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Books I recommend

The Paleo Thyroid Solution
The Paleo Thyroid Solution
The Paleo Thyroid Solution
The Paleo Thyroid Solution dispels outdated, conventional thyroid wisdom still practiced by uninformed doctors, and provides the in-depth guidance necessary to solve hypothyroidism, achieve vibrant health, and optimize thyroid fat-burning hormone metabolism. Over 200 million people worldwide and 20+ million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, but 60% are undiagnosed and unaware of their condition.
Wired to Eat
Wired to Eat
Wired to Eat
Turn off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the Foods That Work for You.
Deep Nutrition
Deep Nutrition
Deep Nutrition
A self-published phenomenon examining the habits that kept our ancestors disease-free—now with a prescriptive plan for “The Human Diet” to help us all live long, vital, healthy lives.
Tools of Titans
Tools of Titans
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers Hardcover – December 6, 2016
Big Fat Food Fraud
Big Fat Food Fraud
Big Fat Food Fraud
“In his rollicking, unabashed, and sometimes shocking book, Jeff Scot Philips offers an unprecedented inside look at how labels can be manipulated, regulators can be fooled, and how consumer gatekeepers—from personal trainers to nutritionists—sell high-margin ‘health food’ to an unsuspecting public that wants to lose weight.” —Oz Garcia, bestselling author of Redesigning 50 and The Balance
The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation
The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation
The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation
Primal Blueprint author Mark Sisson presents a fun, easy-to-follow, practical guidebook to help you "get Primal" in only 21 days. First, you'll learn eight Key Concepts that represent the most important day-to-day elements living Primally, then tackle five Action Items that will enable you to literally reprogram your genes toward a long, healthy, and energetic life. The Action Items are presented in a fun and life-transforming 21-Day Challenge, featuring daily diet, exercise, and lifestyle endeavors with corresponding journal exercises.
The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing
Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier, or other athlete seeking greater endurance? The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing teaches athletes how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free for many productive years.
Primal Endurance
Primal Endurance
Primal Endurance
Primal Endurance shakes up the status quo and challenges the overly stressful, ineffective conventional approach to endurance training. While marathons and triathlons are wildly popular and bring much gratification and camaraderie to the participants, the majority of athletes are too slow,...
Keto Clarity
Keto Clarity
Keto Clarity
Leading health blogger Jimmy Moore and researcher and internist Dr. Eric C. Westman join forces again to explain the powerful therapeutic effects of a ketogenic diet—one that combines a customized carbohydrate restriction, moderation of protein intake, and real food-based fats-
The Paleo Solution
The Paleo Solution
The Paleo Solution
Do you want to lose fat and stay young, all while avoiding cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and a host of other illnesses? The Paleo Solution incorporates the latest, cutting edge research from genetics, biochemistry...
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Good Calories, Bad Calories
For decades we have been taught that fat is bad for us, carbohydrates better, and that the key to a healthy weight is eating less and exercising more. Yet despite this advice, we have seen unprecedented epidemics of obesity and diabetes.
The Sports Gene
The Sports Gene
The Sports Gene
The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive training?

Recipe Books I recommend

The Primal Blueprint Cookbook
The Primal Blueprint Cookbook
The Primal Blueprint Cookbook
The popularity of the low carb/paleo/Primal way of eating has exploded, as people discover an appealing and sustainable alternative to the restrictive diets and flawed conventional wisdom that lead to burnout and failed weight loss efforts.
Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals
Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals
Primal Blueprint Quick and Easy Meals
Low carb styles of eating--whether touted as Primal, paleo, Atkins or the evolutionary diet--have proven to be the most effective for health and weight management. Unfortunately, many adherents find that regularly preparing healthy, natural meals the traditional ways can often take more time than they would like to spend.
The Paleo Foodie Cookbook
The Paleo Foodie Cookbook
The Paleo Foodie Cookbook
Excite Your Inner Food Lover with the Best Paleo Recipes Out There. Arsy Vartanian, Paleo Foodie and author of the bestselling cookbook The Paleo Slow Cooker, is ready to share only the best of the best Paleo recipes that'll have your mouth watering.
Paleo Comfort Foods
Paleo Comfort Foods
Paleo Comfort Foods
What if you could cook fantastic meals similar to the heartwarming comfort dishes your grandma used to make…and have them be good for you? In Paleo Comfort Foods, Charles and Julie Mayfield provide you with an arsenal of recipes that are healthy crowd-pleasers, sure to appeal to those following a paleo, primal, gluten-free, or "real-food" way of life—as well as those who have not yet started down such a path.
Well Fed
Well Fed
Well Fed
Preparing quality food is among the most caring things we can do for ourselves and the people we love. That's why Well Fed: Paleo Recipes For People Who Love To Eat is packed with recipes for food that you can eat every day, along with easy tips to make sure it takes as little time as possible to get healthy, delicious food into your well-deserving mouth. If you count meals and snacks, we feed ourselves about 28 times each week.
The Ketogenic Cookbook
The Ketogenic Cookbook
The Ketogenic Cookbook
In 2013, the fifth-most Googled diet search term was ketogenic; in 2014, it rose to number two. Now, the highly anticipated Ketogenic Cookbook is set to be the ultimate resource for the growing number of people interested in eating a low-carb, moderate-protein, high-fat diet to lose weight, improve their health, and heal their bodies from the inside out

Online Shopping in Hong Kong I recommend

Farmer's Market
Farmer's Market
Farmer's Market
100% grass fed beef and lamb from the Saphire coast of NSW Australia, fresh salmon from Huon in Tasmania, Chicken from Golden Farms in Melbourne, Pork from Rivalea in Melbourne, and Sausages will be coming very soon. For a 10% discount enter Alifitness in the discount box
 FoodCraft
FoodCraft
FoodCraft
A local health food manufacture with options that suits a wide range of dietary requests. Raw, Dairy-free, Soy-free, Low-GI, Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free, Paleo Friendly, White Sugar-Free,Grain-Free, Nut-Free, Vegan. For a 10% discount on all food items enter Alifitness17 in the discount box. This is valid till 31 Aug, 2017.
MM Fresh Food
MM Fresh Food
MM Fresh Food
MM Fresh was started in Hong Kong in 2012 by two mothers keen to feed their children with real foods: hormone-free and antibiotic-free meat, sustainable/wild fish as well as other natural foods void of artificial ingredients. For a 5% discount off your first order use the code MMPROMO.
Home Fresh Foods
Home Fresh Foods
Home Fresh Foods
People don't have time to make healthy meals. 73% of women with children under the age of 18 work outside the home and face time a tremendous time crunch around dinnertime. Mary Sacksteder, founder of Home Fresh Foods, was one of those women. She experienced long hours, working far from home; making it difficult to find time to grocery shop and prepare nutritious meals for herself and her children.
Eat FRESH
Eat FRESH
Eat FRESH
We are able to provide fresh and seasonal fruit & vegetables that are hand-picked for you and delivered to your home or office soon after harvest. We also aim to inspire and encourage the community to adopt a healthier and sustainable lifestyle through our recipes and activities. Use "FIRST10%" for a 10% discount off your first order (free delivery in DB when you spend HK$550)
Cork Culture Hong Kong
Cork Culture Hong Kong
Cork Culture Hong Kong
Ever since we opened our digital doors in 2013, we've strived to become Hong Kong's best organic, biodynamic, and natural online wine store. Welcome, and we hope you have as much fun browsing our selections as we had choosing them. For a 10% discount enter Alifitness in the discount box

services I recommend

The Bike Energy Lab
The Bike Energy Lab
The Bike Energy Lab
Antony was the first fitter in Hong Kong to use digital motion capture and modern tri-bike fitting techniques, is one of only a few fitters in Asia certified by both the Fit Institute Slowtwitch (F.I.S.T.) and Retul, and is proud to have fitted many qualifiers to the Ironman and 70.3 World Championships in Kona and Las Vegas (including himself!).
beyond the line
beyond the line
beyond the line
Beyond the line is a coaching and consulting company that trains athletes to reach their objectives in endurance sports, thanks to individualised training programmes and knowledge sharing.
Global Cycle Rides (GCR)
Global Cycle Rides (GCR)
Global Cycle Rides (GCR)
We are building a network of rides in 23 countries and 50 cities, offering midweek rides to stretch the legs and expand the lungs and longer weekend rides to give you that sought after muscle burn! You’ll get to see some new sights and amazing scenery and you might even complete a new Strava sprint or time trial segment at the same time.
Float On Hong Kong
Float On Hong Kong
Float On Hong Kong
Float On HK is Hong Kong's first sensory deprivation centre. Our DreamPods are filled with 500 kilograms of epsom salt and magnesium in water kept at 34 degrees, roughly surface skin temperature... Enter Alifitness for a 10% discount off your first float.
Body Awakening Co.
Body Awakening Co.
Body Awakening Co.
Jessica has a Masters of Science Degree in Holistic Nutrition. She has over a decade of experience working within the nutrition and health industry, has managed one of the world’s leading detox and cleansing retreat centers and has taken hundreds (if not thousands) of people through cleansing and detox programs. Alongside Body Awakening Jessica runs a nutrition practice.
Personalized Program Design
Personalized Program Design
Personalized Program Design
Personalized Program Design Memberships are available for three months or one year. We begin by asking for pictures and as much information as possible regarding your past training, nutrition, supplement intake, injury status, medication use, work and lifestyle stress level, training schedule possibilities, goals, etc. With this information your yearly periodization and training plan will be created.

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Supplements I recommend

Justin's Vanilla Almond Butter
Justin's Vanilla Almond Butter
Justin's
Today is not my birthday. Well, unless you are reading this on September 3rd. But if it were my birthday (or is), I’d be blowing out the candles on something that tastes a whole lot like this perfect combination of cocoa butter, vanilla and California almonds. It’s a flavor worth celebrating, which is why I’m sharing it with you now, even though it’s not my birthday (probably).
Multi-Vitamin Elite
Multi-Vitamin Elite
Multi-Vitamin Elite
Multi-Vitamin Elite provides two multi-vitamin formulas to meet your daytime and nighttime needs. The a.m. formula helps boost energy during the daytime, while the p.m. formula supports rest and recovery at night.* Multi-Vitamin Elite is NSF Certified for Sport®.
EPA-DHA 720 Blend
EPA-DHA 720 Blend
EPA-DHA 720 Blend
EPA-DHA 720 Blend is a highly concentrated source of health promoting, omega-3 essential fatty acids from cold water fish - a total of 720 mg EPA and DHA per softgel. This premium formula is third-party assayed to assure purity and stability.
Bulletproof Upgraded Collagen Protein - Net Wt. 16 oz
Bulletproof Upgraded Collagen Protein - Net Wt. 16 oz
Bulletproof Upgraded Collagen Protein - Net Wt. 16 oz
Upgraded Collagen is the gold standard for protein powders. Amino acids are the building blocks your body uses to make muscles and sinew. Upgraded Collagen has amino acids glycine, lysine and proline which are the building blocks your body uses to make muscles, bones, and joints.
Ultra Muscleze® Night
Ultra Muscleze® Night
Ultra Muscleze® Night
Ultra Muscleze Night is a combination of ingredients that may help relieve nevous unrest and reduce symptoms of stress. Sour cherry may improve sleep efficiency and quality, while Lactium®, a bioactive peptide, and magnesium are beneficial during times of stress. The ingredients calcium, choline and inositol help support healthy nervous system activity.
Organifi - Green Juice Super Food Supplement (270g)
Organifi - Green Juice Super Food Supplement (270g)
Organifi - Green Juice Super Food Supplement (270g) 30 Day Supply
*ORGANIFI GENTLY DRIED SUPER GREENS POWDER. Now you can get all your healthy superfoods in one glass...with No Shopping, No Blending, No Juicing, and No Cleanup
*ORGANIC HEALTHY GREENS POWDER IN A BOTTLE - Imagine Feeling drinking some of the world's greatest super foods in one glass. Our Proprietary Formula Is Scientifically Designed To Nourish Your Body with Vital Nutrients Without the Need to Dramatically Change Your Daily Routine!!

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fitness and nutrition podcasts

Ben Greenfield Fitness
Ben Greenfield Fitness
Ben Greenfield Fitness
Get An Insider’s Sneak Peek At How Ben & Jessa Greenfield Eat, Work Out, & Raise Naturally Healthy Kids...
 Primal Endurance Podcast
Primal Endurance Podcast
Primal Endurance Podcast
The Primal Endurance Podcast, where we challenge the ineffective, overly stressful conventional approach to endurance training and provide a refreshing, sensible, healthy, fun alternative. Going primal frees you from carbohydrate dependency and turns you into a fat burning beast! Enjoy interviews from elite athletes, coaches, authors and scientists on the cutting edge of endurance training and performance.
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Tim Ferriss Show is generally the #1 business podcast on all of iTunes, and it’s been ranked #1 (of all podcasts) on many occasions. It was also selected as iTunes’ “Best of 2014” and “Best of 2015.” In recent months, downloads have shot past 80,000,000 downloads.
Your Cycling Questions Answered
Your Cycling Questions Answered
Your Cycling Questions Answered
If I can't find an answer, it doesn't exist. This is Your Cycling Questions Answered.
The Paleo Solution Podcast
The Paleo Solution Podcast
The Paleo Solution Podcast
The Paleo Solution Podcast is a multi-year, top ranked podcast spanning the interconnected topics of performance, health and longevity.
Sports Coach Radio
Sports Coach Radio
Sports Coach Radio
The world’s most successful sports coaches – the people and passion behind winning performances. Every week SportsCoachRadio.com offers in-depth and insightful interviews with leading sports coaches, sports scientists, exercise physiologists and team performance directors.

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websites I recommend

What Doctors Don’t Tell You
What Doctors Don’t Tell You
What Doctors Don’t Tell You
What Doctors Don’t Tell You is a monthly magazine which publishes the latest healthcare news, alongside information on complimentary therapies and alternative medicines...
 Labdoor
Labdoor
Labdoor
Labdoor is an independent company that tests supplements. We find out whether products have what they claim and if any harmful ingredients or contaminants are present.
 Mark's Daily Apple
Mark's Daily Apple
Mark's Daily Apple
Mark’s Daily Apple is unique in that it’s not merely a hub of health and fitness information—although we do have all the education you could desire built into this dot-com.
ConsumerLab.com
ConsumerLab.com
ConsumerLab.com
ConsumerLab.com, LLC ("CL") is the leading provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals identify the best quality health and nutrition products.
Sam Harris
Sam Harris
Sam Harris
Sam Harris is the author of five New York Times bestsellers. His books include The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, Waking Up, and Islam and the Future of Tolerance (with Maajid Nawaz).
World Air Quality
World Air Quality
World Air Quality
Air Pollution information - in real-time - for more than 60 countries in the world.

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apps I recommend

Elite HRV
Elite HRV
Elite HRV
The free Heart Rate Variability app that emphasizes professional quality and accuracy.
Headspace
Headspace
Headspace
See what meditation can do for you. Whether you’re focused on sports, school or just staying calm, 10 minutes of meditation a day will help you be at your best.
Way of Life
Way of Life
Way of Life
Need to break a bad habit or build a few good ones? Willing to spend less than a minute daily to do something about it? Grab Way of Life from the App Store and feel its habit magic change you to who you really want to be...
Trainingpeaks
Trainingpeaks
Trainingpeaks
Upload your workouts. There are three simple ways to upload your workouts.
1Password
1Password
1Password
1Password remembers all your passwords for you, and keeps them safe and secure behind the one password that only you know.
AirVisual
AirVisual
AirVisual
Global Air Quality Monitoring & Pollution Forecast. Your pocket guide to avoiding harmful air pollution.

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Are you looking for someone to

  • Be with you during your workout to assess your technique and motivate you?
  • Design a plan and guide you through it to reach your goals?
  • Test your fitness level and imbalances and make measurable improvements?
  • Get you on the right track with eating habits?
  • Educate you and make suggestions on realistic changes you can make?
  • Support you through a healthy transition?
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NUTRITION ADVICE

First we meet for an initial consult to see if we can work together. ie am I the right fit for you and are you ready for real results?

After a comprehensive holistic discussion of your past and present health and fitness situation, we plan your future.

Each plan takes a different path and it is up to you! Do you want someone to come into your kitchen and “clean” it up? Someone to go shopping with? Someone to educate you on facts that maybe you already know?

Either way, we will design and implement an eating plan that works with your lifestyle longterm.

FITNESS TRAINING

First we meet for an initial consult to see if we can work together. ie am I the right fit for you and are you ready for real results?

After a comprehensive holistic discussion of your past and present health and fitness situation, we plan your future.

Our next two sessions involve capturing a snap shot of where you are now with a thorough fitness and movement assessment and report.

Over the following 8 weeks we address those areas that need more range of movement, mobility, strength and flexibility whilst working on the identified asymmetries of your body.

This, together with a personally designed, practical, longterm food plan we will reach your health and fitness goals (weather that be to lose weight, tone, feel energized or simply get fitter).

On the 8th week we redo the fitness and movement assessment and report and celebrate your success.

You are now equip to continue on your path of fitness and health either on your own, through a specifically designed program or continue one-on-one.

CYCLING TOURS

We offer Hong Kong bike rental and/or cycling tours (through Global Cycle Rides). A custom design package for individuals or groups for 2 hours to 7 days. Check out our selection of bikes and FAQs here.

Please contact me for more information.

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testimonial

  • Ali is an inspiring, calm, knowledgable and passionate fitness instructor and mentor. She has opened my eyes to the benefits of Vinyasa yoga for athletes and I've seen huge improvements in my practice in just three months. She has provided invaluable advice regarding my road cycling technique and group riding skills, as well as improving my nutritional and weekly training platform. I have just started her boot camp sessions and she rallies the troups rain, hail or shine to be the best we can be. She is a one of a kind - an excellent combination of motivation and compassion for her clients.

    Cindy Shammall
    Cindy Shammall
  • My health has dramatically improved since knowing Ali a year ago. She carefully listens and assesses your health ecosystem before prescribing a holistic lifestyle program covering food, supplements, exercise and even sleep. Training with Ali is tough - she will sensibly push you to your limits and encourage you to continuously improve yourself both in and out of the gym. She will not accept laziness and excuses (warning: you will be punished in the gym if she smells laziness). I am in the best shape of my life and my wife is surprised by the lean muscle and flatter tummy not seen before. If you want to transform your body and mind and develop healthy habits at the same time, Ali can help you get amazing results. Look good, feel good, peace

    Christopher Ho
    Christopher Ho
  • For years I have read about the benefits that kettlebells would have on my strength and conditioning. This reading also came with the warnings of the potential injury if practiced without proper form. Not only was it difficult to find someone to train me, but as an introverted individual, I most often feel uncomfortable around new people. During my travel to Hong Kong, I was very fortunate to meet Ali. Ali created a nonthreatening, playful environment, while also providing a challenging routine that left me wishing I had met her sooner! Very attentive, Ali emphasized proper form and alignment which helped to boost my confidence with handling kettle bells. Now, as I continue to travel the world, I have no fear of grabbing the nearest kettle bell and getting a great workout! Her knowledge goes far beyond kettle bells and I recommend her for any fitness training.

    Jeff Jones
    Jeff Jones
  • Ali is an outstanding master of her craft! She is incredibly bright with a treasure trove of health and fitness knowledge. She is an expert in cycling, weight training, yoga, nutrition, functional movement and she has a warm, approachable personality that makes working out fun. Ali is the perfect combination of diverse training methods, her goal setting is challenging yet achievable and her enthusiastic commitment to her work and ultimately her clients is the standard by which any trainer should be measured. Ali is the real deal, she sets the foundations for anyone wanting a new healthier lifestyle.

    Karen Fairley
    Karen Fairley
  • Efficiency, effectiveness, quality, goal oriented and needs aware are just a few of Ali’s qualities. She is a practitioner of applied common sense when it comes to overall wellbeing. But also knows how to successfully press forward in pursuit of continuous improvement. In short, Ali embraces the dynamics of change in her personal life that that of her clients as she treats each as an individual.

    Joe Mastrangelo
    Joe Mastrangelo
  • It is a couple weeks gone since our Hong Kong cycling tour with you. To be honest we did not expect all that fun along with quality we received in Hong Kong. Carbon bikes we got from you were just fantastic and fit as agreed. I uploaded the trip onto my StravaApp and I am looking forward to repeat a trip with you in some other place and time. Maybe Australia…shall see. The answer to everything in life is no until you ask for it. We asked for it. Thank you Ali. Travelling with pedals is a way to survive boring business trips.

    Grzegorz Walnik
    Grzegorz Walnik
  • While visiting Hong Kong for a few days, I wanted to go on a bike ride and am so glad to have found Ali. She was the perfect guide and is incredibly knowledgeable about all the best roads, hill climbs, and coffee spots for local cyclists in Hong Kong and can tailor your ride to whatever kind of terrain you want to ride or areas you want to see. The rental bike itself - a high-end carbon road bike with Zipp wheels - was unbelievable and a joy to ride. Riding with Ali is a great way to stay fit, experience Hong Kong, and not to be missed!

    Justin Lam
    Justin Lam
  • I had been to HK many times and never thought that you could actually ride its hilly roads on a bike. Ali's tour was awesome - we climbed to the Peak in the mist, rode to the distant beaches and met many HK cyclists on the way...all friends of Ali so it was not only a physical experience but also a social experience on the HK roads. Next day i booked another tour...this time to test my legs on 'the Beast' and the climb to the Big Budha on Lantau Island...wow...what an amazing scenery and physical challenge in the heat! I would recommend to book a cycling tour with Ali any time you visit HK.

    Christophe DuMonet
    Christophe DuMonet
  • I had a fantastic morning ride with Ali in January.  We spent the time climbing the horrible hills of Hong Kong island, and Ali paced it perfectly, getting me up one final ascent of Mount Davis Way when I didn't think I had it in me.  Fun, hard, and with all the logistics sorted for me so I could just turn up ready to go on my flying visit to HK.  Thanks! Jim L

    Jim L
    Jim L
  • For 15 years I’ve tried to maintain a healthy lifestyle but, like most diets and healthy eating programs, it was hard to keep. Not only was it hard to change long term I was constantly tired, hungry, and unhappy from the guilt of not keeping my own goal. Every time I was on the diet I was hungry, moody, unhappy and craved sugar more than ever.  In short, I was miserable. When Ali introduce me to her 21day transformation course a whole new world open up to me.  Everything I knew about healthy living before was false. The 21 day transformation program has truly transformed me. The results are astonishing. I no longer crave sugar or any carbohydrate based foods. My cravings under control and I have more energy.  I no longer suffer from stomach pains, digestion problems, bloating, menstrual cramps, and head aches. The greatest feeling is that I know I will be able to continue with primal living because I don't feel deprive and I’m happy. It is truly life changing.

    Abigail Beale
    Abigail Beale

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