exercise
Spring Into Gardening
As spring rapidly approaches, I don’t know about you but I can’t wait to get back into the garden. This week, I’m starting by sowing my saved sweet pea seeds...
Practice Makes Perfect
Do you feel the need to crawl across the living room to get assistance from a piece of furniture when getting up off the floor? As we get older many...
Exercise for older adults
Unfortunately, there currently isn’t anything on the market that will stop us from ageing, but we can do something to limit its impact. It doesn’t have to cost the earth...
Physical activity levels: How do you measure up?
Many of us may assume we are in the more active category. There are so many ways in which we are reminded to exercise, from the media, our phones, fitness...
Shin Splints & How To Avoid Them
If you, like many people, have come into the new year thinking ‘I need to start exercising more’, there’s a good chance running is a form of exercise that you’re...
New Year, New You?
We often set targets for the New Year. If you have set yourself a target surrounding body weight, read this advice from a Registered Dietitian first. Firstly, let’s establish what...
Empowering Heart Health: Your Guide to Preventing Coronary Heart Disease
Being diagnosed with a heart condition or facing heart surgery can be an overwhelming and life-altering experience. Over the past decade, I have had the privilege of supporting and guiding...
Blood Pressure Awareness: Knowing your numbers
In a healthy individual, the pressure of blood within our arteries will rise and fall throughout the day depending on what activities we are doing and what demands our bodies...
How to avoid injury whilst training for a long-distance event
“There’s something so universal about that sensation, the way running unites our two most primal impulses: fear and pleasure. We run when we’re scared, we run when we’re ecstatic, we...
Gardening: 5 Ways to keep your body happy
With Spring comes the start of people preparing their gardens and then with Summer comes the fruits of their labour. Every step of gardening from prepping the soil, planting the...
Why Exercise is important if you have Diabetes
Exercise is a low-cost and side-effect-free ‘Superhero’ to those that may have diabetes. Exercising regularly can help improve a range of metabolic hormones and the body can become more efficient...
The power of Strength Training
Running is one of the most accessible, popular forms of exercise worldwide. One reason could be the many mental and physical benefits, beyond what you may have first thought is...