Every year in the week leading up to Christmas, I do a fun workout for my group classes called "12 Exercises of Christmas" Basically, you use the song “The twelve days of Christmas”, do you know it? If not here is someone singing it better than I could 😉 To summarise, the first few lines go: 🎶 On [...]
I feel like so many people around me are sick. I am seeing many clients and friends becoming sick these days. Colds, flu, viruses and COVID. It is all circulating at the moment, and a few weeks ago, I also caught COVID and was sick for a few days. [...]
Daylight saving time has now ended, and with less daylight during this time of the year, some of us can experience the winter blues. If you feel like you have the blues from the darker days, which results in wanting to train less, you are not alone. Multiple studies have demonstrated that engagement in physical activities can help alleviate [...]
I am launching a new class, and you are the first ones to learn about it! My new Strength and Movement class is focused on strength and movement (as the title implies 😀 ) for mainly women over 35. We will focus on strength exercises using minimal equipment. There will be two types of classes: one will be a live [...]
I want to take the opportunity in this blog to speak about the benefits of strength training. Most of my clients are over 35, and the majority are women in their 40s, where I fall myself. Science and practice show that once we pass the 35, it is even more important to include strength training in our [...]
Have you ever thought that how we talk during our workout can affect how we move and perform? An essential part of my work is to be mindful of how I instruct my clients. There can be a fine balance between a good and a bad experience. Words are extremely powerful tools that we can use to uplift [...]
How a 'Keeping the Brain Healthy' course, made me go to the dentist! In this blog, I want to share some of what I have been learning about how lifestyle changes can have a positive impact on your brain. The less fun news is that in the UK, Dementia and Alzheimers are the leading [...]
What does this mean to you? Can anyone wear a bikini? Is it an unusual statement? I am curious to know what you think. Every year around this time we are bombarded by messages like “get in shape for the summer”, “get into bikini body shape”, “how to make your body summer-ready”, and “get a bikini body [...]
In my last blog about stress in your 40s I mentioned that I have started a course to continue to help me work with women over 40. During my 13 years of personal training, I have found myself mostly working with women of the same age as me. That doesn’t mean that I don’t love [...]
When I first did my personal training qualification, just over 13 years ago, there was no mention of what happens to women as they move into their 40s and beyond. We may have learned that we lose muscle mass from a certain age but all research for sport and fitness was done on young men [...]
