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…
Gluteals! Why train your butt muscles? Because I want a big booty? Nah, I want a STRONG booty! Having strong glutes is something that doesn’t cross everyone’s mind, but it can help support your lower back, protect your knees and help you improve your compound exercises. The Exercises Split Squat Or “static lunge”. Take a…
It’s January! And that means there’s a whole lot of New Years Resolutions about....I personally don’t really give myself New Years resolutions because I’m rubbish at sticking to them...however I do line setting myself a proper goal (which is like the same, right?) The thing with goals and resolutions is that if not done properly…
It's all very well and good going on to YouTube or blogs with the intention of putting yourself through a home workout, however if you can't perform half the exercises being demonstrated due to pain or any other anatomical issues then what are you supposed to do? So here is one for those of you…
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…
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…
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…
Another workout for you to try! This workout doesn’t require any equipment or weights so you are free to do it wherever you want. This is a full body workout consisting of two smaller circuits that split into upper body and lower body with a core exercise at the end of each circuit. CIRCUIT ONE…
Something truly beautiful happened to me yesterday and I wanted to share it... I work, part time, in a sun bed shop. It's a good job, it fits in well between my main job which is dance, singing and acting teacher to a fabulous bunch of kids. And today while I was working these two…
