Finding time to even shower as a new mum is often hard, never mind fitting exercise into your day. It is often difficult to know where and when to start. It sometimes appears that celebrity mums are blessed with amazing weight loss powers and are already back in their bikinis within one week of giving birth. However, experts agree that we shouldn’t put that kind of pressure on ourselves. (And let’s remember; they probably have a nanny, personal trainer, cook, and airbrushing experts to help them!). (more…)
The 30 Day Squat Challenge is an extremely popular exercise craze at the moment and has been whizzing all round the internet. Did we want to do some further research to find out if, after all that work, is it worth it? (more…)
Recently, we asked our Facebook community (here) whether they were also fed up with hearing that Yoga and Pilates are ‘easy’ and not a ‘proper workout’. (more…)
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a circus performer? Wonder no more! We asked professional ‘flag-monster’ aerial acrobat, actor and pole performer Dickon Savage to shed some light on what lies beneath the life of an acrobatic act. (more…)
We’ve come along way since the Jane Fonda workout videos of the 80’s and then Cindy Crawford in the 90’s. But the latter half of the 2000’s has really seen an explosion in the number of digital and virtual exercises programmes available to us. Of course there’s the huge global success ofWii Fit and more recently this year, the Nike+Kinect on Xbox. So we thought we’d give you an overview and test if they are just as good as the more traditional approaches to exercise and fitness. (more…)
Pilates is a great form of exercise which gives a lean and mean body, and for most of us that’s the dream, so what are you waiting for?! Here is a list of the top ten reasons why Pilates rocks! (more…)
From all the questions I’ve been asked by members, this one would safely be in the top three. “Can I lose weight just from a specific area of the body?”
This is often the main catalyst to get us started on our health, fitness and exercise journey. As a man, the stomach and love handles have been my nemesis and source of frustration for as long as I can remember. Looking at myself in the mirror on a sideward angle, regretting that doughnut…who am I kidding, doughnuts.
For the majority of female members, the legs, bum and tums have been the area’s of the body they have fallen out of love with the most. Determined to change what they don’t like, this initial motivation sometimes turns into frustration (Yes we’ve all been there!) as we fail to see results straight away. In order for you to not give up hope and get a better understanding of why your dream body may take little longer than expected, read on!
So…you’re in the middle of a workout when things start to go sour; uncontrollable negative thoughts flood your mind, your legs start to feel an overwhelming sense of heaviness, you feel as though you’re losing control of your body, your movements become uncoordinated, and your entire body begins to ache. The desire to quit becomes overwhelming. You are experiencing Hitting the Wall Syndrome(HTWS).