health and happiness
This year has been s***. For pretty much everyone for individual reasons. And everyone has dealt with that in their own way. If your way of dealing has not been to exercise every hour of the day then that is okay, it happens, but where do we go from here? Suddenly staring a crazy workout…
This has been a tough year for everyone, some people can cope with change and disorder better than others but this has been a lot for for anyone. Some people, as you have probably seen on social media, have thrived in quarantine baking, exercising, starting projects and generally winning this pandemic.... on the surface. This…
I’m sure we can all agree with that, right? Today my workout started great, I was lifting heavy, enjoying myself and feeling great... one slightly wrong move with a dumbbell and I twig an old injury in my shoulder at the same time I receive an extremely irritating text cancelling an appointment. Well honestly, I…
If you are one of those people who just find it inconceivable to fit a workout into your day DO NOT FEAR. It is possible! And...I am not talking about HIIT this time. AMRAP As Many Rounds As Possible With an AMRAP workout all you need to do is set your timer and try and…
Everyone has something going on, the stigma on mental health means that most people go with out diagnosis and without any kind of help or support. That can be as little as someone asking them how they really are and allowing them to speak freely. So I am continuing on this Mental Health Awareness Week…
The theme of this years Mental Health Awareness week is Stress. The Mental Health Foundation ran a study that showed around 74% of people at some point have felt unable to cope due to stress. Stress can lead to both physical mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain and heart disease. That…
This workout is the third in my ‘back to basics’ mini series. This one however isn’t quite so basic. I wanted to show you how you can take the basic steps and develop them into more complex exercises, so this one is an example of the kind of exercises you can put together. You can…
This workout is to follow on from my Back to Basics workout where the aim is to develop our exercises from the basic technique to complex exercises incorporating more muscles. You can find the previous workout here. As I said in the last workout, these moves may be considered “basic” but they are staples of…
Continue reading ➞ Back to Basics Workout 2- Return of the Basics
If you want to start exercising but don’t know how and where to start then this workout is exactly what your looking for, and for everyone else it is always good to get back to basics every once in a while! Although these moves are considered “basic” it doesn’t mean they are easy, technique is…
My last blog post talked about goal setting and how you can use that to focus your resolutions (new years or otherwise) and keep on track rather than give up come February! So as promised here is a post about my goals and how I have used that to get myself out of the rut…
