Be honest - are you stretching after every workout? I certainly am guilty of neglecting to stretch more often than not. I am usually in a rush to get changed and drive off to take care of daily business. However, I regret it afterwards - I have tightness in my shoulders, back and I really…
Continue reading ➞ Why You Should Keep Stretching and Start if You Haven’t Yet
In my last blog I talked about the physical benefits of exercise. And I did not address weight loss on purpose. Exercise is usually recommended to people who want to lose weight (actually they want to lose body fat as explained in my blog about why the scale is not a good gauge of success).…
Continue reading ➞ Mental Benefits of Exercise
In my last week’s blog I talked about a different approach to weight loss by focussing on your health first. A healthy weight is the result of a healthy body. In this framework, exercise is not a means to an end - exercise is not a means to lose weight, but rather part of a…
Continue reading ➞ 10 Physical Benefits of Exercise
It’s probably no surprise that I see the topic weight loss come up all the time. I write a blog about fitness and I follow a lot of people on social media that are active in the “fitness universe”. I am passionate about fitness and nutrition and read books and articles about it daily. On…
Continue reading ➞ A Working Approach to Weight Loss
A friend of mine is looking to join a gym and asked me how to choose one. I think that’s actually a great question and she’s probably not the only one who isn’t sure how to go about it. So let me give you some tips here. First of all, if you are asking yourself…
Continue reading ➞ How Do I Choose the Right Gym For Me?
I have 3 weeks left before I will be on my beach holiday. I am super excited about it! I am sure you feel the same way about your upcoming summer holiday! Sun, sand, naked feet and bikinis. Bikinis. There we go. Most of us probably want to look their best in it and wear…
Continue reading ➞ Getting Beach Ready in 3 Weeks
Have you heard someone say “Rest day? Where is my rest muscle and how do I train it?” or “Rest day. Aka thinking-about-the-gym-all-day.” For some, rest days are really hard. I am sometimes one of those people. Working out at the gym, doing circuits, spinning or Muay Thai training makes me feel so good that…
Continue reading ➞ Why Your Body Needs Rest Days
If you are regularly working out or you just have started and you’re feeling a bit tired and sore, you may have wondered if you are overtraining. People around you may suggest that you are overtraining because your sudden enthusiasm for exercise may worry them. Some people may feel that anyone who trains more than…
Continue reading ➞ What is Overtraining and How to Avoid it
Have you ever wondered if you could spread out your workout over the day? Maybe you didn’t have time to get your whole session in. Or maybe you would like to do a 60 minute workout, but you can only find 30 minutes at a time? Or is it that you get too tired after…
Continue reading ➞ Can I Spread Out My Workout Over the Day?
Here is another question I get asked a lot as a personal trainer, and that is: “how can I shape my legs?”. It’s mostly women and they are mainly referring to the upper thigh, specifically the quadriceps muscles. One of the most common concerns being that wrinkly look above the knee. I am sure you…
Continue reading ➞ Exercises for Fabulous Legs
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