There is only one piece of equipment I always recommend when asked. Not only is it the best and cheapest home exercise equipment out there, but probably the only one you will ever need! I use it, my clients use it, it tones every part of your body and fits into your undies draw, pocket, or bag.  So what is the best and cheapest home exercise equipment? Drum roll, please. The simple exercise band. It is the most underrated and versatile piece of home exercise equipment ever invented. Now there are many different types, like loop bands or bands with handles for example. I’m talking abo ..read more

Walking is good for you, it helps keep you fit and healthy if done correctly. But did you know walking makes you happy? The practice of regular walks helps mental wellbeing as well as physical well being. Let me explain. The benefits to your health from putting one foot in front of the other as many times as you can throughout the day are well documented. Look at the success of couch to 5k or the abundance of step trackers on your phone or on your wrist. The gadgets and the courses encourage us to walk more. It’s good for us. The more time you spend walking, the less time you will spend being ..read more

The way we have been programmed to do exercise over the last 30 years is now contributing massively to the planet warming conundrum we are all facing today. Luckily, Eco-friendly fitness is a growing trend that we should all take note of. The fitness industry is HUGE, and is growing every year, fact. It has fallen under the eco radar. In fact, it hasn’t really been on it until now. Gyms and fitness facilities have a huge environmental impact on the planet. Think about it, rows and rows of cardio machines plugged in to the grid with the lights and air-con on all day (sometimes 24 hours a day ..read more

Exercise motivation can be a struggle sometimes. It largely depends on what your reasons to exercise are and what you think exercise actually is. Get these two things right and you will easily understand why you don’t have it and how you can get it, making being fit and healthy a breeze! So why you don’t have it?  Modern lifestyles have made things too easy; remote controls, smartphones, cars, take outs, deliveries and online shopping to name but a few have, in one way or another, stifled your will to move your butt. You know your butt is designed to move but you know you spend an awful l ..read more

What is fitness anyway? A simple guide for beginners Here is a simple fitness guide for beginners. All you really need to know without all the hype and confusion! Exercise is just moving. Moving in a certain way to get a reaction and an adaptation. This is a simple, plain English explanation of what that looks like. What is fitness When you get yourself out of breath, raise your heart rate and get a bit of a sweat on, your cardiovascular system says, hang on a minute, what’s happening here? Your heart and lungs then go away and adapt to cope with what you are asking it to do. Your h ..read more

Mood, is a feeling, an outlook, a state of mind, a chemical reaction. How to improve your mood is surprisingly simple and boils down to making just 3 simple behaviour changes in your day. Let me explain. When you move more your mood improves. When you are in a better mood, you will enjoy it and want to move more. The cycle goes on. The better your mood the better your choices will be around food. The less unhealthy foods you eat, the better your mood will be. The cycle goes on. By combining the two your stress levels will lower. As stress levels lower you are better able to cope wit ..read more

The diet and exercise industry don’t want you to understand this but I’m going to tell you, it’s called neat, or Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, it’s fat loss and fitness for people who don’t like diets and exercise. Your body uses energy to live, which comes from the calories you eat. You need the energy to function even at rest, like sleeping, breathing and other involuntary body functions, it’s your BMR or Basal Metabolic Rate.  Digestion also requires energy, it’s called TEF or the thermic effect of food.  After that, it’s down to exercise or TEPA, the thermic effect of phys ..read more

My recommendation for the best home exercise equipment for beginners is surprisingly cheap, can be stored in your knickers draw and can tone every muscle in your body! Actually, you don’t have to be a beginner. I have been a life long exerciser and a fitness trainer for over 30 years and it’s the only bit of exercise equipment I use now. Oh, and a good pair of trainers. More on that at the end.   Why are you looking for the best home exercise equipment? This blog post is written in 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, which has forced us to rethink most things in life. As a result, hom ..read more

When you read an article on the subject, it usually starts with, the best to way start exercising (at home) is to do something you like doing. That’s pretty obvious, why would you choose something you hate? But on the other hand, how do you know you like or dislike something unless you try it first. The other is to start slow and build up. That’s another obvious one you might think, but you would be surprised how many people I see going hell for leather on the first session and not being able to move for a week afterward! Jumping straight into a gym session or a class at the local leisure cent ..read more

Q. How do I get fit when I have the housework, kids and work to do? Doing the housework, taking care of the kids and fitting in a job, take up many hours of most women’s daily lives. Hitting the gym or taking a class is not a long-term viable option most of the time. So what is the answer? A. How to get fit (even when you have the housework, kids and work to do?) Here’s the simple answer to the question. Mindful movement – turn everyday life into a gym workout! Let me explain… It’s about moving with purpose whenever and where ever you get the chance. Just move with purpose. Put your mi ..read more