(This article was first released in the press in August 2008 - Sometimes the old ones are the best ones)



Kevin Raison, Kinetic Chain Specialist (advanced postural assessment & corrective exercise specialist) and Strength & Conditioning Coach is standing firm in his flat shoes by disagreeing with the false claims made by the Trinny and Susanna Show on ITV on Wednesday 6th August 2008.

On the show, the fashion-conscious pair recommended that if you want your bum to look good when you walk, then the best thing you can do is learn to walk in high heels.

Kevin who has performed well over 200 kinetic chain assessments and has worked extensively with leading health and fitness professionals in the UK says “This has got to be the most ridiculous claim I have ever heard. High heels force you onto the balls of your feet meaning your whole body is shunted forward.

Rather than walking in a way that makes you look like you are balancing on the balls of your feet, you naturally compensate by pulling back through the waist. This, over time will tighten the lower back, tilt the pelvis forward and create low back pain and a bum that doesn’t work!!!”

So what can we do about it?

Kevin added, “Ideally, we need to get the bum muscles working and not just trying to cover them up with support pants and high heels causing a dysfunction through our gait (the way we walk).

Nowadays, we are always after the short term gains which generally lead us to long term pain. If we just reversed our way of thinking and worked through the short term pain, we would receive long term gains and a bum that looks great when naked!”

As part of the Kinetic Chain Assessment at Kevin Raison Personal Training, they perform something called a neurological muscle firing assessment.

Kevin explains, “This is basically identifying what muscles are firing and in which order. I usually take my clients back to that old Morecombe and Wise sketch where he says ‘I’m playing the right notes but not necessarily in the right order’.

This is how 99% of all clients assessments work, all the muscles are working but in the wrong order. At Kevin Raison Personal Training, they call it broken a**e and within 4-6 weeks is corrected through exercise homework, corrective stretching and professional guidance.

Kevin further added “we know when we’ve got it working correctly, because our clients tell us they can feel their bum when they walk. We’re like the Jim’ll Fix It for bums.

If you would like to find out more about Kevin Raison Personal Training or would like a free consultation with one of his coaches simply visit http://www.kevinraison.co.uk/ and fill in a free contact request or you can them call on 0871 662 9848

5 Top Tips to Keep You Fat!

With most fitness instructors and personal trainers giving bad advice far too often I’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and write five top tips that will help keep you fat!

Now you could actually do the complete opposite to this, but this may
result in fat loss….and we don’t want that do we? Here goes...

1. Don’t eat protein at every meal or better still become a vegetarian. Protein is extremely thermogenic, meaning it increases your metabolism.

2. Stay away from good fats like fish oil or buy a rancid fish oil from the large health stores. Good fish oil helps turn your fat storing enzymes into fat burning enzymes.

3. Do cardio. Cardio (after about 8 weeks) increases your stress hormone cortisol. Your sub-conscious doesn’t know the difference between running or a cardio machine. So when you perform cardio, your body thinks you’re being chased or chasing something. Cortisol kicks in and helps your body store fat as a survival instinct. We are after all just cavemen and women in clothes

4. Avoid weights! Training with weights increases your metabolic drive by making lean muscle tissue. For every pound of muscle you add, you’ll burn an extra 50 calories per day!

5. Eat carbohydrates with every meal. With 75% of the worlds population carb intolerant. Meaning we don’t use our carbs for energy, we just store them into our fat cells. This is a sure fire way of keeping hold of those love handles .

So there you have it.

Five top tips to keep you fat!

Follow this advice and you’ll either stay the same or increase your weight in no time.

Good Luck!

Kevin