In a culture that glorifies hardcore workouts that have you collapsing on the floor in a sweaty puddle, puking your guts up, or even getting Rhabdomyolysis (a condition where excessive exercise causes muscle tissue to breakdown and damage the kidneys), it’s easy to fall into the mindset of thinking that walking doesn’t ‘count’, whatever that
Kettlebell swings are amazing. Don’t get me wrong, I love traditional strength training but for a single exercise the kettlebell swing is hard to beat! I love kettlebell swings because you just get so much bang for your buck! They’re quick, simple, only require 1 piece of kit and get your seriously fit. In fact,
Yoga is a fantastic way to combat the stiffness that running, cycling, and other sports can bring. That’s why I’ve designed a simple, short yoga sequence for runners to use post-run. My downloadable yoga for runners sequence focuses on postures that open the hips and stretch the hamstrings and quads. This will help improve your
There are so many reasons not to make weight loss the focus of your fitness regime. For a start, exercise is actually a lousy way to lose weight. If you make weight loss your main goal, you may fail to reach your goal, and then you will quickly lose motivation and likely will stop exercising. But
Muscle Soreness; we’ve all been there. Perhaps you started a new training program. Perhaps you pushed yourself harder than usual, or maybe you had one too many days off between workouts. Whatever the reason, most of us have experienced muscle soreness or DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) after training. DOMS usually shows up between
I think most people are generally aware that they should warm up before exercising, but it’s surprising how many people still skip this step anyway! Perhaps this is because they don’t fully understand the importance of a proper warm up. Or Perhaps they’re confused about exactly how they should be warming up. Why You Need
One minute you’re training regularly and feeling great. But then something comes up. Maybe it’s a busy period at work. Maybe your personal life gets in the way. Whatever it is, a day off becomes a week off. A week off becomes a month off. And before you know it, you’re left wondering how to
Recently I tried something new. I signed up for my first ever session of aerial silks with Flying Fantastic, a London-based circus skills/fitness group. If you don’t know what ariel silks are, try remembering back to that BBC interlude that was on television in the 90s featuring two women gracefully descending along two lengths of red fabric. If
The before and after picture is a familiar sight to anyone who’s spent any time at all looking at Instagram or other ‘fitness’ social media spaces. In years gone by I would spend HOURS pouring over these pictures and I’ll admit I’ve been guilty of posting these myself in the past. But a while back
