Health · Lifestyle · Mindset

Your body was never the problem <3

The “perfect” body has changed every single decade. Yours was never the problem I was having a clear out recently and came across a box of old magazines Some of them must have been twenty odd years old. Maybe more And flicking through them was genuinely startling. Not because of the fashion (although, wow) but […]

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Mindset

You were never meant to bounce back

You were never meant to bounce back Somewhere between the night feeds and the nappy changes, I remember scrolling my phone and seeing yet another headline about a celebrity who’d “bounced back” just weeks after having her baby And I remember sitting there, exhausted, still in yesterday’s clothes, feeling like I was already behind Sound […]

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Inspiration · Mindset

Sometimes you gotta just go for it

Sometimes you just gotta go for it! Debbie has been training with us for a couple of years now and she’s come a long way with her fitness, strength and confidence. Recently Debbie has been through some tough times with a few things that have held her back from being able to achieve the lifting […]

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Mindset · Training

Opportunity vs energy

I found myself in the gym this morning with all of the external conditions pointing towards the opportunity to do a workout (which with two little ones is really rare) Zoe was at nursery Sky was at my mum’s house My usual Monday clients were on holiday I was free and clear … But what […]

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Mindset

Barriers to exercising after a break

After three months of relentless nappy changes, bottle cleaning and baby rocking, I managed to find a pocket of time to do something for me – huzzah   My all time favourite activity is swimming and I got back in the pool this week after a year of pregnancy and post natal recovery   Enter […]

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Mindset

The best laid plans

 I attempted to hit the gym this week and I can usually rely on my newborn to be asleep during the day (and awake plenty in the middle of the night of course ) But the best laid plans … Sky woke up as we arrived at the gym, and was absolutely not content to […]

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Inspiration · Mindset

Overwhelm is the killer of motivation

We’ve just started weaning our baby and I’ve found the process of it all quite overwhelming! There are a lot of new things to do Planning what to make Buying the food Prepping the food Wrestling Zoe into her full body apron Heating the food to the perfect temperature Getting her to swallow any of […]

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Lifestyle · Mindset · Nutrition

Food no longer controls me

For a couple of decades, I would say food controlled me. I didn’t think about it all the time, but I had a pretty messed up relationship with food and I definitely use it as a crutch to ignore my emotions.   After a period of particularly stressful emotional eating and mismanagement of my health […]

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Lifestyle · Mindset

How to cope with all inclusive holidays…….

…………without gaining a tonne of weight   When you are going on holiday, the excitement and joy can be overtaken by the dread of gaining weight from the dramatic change in lifestyle choices   We just got back from an all inclusive break and i wanted to share my ideas with you to help you […]

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