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Socks and Squats with Cameron & Murdo

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All things fitness and nutrition with two country bumpkins personal trainers and online coaches based in Edinburgh!
18 Episodes
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In this episode we take a real life example and run through a particular client challenge and how we would like to approach it: We talk about: - Why managing overeating isn't about 'willpower' it's often about structure and actions taken elsewhere in the day! - What to do after you overeat and think you should restrict to 'fix it' - The mindset for dealing with dealing with that food guilt after overeating!
In this episode we discuss: - What are the 3 things you need to fall in love with exercise! - Where some of the common frustrations come into people's gym journey! - Why seeing being able to train in a gym as a life skill could help you!
In this episode we discuss: -Why that "fat burning zone on the treadmill is misleading! - Why worrying about being in a "fat burning zone" is pointless - What heart rate zones ARE useful for and why they may not be in the gym!
In this episode we talk about: - How we approach work stress - Why we need to set realistic expectations when workload/stress is high - How some of our clients fit in training around stressful jobs 
In this episode we touch on some our strategies for helping our client's feel comfortable not only when they train with us but when they train their own too: We cover: - Why not having a plan makes you life much harder! - How to approach new movements or exercises you aren't familiar with - Timing it so you can go into the gym when it's a little quieter initially!
In the first of this two part episode, we discuss: - How social media can influence our own body image and how to manage this - Why body image isn't about whether you are "in shape" or not
In this episode Murdo & Cameron discuss how to handle it when life gets in the way! How to think about things when work/personal stress and time restraints seem to be leading you to go one step forward and one step back! 
In this episode we tackle a really common misconception: That to exercise effectively you need to be wheelbarrowed out of the gym in a sweaty puddle.  We challenge that idea in this episode and talk about why, when it comes to changing your body shape we want to think about training 'hard' enough in quite a different way!
In this episode, recorded just before Murdo complete his first ever half marathon we discuss: - How Murdo has approached his training for the marathon - How often he's trained and how he has progressed his training - What he's found hardest and what he's enjoyed the most about this process!
We continue on with our experience over a 12 week weight loss phase talking about: - What it actually feels like in terms of hunger, tiredness/fatigue through different phases of the diet! - How we approached the overall structure of a diet - Why hunger might not be the biggest challenge when your dieting!
In this episode Murdo and I talk you through our experience of weight loss over the a 12 week period, where we both dropped just over 5kg,  We talk about: - Our results - The challenges we had through this time - How we approached our nutrition and why we both took slightly different approaches - Why Murdo used an initial 'fast' phase and I didn't Expect a whole bunch of honesty!
In this episode we discuss a question asked by one of our client's, We chat about: - Setting realistic expectations on how 'fast' we can expect to lose weight! - Why having an absolutely s**** day can impact body image and your perception of progress! - Why using the scales requires a little bit of understanding beyond down is good, up is bad! Find us at: https://www.instagram.com/cameroncummingspt/
We chat about one of the most common and pervading myths, That weight training makes you bulky, It would be easy to think so given how absolutely huge Murdo and Cameron are... If you have the wrong prescription for your glasses. We discuss why getting bulky for most people is like hopping in your Fiesta and worrying that you'll end up being the next Lewis Hamilton, Why lifting heavy and getting strong is ESSENTIAL for anyone looking to get into better shape! 
In this episode we discuss: How cutting out food groups impacts our relationship with food Why we see so many clients come to use after trying and failing with this approach! 
Calorie tracking is an incredible useful tool that we use with some of our clients, Often thought, it's seen as the ONLY tool to lose weight,  In this episode we talk about: - Pro's and con's of tracking and non tracking approaches - Methods we use as alternatives to calorie tracking - How the basics of your diet shouldn't change whether you are or aren't tracking!
Introducing Cameron,  A man who's likes to dress up in lycra on the weekends, sometimes referred to as a "cyclist" and likes gin, probably a little too much! His journey into training! The mistakes he made! How he got into personal training! Who he works with!
In our first ever episode we discuss: Murdo's training mistakes in his gym journey, His pathway into personal training Who he works with and the impact he wants to have on his clients!
All things fitness and nutrition with two country bumpkins from the north of Scotland living and working as personal trainers in central Edinburgh
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