Craig Maddocks

Need some inspiration today? watch this cool video….

cmaddocks — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:26:22 +0000

‘Never underestimate what you can accomplish when you believe in yourself’!!

Interview with Gemma Haupt – Health & Happiness

cmaddocks — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:26:37 +0000

Next up to be interviewed from the Excel Team is Gemma Haupt. Gemma has been working at Excel from the very beginning, 4 years ago and has built up an successful personal training & Holistic therapy business. Find out below Gemma’s training philosophy and how she stay’s in great shape.

Ripped In 14 Weeks! Interview with Dan Osman

cmaddocks — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:48:45 +0000

1. How long have you been training for and what is your background?

Growing up I wasn’t very sporty or athletic and as a teenager, I was never comfortable with my shirt off and in all honesty carried a little too much puppy fat with the low self-esteem, and confidence that went with it. Somewhere between 16 and 17 I discovered weight training, which brought a new self-confidence, and the rest as they say is history. After a spell of developing a passion for health and fitness I was introduced to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Muay Thai – I was hooked!

The 7 Deadly Dieting Mistakes

cmaddocks — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:15:40 +0000

It’s a common problem. You’ve been on a diet for weeks and aren’t losing weight like you thought you would. It may be because you’re consuming more calories than you think.

Is Your Body Building Up Or Breaking Down?

cmaddocks — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:02:02 +0000

I believe reaching optimal health and a successful body transformation depends so much on your physiological and mental/emotion stress levels, which can effect whether your body is predominantly in an Anabolic or Catabolic state. To achieve your ideal body the anabolic/catabolic process is one of the more important health principles to understand.

How to Build The Ultimate Athlete

cmaddocks — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:19:28 +0000

How to Build The Ultimate Athlete

Let me ask you a question…

How does Tiger Woods consistently play his last hole as strong as his first?

Three words.

Superior Physical Conditioning.

My Life Changing Weekend with Tony Robbins

cmaddocks — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:08:08 +0000

Hi Guys,

I’ve just got back from one of the most powerful weekends of my life. I attending US-based motivational speaker and success coach Tony Robbins ‘Unleash The Power Within’ 4 day seminar. For more than 25 years he has been passionately pursuing the answers to questions such as ‘What shapes human behaviour? And how can we create lasting change within oursleves and others?’.

Chronic Fatigue (CFS) & Burn Out: Have You Got The Minerals?

cmaddocks — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:50:41 +0000

Hi guys,

I wanted to share the information below with you as i find this very interesting regarding stress and health. I’ve recently started my study and research for my new book which is all about ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’.

In the 1930′s Scientist Hans Selye developed his General Adaptation Syndrome theory which divides STRESS into three stages. Stress is anything which places extra demand on the body, and could be overwork, poor diet, toxin exposure, illness travel grief, work unhappy relationships, lack of sleep etc.

Don’t Believe The Hype – Fitness Lies!!

cmaddocks — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:12:29 +0000

A popular magazine recently boasted the headline of “7 Lies Trainers Tell You.“ This quickly peaked my interest. Lies! Me? No way. I read the article and was not impressed. The “lies” were nothing but a bunch of fitness myths, nothing worth repeating and definitely nothing that I’ve told my clients.

How To Achieve Your Goals

cmaddocks — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:30:42 +0000

If you’re not happy with your body then your workouts have lost focus.

What is your immediate goal?

If you don’t have a ready answer then chances are good that your motivation is low and it has resulted in a lack of results.

Read more on How To Achieve Your Goals…

Is Your Slow Metabolism To Blame?

cmaddocks — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:22:45 +0000

You’re working out and eating well, but just can’t seem to lose weight. Could a slow metabolism be keeping you from your weight-loss goals? It just might.

What is your metabolism and what relationship does it have to weight gain? Can you speed up your metabolism to help your body burn more calories?

Achieving Greatness

cmaddocks — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:01:36 +0000

Hi guys

I’ve just been going through my 3 month ‘To Do’ list and ticking off the goals ive achieved and reminding myself the goals i still want to reach.

Im right on track in achieving my short term goals. My over goal in 2012 is to achieve ’GREATNESS’. Now before you start to judge and think im some kind of egostatic big head let me explain what i think achieving GREATNESS means to me -

Excel PT-TV Episode 1

cmaddocks — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:54:44 +0000

Excel PT – TV is finally launched. The Excel Team and myself will be bringing you weekly Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Training tips. Below you can watch episode 1: me taking a tour of excel hp.

MMA STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

cmaddocks — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:57:49 +0000

Great Video

cmaddocks — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:53:32 +0000

Interview with Excel’s Paul ‘Abs’ Bennett

cmaddocks — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:18:33 +0000

Next up to be interviewed from the Excel Team is Paul ‘Abs’ Bennett. Paul has been working at Excel for a few years now and has built up a very successful personal training business. Find out below Paul’s training philosophy and how he stay’s in great shape.

What is your background and have you always been in the fitness industry?

Since a young age i have always been interested in health and fitness, when i was 10 i trained in Judo and Karate and also represented my school at Basketball, Football and Athletics.

After school i decided to study sports and exercise science where i was selected for the college basketball squad. I landed my first part time job in a gym during this time at one of the biggest bodybuilding gyms around, this increased my interest in weight training, nutrition and health. I qualified as a trainer with the world amateur bodybuilding association W.A.B.B.A and my career started from there.

I have worked in gyms, leisure centres and private health clubs ever since, and for over a decade now. I am qualified in Spinning, Core stability, Circuit training, Body Pump and i’m a Holistic Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach, i will continue to educate myself to become the best trainer i can be.

You did your own transformation last year, how did you get in such great shape?
Well its quite simple really, i devised a plan and i followed it through to the best of my ability! I trained 6 days a week, 3 days of resistance and 3 days of cardio, my weight training programme changed every 4 weeks to stimulate my body in different ways. The first four weeks was a full body compound routine, the next four weeks i implemented a upper body/lower body split and the final four weeks i performed a split routine (Bodybuilding Style).

My diet was obviously also very important, i ate every 2-3 hours mainly lean protein from chicken, turkey or fish, i had vegetables at every meal and my carbohydrate intake changed from day to day depending on my body’s needs. Even though all of the above is very important i got in such amazing shape because my head was in the right place, i was so focus and determined to reach my goal that nothing was going to stop me. When your mind and body work together like that you can achieve great results!

What do you believe are the main reasons you are a very successful personal trainer?

I believe one of the main reasons is that i genuinely care about my clients and want them to reach there goals, i am very passionate about what i do and i believe this shines through in my sessions.

I have been through my own transformation and truly understand what it takes to look a certain way, if you like i “Walk the Talk”, and everything i put my clients through or ask them to do i have already done and i’m living that way everyday. I give loads of energy that my clients feed off and in return i get a buzz from them, it just works!

What is your life and training philosophy?
I would say my life philosophy is to enjoy every moment of life and live it to the fullest, to live the ‘present moment’ with zest and not worry about the past or future. I also want to improve the world, make a difference in peoples lives and leave a legacy behind me!

My Training philosophy is that training is very individual and its not one size fits all. You have to get your mind right first and the body will follow, you must enjoy it even though the journey may be a tough one, make the most of your time in the gym, make every rep count. its a LEAN system. Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitude and Nutrition you must have all these to succeed!

Why Die-ts Don’t Work

cmaddocks — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:27:24 +0000

Hi Everyone.

The other day one of my ubtb contestants said they couldn’t believe how much there was to this program.

my reply was….

“This wasn’t marketing hype, the program is the real deal! There’s a reason why we named it ‘The Ultimate Body Transformation Blueprint’. This isn’t another one of those short lived low calorie DIE-TS you are sold everyday”!!

Excel-eration Metabolic Workout…

cmaddocks — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:54:13 +0000

Get Disturbed And Transform Your Body!

cmaddocks — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:19:37 +0000

Have you ever seen a really impressive “before” and “after” photo on a weight loss product?

Well, there’s something that the diet industry doesn’t want you to know. There is more involved than just the diet product!

Achieving Your Goals in 2012. Do this , Not That…

cmaddocks — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:46:31 +0000

Hi all,

Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. I really enjoyed spending it with my family and friends, we had alot of fun but it was good to get back to a little normality, I like keeping busy and having structure in my life.