Having just returned from 10 blissful days’ holiday in Sri Lanka, I’m feeling pretty good about my work life balance. But rewind three weeks and I was experiencing heart palpitations at my desk, a result of anxiety over meeting deadlines and personal pressure to be ‘successful’ in my career. Although I manage to fit at…
Fashionably fit: The best workout outfits
As the copywriter at Sweaty Betty, I recently wrote a blog post about how Victoria’s Secret models are paving the way for a new ideal that favours fitness over slimness on the runway. And as being fit becomes more fashionable, fitness fashion is also becoming increasingly innovative and respected. When I first started training seriously, about…
Five ways you know HIIT’s working
Despite the massive rise in interval-based exercise programmes, I’m always surprised by how many blank faces I see when I talk about ‘HIIT’. HIIT stands for ‘high-intensity interval training’, and it’s essentially about adding heart rate boosting moves into a workout in order to burn more calories in less time. Shorter, more intense workouts are…
12 ways to never miss a workout
You look out your window and think, “I’d hate to get my new trainers wet in this rain”. You’re working late and feel torn by the choice between a quick stop-off at the gym or settling onto the sofa just in time for a spot of TV. Your stomach’s rumbling and you’re far too hungry…
Exercise to beat depression
Last week the news of Robin Williams’ depression-induced suicide swept the world and left his millions of fans feeling numb. There have been few Hollywood comics as big or as influential as Robin. I first met his acquaintance in the form of the Genie and I proceeded to dedicate many hours of my childhood to…