When you’re a runner, it’s easy to neglect the strength exercises that are beneficial to your training. I’ve been there. You live off the adrenaline of the next sweat fuelled run, trying to push your body that little bit harder each time. And depending on the outcome of your efforts, you can end up feeling either elated or defeated. After being treated by several physios, consultants and surgeons over the last 15 years, one thing I’ve learnt is that strength…
Here’s the thing. I love kettlebells. They’re currently my favourite piece of exercise equipment, and I use them in nearly every circuit I teach. They’re also included in every circuit I do myself. The past few months have mainly been spent training for the Chester half marathon, which unfortunately, due to a sinus, throat and chest infection, I didn’t end up doing. (There’s a separate blog post coming on that soon). Concentrating on my running meant other areas of my…
‘Come on then, what do vegans eat?’ I swear I could hear the air quotes going up around the word vegans as she said it. I sighed, rolled my eyes and shouted from the toilet cubicle. ‘Lots of veg and anything else that doesn’t come from an animal’. As soon as I’d said it I knew I should have replied how my husband does ‘bits of cardboard and if I’m still hungry, a few tin cans too’. I’d been chatting…
So, here’s the thing. I hate shopping. Any kind of shopping. If I could order everything online and never step into another shop or changing room again – I would. Unfortunately, life’s just not that kind. The only thing I can comfortably order online knowing they will fit once they arrive, are my Asics GT-1000 running trainers. Oh, and my Lepel bras. But that’s another blog post for another time. Before I start, I’d just like to add that this…
Time for another workout! This is a circuit I did with a personal training client a few weeks ago. Do each exercise for 45-seconds working as hard as you can, followed by 15-seconds of rest. After each full circuit, rest for 1-minute. Repeat. Remember to warm-up, cool down and stretch out! We warmed up on a cross trainer for 5-minutes first. Full Body Circuit Kettlebell swings Russian twists with kettlebell Clean and press with a core bag Commandos Lunge with kettlebell…
One of the hardest things for me to deal with is animal abuse and neglect. This is something I struggle with a lot. While I realise I’m not Wonder Woman, I still find it difficult that I can’t save all the animals. Anxiety shows itself in many forms and raises its ugly head for everyone in different ways. Animal cruelty and neglect is one of the things that triggers it for me. And one day, I’d love to run an…
I never thought I’d see the day where I’d be teaching a circuit class. Aerobics, step and spinning – yes. But circuit? Never. Teaching step aerobics used to be my happy place, and I loved nothing more than preparing new routines for my classes. I would place my step in the middle of the living room and spend hours jumping up and down, making up new combinations and practicing until it was perfect. Before a class, I’d turn up an…
So, here we are. Another year has been and gone and I can’t believe only a couple of weeks ago I was saying good riddance to 2017. So much happened during the last 12 months, and I was happy to hold a middle finger up to it and send it on its way. I didn’t even stay up to see the old year out and the new one in – I was over it and found myself tucked up in…
This month I took delivery of my second lifestyle subscription box from The Vegan Kind. Last month there were some incredibly tasty treats, but this month’s box was so yummy we’d eaten half of it the day after taking delivery! What’s in The Vegan Kind October Lifestyle Box? So, I hear you ask. What was in October’s box? Biona Cool Cola Bottles Harpers Candles Little Black Cat Candle MyProtein Chocolate baked Cookie Geo Organics Chickpea and Lentil Dahl Eat Vive…