Before I present the many merits of the workout du jour, I’m going to put my own bias on the table. Yes, I work in marketing for Sweaty Betty. And yes, I am among the team of trainers who will be teaching the fitness fashion brand’s free in-store classes. But all that aside I would…
Big news! Guess who’s London’s newest personal trainer?
If you’ve got an eye for detail, you may have spotted a change on my Meet Brit page. But then again, I like to think you all spend more time working out, cooking healthy meals and generally enjoying life more than you do studying my pages for minor editorial changes. So this will be news…
Personalise your burn: barrecore Private Training
Emily and I talk for 60 minutes straight, bar the odd lactate inflicted silence when my brain can focus on nothing but the final few reps of barrecore’s trademark high-rep conditioning sequences. Work, travel, fitness, boyfriends/husbands – we cover off most topics of conversation, and still she keeps a perfect rep count. That client repertoire…
Must-try London Pilates studios
I first encountered Pilates during a babysitting shift as a young teenager. The family’s two kids had gone to bed and I was rifling through their DVDs to fill the last couple hours of the night. Right between Ghost and Clueless was a somewhat retro-looking Mari Windsor workout DVD that promised lean legs and a sculpted…
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…