How many of you can do a pull up ? How many of you want to be able to do one ?? In today’s post I want to share the technique of a pull up (or chin up in this …
Move Your Body
The Humble Press Up
The Press Up, an exercise that seems so simple but has so many benefits, don’t disregard body weight exercises when trying to build your strength because you having to push your own body weight up aka a weight. A press …
Squat – The Low Down
Squats, there are a load of variations of this exercise but today I just want to focus on the main compound movement and how you can improve your technique stripping it right back to basics. Even though it is predominantly …
Is there a right type of exercise?
In a word … NO. Exercise comes in many forms and within those there are many variations. This can lead to people getting confused as to what they should and shouldn’t do , add social media into the mix and …
The Underrated Element of your Training Plan
You have got your goals set for the month, you have planned out what style of exercise you are going to do and the sessions have been pencilled into your diary. You know what you are going to be doing …
Fitness classes – not just for the fittest
Fitness classes whether they are at a gym, leisure centre, town hall or your own living room on a DVD, do what their name suggests HELP WITH YOUR FITNESS. It is something I have definitely heard a lot more since …
Post Natal fitness doesn’t have to be scary
First of all, ladies I want to say massive congratulations for the fact you have created a mini human! Your body grew this person and went through some changes for this to happen. So, don’t give it too much of …
My Top 5 exercises, Cardio
This tends to get a bad rep in the fitness industry but there are so many benefits 💦improved heart health 💦releases feel good hormones 💦increases metabolism 💦improved mental state and health Doing any exercise that will get your heart rate …
My Top 5 exercises, the Back edition
Ladies don’t be scared to train your upper body as well as your lower and cardio. Lifting weights to build your back muscles isn’t going to turn you into a bulky machine – it doesn’t work like that. From an …
Do it for health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ World Health Organisation The fitness and health industry seems to be more about the fitness element and less about the …