The Intentional PT

 Hey team, I'm really excited about this weeks topic so I'm just going to dive right in! As part of my studies to become an accredited sports nutritionist, I have been undertaking my own personal challenge for 12 weeks.  This consisted of picking a diet or style of eating and trying it out for 12 weeks. For this, I chose to do a low-carb, high-fat/protein diet with a little bit of fasting in there as well. I didn't do traditional keto; instead, I opted for a max of 25% from carbs and then about 35-40% from fat and the rest from protein. My main goals were to lose body fat percentage and to hopefully even out my energy levels and I was able to smash both these goals! For those of you who dont know, keto-diets are essentially an extremely low-carb diet (under 5% of your daily intake from carbs) and they are typically high in fat.  The whole idea behind keto diets is to encourage a process that we call ketogenesis. with all the K words, this can get a little confusing so I...

 Hey team, What a week it has been! I'm currently on my first placement for my physiotherapy degree - this first placement is with older adults in a hospital setting and it's been really interesting so far. Sports and musculoskeletal physio is what I want to go into but learning different bits and bobs from all areas is really interesting so I'm trying to be a sponge and soak it all up! I hope you've all had a great week whatever you've been up to and are looking forward to the next week. Have you got anything exciting or challenging coming up? Let me know!  This week, I wanted to talk about cardio training and what my thoughts are on it. Like lots of things in the fitness industry, cardio is a hotly debated topic, with people often sitting firmly on 1 side or the other. So what do I think? I think... don't skip your cardio guys.  I know a lot of people hate it but cardio is so important and one that shouldn't be avoided. But I don't endorse it for the c...