Thursday 21 February 2013

New PureGym Opening Soon at Bristol Harbourside


 PureGym are leading the way in a revolution in the fitness industry, by concentrating on what’s important, the fitness. 

They believe that fitness is for everyone, which is why they do without the saunas, swimming pools and Jacuzzis which greatly increase the price of gym membership. Instead PureGym prefer to pack their gyms with over 220 pieces of state of the art fitness equipment, while still keeping the price competitively low.

Monday 21 January 2013

10 Of the Best Fitness Sites



I used to but a ton of magazines. Seriously, loads. I’d stand in Smiths like a kid in a sweet shop, picking from the latest health and fitness titles. After all, we need to stay cutting edge in the industry, right? Research and all that.

Monday 14 January 2013

How Detox Diets Cause Weight Gain


It’s that time of year when our social timelines are filled to the brim with talks of detoxing, cleansing and juice diets. Now, we’re all for eating plenty of fresh fruit and veg but detoxing? Really?

Sunday 30 December 2012

Blog: Mixing up my training

I'm stuck in a training rut.

For probably my ENTIRE exercising life, my training has consisted pretty much of 3 days cardio and 2 days weights. The weights days have gone from teaching a barbell class in the good old days to half-heartedly picking up a couple of dumbbells and going through the motions as is the current habit.

Exercise is for life...

Oh come on, we've all done it. We spend the week after Christmas saying 'From next week I'm on a health kick and will lose this weight'. Then the week after that we join a gym/take up running/start Zumba. Then by 3 months later the gym card/trainers/sweatband is gathering dust for the next 9 months until the cycle starts again.

Thursday 13 December 2012

How to Run faster


There comes a time when every runner starts to chase their PB. We often (rightly) start our running journey with no pressure, entering races with echoes of "oh, I'm not worried about my time, I just want to finish".

Tuesday 11 December 2012

How Does She Do It? Finding Time to Train When You Have Kids

You know before you had kids, you were always looking for an excuse not to exercise? Now you have the perfect excuse not to exercise (too tired/no childcare/no time/no cash), yet you'd give anything for an hour to yourself to hit the gym. Sound familiar?