Babies, burpees & me!

Hi ya, Sitting down planning my ‘Mums & monsters’ classes and been thinking about where I would be if I’d continued my University road! I’m not the cleverest of human beings and have never tried to be, my main competitor in life is myself, I lack concentration, can’t sit still and spelling & grammar elude […]

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INSANITY is it all its cracked up to be???

Insanity – insane or inferior….???? Yes it’s a fad, yes it’s commercial rubbish, yes every elite athlete probably frowns, tutts and swears they will never join….BUT, drill down to the bones of Sean T and his annoying “Dig Deeper Y’all” slogans and all he is selling is: Interval training…and high impact intervals at that – […]

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Bullied into a burpee!

I wanted to get a little off my chest…being continually bombarded with guilty slogans and ‘no excuses’ messages about why you should be exercising, has been getting me down a little! Now, don’t get me wrong I love fitness and everything surrounding it, I get up in the morning and look forward to the breathlessness […]

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Handstand anyone???

The elusive handstand was something I just had to master and here are a few steps that helped! 1) Building up strength & confidence by keeping feet at a 90 degree angle to body! Staying for as long as I could and even trying to do small (pulse-like) push ups to get my shoulders strong! […]

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Final part….Nutrition during pregnancy

Ok…so we have discussed what exercise to do but now I want to look at what to eat? BUT, your tired, in fact knackered, you can’t think for back ache or swollen ankles and actually doing the 20mins of exercise was achievement enough. You live off what ever is in the fridge and don’t care […]

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Part two (of 3 now) exercising during pregnancy

Ok….so we have discussed the prep of exercising during pregnancy, now I want to share a few of my favourite moves! The assisted squat 1) Have a chair handy for balance (you can lightly hold if that helps) 2) Give your bump some room & make your stance wider than hips 3) Feet should be […]

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Exercising during pregnancy…yes or no???

Yessssssa! You’re pregnant. Now what? Maybe this is your first, second, third, forth (wow!) pregnancy. Maybe you’re afraid of gaining weight just by looking at a chocolate, or by obeying your cravings. Maybe you were teeny tiny the last pregnancy and the weight “just fell off”. Perhaps you saw the running girl down the road […]

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