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Giving up alcohol for a short period is becoming more and more common with the rise of ideas like Dry January, Ocsober or Feb-Fast – but having done each of these a few times (and even written a book on them!) I know that drinking sodas all night gets old…
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I have a downfall when it comes to eating healthily – and it is, all things wrapped in pastry. Sausage rolls, pasties, pies – omg, puff pastry pies. As such, I worship at the temple of Greggs – but, I’ll be honest, I never thought to check the Greggs calories…
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So there I was doing my monthly read of health magazines when I found it. A piece called What’s Your Superpower by Catherine de Lange in New Scientist (sorry you might have to pay for it). In it, was a section on whether you were born to exercise, and what…
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The Pilates Reformer is a brilliant piece of exercise equipment. It lets you carry out a number of different Pilates moves on the whole body and uses springs, pulleys and cables to increase the resistance – this means it can work the body more intensely than just doing Pilates moves…
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I’ve always been a big fan of working out at home. Time is the thing I’m generally shortest of and, sometimes, the extra half an hour it takes for me to get to the gym and back can mean a workout takes more time than I have and so, I’m…
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When you first start going to the gym, it can be a bit intimidating. You’re there trying to lift the smallest dumbell or pushing the machine with just one or two weights on it, surrounding by people grunting and throwing around items that weigh the same amount as a small…
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The other day a personal trainer I know was confused. She had signed up a new client, but they had asked if they could just put their sessions on hold for a few weeks as they were having her eyebrows microbladed. This confused said trainer as she couldn’t work out…
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In days gone by, I used to run purely with a set of keys tied to my shoes with my shoelace – but as distances went on, I decided I might also need some money or a travelcard for the bus home, if it was cold I might need my…
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Are you about to try your first Pilates class and a bit nervous about what to expect or what’s going to happen? Yep, I’ve been there – which is why I’ve put together this Pilates 101 post. It’s basically a beginner’s guide to Pilates answering all the questions I had…
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I’m in the middle of a park in Sydney handing a sample of my blood to a man covered in tattoos – admittedly this is normally how crime novels start, not fitness blogs, but hey, this blog isn’t named Not Your Normal Health Blog for nothing and the man covered…
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