In my desk drawer at work, there’s always a Bounce Ball or two rolling around, ready for emergencies. A quick hit of energy when I’m running between meetings and a convenient source of protein when I’ve returned from a workout. Most of my health-conscious friends are familiar with Bounce Balls. ‘What’s your favourite flavour?’ is…
New fitness studios for every stereotype
Cast your mind back to your teenage years when your after-school sport of choice determined the label with which others identified you. Badminton: geek. Pennyfarthing: class clown. Hockey: jock. Dance: untouchably popular. Netball: all-rounder. Archery: a little left wing. Chess boxing: seriously, who does that? Well, now London’s scene of emerging boutique fitness studios lends itself to…
10 kettlebell exercises to jumpstart your fitness
Around December (the month of both Christmas and my birthday), I always come up with plenty of excuses to buy myself shiny new things. This time around, there’s one self-gift that I hold in particularly high regard: this beautiful forest green 12kg kettlebell by FitnessMad, complete with a rubber underside to protect your floors and…
Workout In: the workout that comes to you
A few months ago, when I’d only recently started this blog, I shared a few of my favourite YouTube workouts with you. I’m a big believer in putting your workouts into context with the rest of your commitments and hobbies. If your diary allows only a short time for exercise and you don’t want to…
Knowing your body: When to push it and when to pull back
Like many of winter’s victims, I started the New Year with a terrible bout of flu. It knocked me for nine and certainly ruled out an early start on any fitness-related resolutions. But as all ailments and pains do, the symptoms passed after a few days and I’m already steadily regaining my pre-Christmas strength. Although…
Why I do yoga
The seasoned experts among you may have read this post title with one eyebrow firmly raised, thinking ‘you don’t do yoga, you practise yoga’. But I will be the first to admit I’m not an expert yogi. I am the girl who relies on the wall for balance whenever the headstand comes around, looking enviously back…
No-noise high-intensity workout for flat residents: Part 2
I was so excited when several of you told me last week’s workout helped you overcome obstacles to exercising at home. Many of you said you’d either skipped workouts because you didn’t want to disturb your neighbours, or you’d wasted money on noise-absorbing mats that didn’t do the trick. In this second instalment, I give you…
No-noise high-intensity workout for flat residents: Part 1
If, like me, your living room floor is directly above someone else’s bedroom, you’ll understand my reticence at tuck jumping my neighbours awake in the mornings. Or knocking the dust off their roof as an unwanted reminder that they’re well overdue a spring clean. But sometimes, like in the busy lead up to Christmas, the…
The importance of time out
There are times when, for one reason or another, you need to take a break from your training regime. It is only over the last few years that I’ve given myself permission to take time out, and it is in learning to pause that I’ve understood how best to move forward. December is always a…
Battle of the bicycle bootcamps: Psycle vs Edge Cycle
Spinning has long been one of my favourite forms of exercise. I love the big thigh-burning tracks, the high-energy instructors and the sweaty post-workout feeling that you’ve done some real good. And as UK fitness enthusiasts catch onto the king of all cardio workouts, spinning continues to evolve. New spin studios Psycle and Edge Cycle…
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