often I train, and whether my life is in order are questions I am asked on a daily basis. The potential client looks me up and down as I answer and process the [...]
Therapy or Tough Love?
One in 5 Britons has had therapy and the number of qualified counsellors has tripled in the last 10 years to keep up with demand, but does therapy work in the long term? Hypnotherapy is often used to help obese clients and those with eating disorders, obsessive disorders or generally unhealthy habits such as smoking. [...]
Adaptation Gives Better Results when Exercising
Many clients hire personal trainers to achieve their goals, stating that the particular machines or methods of exercising that they have used for a length of time, have not enabled them to yet see results. For example they may have been using the cross trainer every day for months and have not lost weight, or [...]
Muscles and Exercise
1. Quadriceps 2. Hamstrings 3. Calves 4. Chest 5. Back 6. Shoulders 7. Triceps 8. Biceps 9. Forearms 10. Trapezius 11. Abs 1. Quadriceps The thigh is formed of 4 large muscles hence the term “quads” or quadriceps. These are easy to work effectively using a range of exercises, the most popular ones being:- Squats [...]
Crash Diets & Cravings
Many of us have tried diets in order to shift a few pounds, I myself have tried several over the last decade ranging from the cabbage soup diet, smoothie diets, the green and red diet, low fat, low carb, GI diets, vegan diets, fruitarian diets, various bodybuilder diets to lose fat and retain muscle, and [...]
Causes of the Obesity Pandemic
In spite of all the modern advances in science and pharmaceutical health in the developed countries, we still face one major health concern which affects our cardiovascular health and wellbeing – obesity. Although there are a multitude of causes, the result is the same for all, almost all obese people have developed some symptoms of chronic [...]
Stress & Cortisol
We are all accustomed to feeling stressed from time to time, be it work related, general fatigue, linked to a hectic home life or everyday problems. The effects of stress are wide ranging. Stress hormones trigger back pain, weaken the immune system, increase blood sugar, promote diabetes, increase the chances of developing gum disease, decrease [...]
Ask City Connect
How to Fix a Fashion-Challenged Boyfriend
Adrian Fernand – Australia’s seriously stylish agony uncle and creator of idobelieveicamewithahat.com – answers your questions on life, the universe and everything. This week, Adrian has advice on how to [...]
Style
An A-Z of New Season Style
There are many people out there who feel that a new season means a completely new wardrobe. Indeed, this is one of the main criticisms of the fashion industry, in [...]
Relationships
Girlfriend Therapy
I have lots of great friends, and two simply amazing ones Ali and Lisa. Different in so many ways, yet both 40+, sexy as hell …between them they represent my voice of reason, my karma, [...]
