Have you tried every Diet going? Welcome to the lady that has tried all diets and found that maintaining any of them indefinitely is pretty much impossible without having a rather miserable existence. Being hungry all the time is hideous and do I want a life without an occasional cheese…
What is prehab?Prehab is everything to do with injury PREVENTION. The idea being that it is much more effective to train the body prior to injury rather than to wait for inevitable injury to occur before then trying to correct the imbalances in the body afterwards. Athletes often do separate…
Christmas is amazing for spending time with friends and family and getting in some much needed rest! However, after quite a few christmas movies, quality street (that you didn't really want to eat) and a mulled wine too many you can start to feel quite lumpy! It is totally harmless…
Fad diets do not work. Slimming world and weight watchers work whilst you are doing them and whilst you keep doing them but then the weight often returns when you resume normal eating again. Essentially, this is because any long term body change has to come from sustainable lifestyle changes:…
When you eat do you feel that there is always the choice between what you want to eat and what you feel you "should" eat? This constant battle often leads to a lose-lose situation as when you eat what you feel you should eat then you feel unsatisfied as it…
Sanskrit name: Uttanasana English name: Standing Forward Fold Pose The Yoga pose of the month is standing forward fold pose and goes by the sanskrit name of 'Uttanasana.' It is a great pose to do within a yoga practice or at the end of a long day. It can be…
Lauren started dressage last year following her love for riding and caring for horses. Dressage is a term taken from french and translates to "training" - and what is key for dressage riders is good posture and a strong core: two elements also essential to anyone wanting to take their…
Upon hearing the word "core muscles", most of us will only think about abdominals. Your core means the muscles around your hips, lower back, upper back, stomach and shoulder girdle :) Due to modern day living, these are weak in a lot of people so there is much to be…
It seemed only a few weeks previous that I had been skating my way around the icy streets of Leamington and battling knee deep snow in the Alps, and now here I was standing on the banks of the Thames in a sun kissed Richmond about to embark on my…
Sanskrit Name: Trikonasana The Yoga pose of the month is triangle Pose which is a standing pose often incorporated into classes of all levels. The sanskrit name Trikonasana comes from the root of the words 'tri' meaning three and 'kona' meaning angles. It is a strong and active pose, but…