James Roberts - Paralympic Champion and Fitness Coach

In this episode, we welcome James Roberts to the show!

James Roberts  is a wheelchair basketball player and Paralympic athlete based in the United Kingdom.  He started out in his sporting career as a swimmer, and progressed on to other Paralympic sports, such as rowing and sitting volleyball.  James competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, finishing fifth in the trunk and arm classification in adaptive rowing.  Roberts also competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, finishing 8th in the sitting volleyball.

Roberts attended Swansea University to pursue a Bachelor of Science in sport and exercise science.  He graduated with a second-class honors degree in summer 2010. In September 2011, Roberts began work on postgraduate studies in sociology of sport and exercise at the University of Chester and  graduated with a Postgraduate Certificate.

In this episode we discuss:

- The popular diets of Keto, Atkins, Paleo, Low Carb and which is the best or not
- How gradual change is the most effective way to build sustainable changes in diet and     health
- Personalized nutrition and fitness plans
- How consistency is the key to well being, nutrition and fitness
- The dangers of comparison
- The importance of recovery and healthy sleep habits
- How "yo-yo' dieting can ruin more metabolism and how to fix this
- The AMP method, James's personal training philosoply

If you would like to get more information on James Roberts please view the following sources:

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/jamesoroberts11?lang=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesoroberts11

Website: https://fitamputee.co.uk/

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