I’ve always been a bit of a fitness freak. I live, eat, breathe the shit! Friends who know me know I work hard to stay in shape so when my body transformed over my pregnancy, I had to learn to accept it. But then I realised that fitness and health is not about how you […]
Anyone who tells you you should not swim at the end of your third trimester, or should not work out in water, is absolute bollocks. When you do exercises in water, your abdominal muscles are engaged and lengthened because they’re working to keep you balanced. And the buoyancy of the water actually makes it easier […]
The Maldives is super small. Some Atoll’s are so tiny you will find yourself running around in circles. So a good way to overcome this un-inertia is to kick start your holiday with yoga – a lot of resorts offer this, followed by interval sprints across the island, a swim and finally hit the gym […]
Holidays are really fun. Great food.. great scenery.. but sometimes not so great for the diet. I hate the way 3 months of hard work in the gym, can be destroyed in just 3 days, don’t you? Anyway, I like my HIIT bits of workout when on holiday. It’s easy to find a place to […]
The life of a travel blogger is hard. One hardly has time to work out especially while on the move. Here’s one quick butt workout I like to do when I don’t have much time. Or space. I like to call them, my Butt Blasters. If you can do these for 20 minutes, every other […]
If it doesn’t challenge you.. it doesn’t change you! That’s my mantra for this month. And here’s one that I love to dread, or dread to love! 🙂 The mountain climber are great for the core, and strengthens the cardiovascular system as well as multiple muscle groups. Mountain climbers require activation of your core abdominal […]
Injury for any runner is a painful thing.. I mean, we all can’t wait to get moving again, now can we? Well sometimes injury is a way of slowing down, and smelling the roses. Who says we can’t walk right? And that’s why I love this quote… No Matter How Slow you Go.. You’re still […]
Here we are, in Japan, with 2 weeks of temperatures of 5°C to look forward to.. and loving it! From Osaka, to Kyoto, Nagoya, Mt Fuji and finally Tokyo for the Marathon on the 22nd of Feb, we find this country a fantastic, highly runnable place. So here’s why running on holiday is good for you… […]
Here is a great post run core workout.. doing the Superman! Since one can’t fly, one can certainly plank. Here’s how you do it. 1. Start in plank position Engage your deep core muscles by drawing in your belly button and maintaining a neutral spine. 2. Raise arm and leg Raise your right arm to shoulder […]
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You’ve been travelling 30 hours straight from South East Asia, to get to the great US of A, and the last thing you want to do, is to hit the gym. Jet lag is weighing you down like a ton of bricks and honestly, who can be asked to exercise? Well, here are some practical […]
