Ep.11 – Emma Storey-Gordon
Emma Storey-Gordon on Inside Matters, discussing loosing weight and improving body composition
Episode eleven of Inside Matters
We talk to Emma Storey-Gordon, a fitness coach, sports scientist and researcher with a large following on social media and multiple successful online businesses.
Emma has helped thousands of people lose weight and improve their body composition through structured programmes and coaching. She understands the science underpinning successful diets and uses her knowledge to help other personal trainers and coaches help their respective clients.
To find our more about Emma’s products and businesses, check out: https://esgfitness.co.uk
Key takeaways from this episode:
This episode is full of recommendations and knowledge relating to how to improve your physique and live a longer, healthier and happier life. When asked to distill her top recommendations, Emma came up with the following advice:
Eat in accordance with your energy demands
Eat primarily whole foods, limit processed foods
Reduce snacking to a minimum
To give context to the above, Emma noted that it was challenging to figure out exactly what your energy demands are. No calorie calculator / energy demand calculator is going to be entirely accurate. Emma suggests tracking your food and bodyweight for a period of time and using this as a basis to make adjustments. Daily fluctuations in weight are not important due to water fluctuation and varying food intake. Weekly / monthly fluctuations in weight are important.
The concept of eating minimally processed foods has been discussed several times on Inside Matters, and is sound advice for someone wanting to improve their body composition and the composition of their microbiome.
On the subject of snacking, Emma’s view is that this is one of the primary reasons for people being unable to lose weight or a reason for putting on weight. Snacking can be mindless and instinctive e.g a biscuit with coffee in the office, or finishing a plate of food for the sake of finishing a plate of food and not being wasteful.
Beyond her big three tips, a lot Emma’s advice centred around what she calls ‘showing up’. Essentially, how you approach a task or your day. How you show up dictates how you perform and how others respond to your actions. Exercise helps Emma show up at her best, and the benefits of exercise for her extend beyond physical health and into performance at work and in life.
Her morning routine is as follows:
Wake up 05:45, put kettle on
Undertake 10 pull ups and push ups
Try not to open emails until 7 - be mindful
07:30 gym
09:00 start work
On supplements Emma recommends fish oil, vitamin D, creatine and B12. Creatine is particularly beneficial for people that do not eat animal products - most notably red meat.