The Best Year Of My Life
CHECK OUT THE INSPIRATIONAL POST BELOW WRITTEN BY OUR LATEST TRAINER AT FITTER BODY BOOTCAMP, JULIE FAREY. I started my FitterBodyBootcamp journey on 6 April 2015. Throughout my 20’s I could eat & drink anything I wanted and I never changed weight or size and was a ‘happy’ size 10. In my 30’s things made a difference to my weight, several years of fertility treatment and IVF (lots of drugs), I started to put on weight. Hitting 13st was my lowest point in 2010 when I was diagnosed with an underactive […]
The Birth Of Fitter Body Bootcamp
I heard something on the radio today about the upcoming Rio Olympics in August. and was immediately taken back back […]
The Time is NOW
For a lot of people, when it comes to setting and achieving a goal, there’s often never a right time (how convenient). […]
The Pro’s & Cons Of Different Approaches To Dieting
There are so many different diets that use a huge variety of different ways and rules and restrictions to help you all […]
How Calendar Alerts Can Help You Build Healthy Habits
When it comes to being consistent with nutrition and exercise habits, and generally just making things a bit easier, we sometimes need […]
Want to LOSE FAT for Summer? Here is EXACTLY what to do
Pay attention ladies!! We are only 12 weeks away from the official start of summer. This means we need to start doubling […]
Are You Asking The Right Questions?
The majority of the clients that I deal with on a day-to-day basis are quite often beginners when it comes to nutrition […]
The Easy Way To Burn Calories & Tone Up
One question I get asked or I see getting asked quite a lot is “what is the best exercise for fat loss?” […]
Would I Be Healthier Quitting Alcohol?
“Should I take a break from booze?” I am sure many of you have asked yourself this question? I haven’t ever felt […]
How To Create An Awesome Running Playlist
Listening to music can help you train to run. Fact. Music is so emotive and stirs the soul like nothing else. Use the power of music. Not just as background noise to fill the silence, but as a training tool. The greatness of music is that there are songs to suit every taste and best of all, it comes in a huge variety of speeds just like our running abilities! So you can just download the latest running ‘mix’ from Ministry of Sound, or with a bit of extra thought to your playlist you can boost your running potential. If your idea of running is a non-stop conversation with your running buddy where neither of you have to pause to draw an extra breath, this advice may not be useful for you. I completely understand the desire to run with a friend, an instructor, or in a group, and how beneficial this can be for some runners in terms of support or security. However, if you are more of an anti-social runner who likes to set their own pace (like me), your playlist can be your best friend and your motivation on your run. I also appreciate the need to be aware of your surroundings while out running on your own, and that being immersed in your own world of music may reduce your awareness of cyclists or loose dogs (!), so I just pop one earphone in instead of both. Now let’s go through your list of songs. First, get rid of anything that has a slower beat than your feet will be moving at, as these songs will only slow you down. […]
My Fat Loss Has Stalled!! What Do I Do?
Every now and again, I get some of my clients come to me saying that they have tried everything when it comes […]
School P.E. nightmares? SHAKE IT OFF!
So I was clearing out some old work clothes to make room in my wardrobe for new gym kit (what else?!) and not only were most of the items a size smaller than I wear now, but they were clothes I was wearing in my mid to late 20s. This triggered in me a little emotional wobble that I am grappling with at the moment. Am I a grown up now that I have put away the clothes from my 20s, the likes of which never to be worn again? And what about my body? Is it all too much hard work to stay in shape now, am I just battling the sands of time on the route to becoming decrepit? Do I want the body of my 20s, or even my teens, back? Who hasn’t watched a teenage girl stuffing a bacon sandwich in her mouth, crop top on, with not even the ability to comprehend how a decade and a half will change her body. I want to go wag my finger at her and tell her how easy it all is at her age. This then makes me start to feel old. A few nagging questions start to poke at my self-confidence. Am I too old to have Taylor Swift’s new album on repeat in my car? Do I have to let go of the hope that I might be famous like Taylor one day? Am I really a grown up like the other Mums at the school gates? Will it ever be appropriate to wear a mini skirt again? What is my age and what does it mean? I am 32. So I know you may have just tutted or sighed and thought “Oh to be 32 again!” and “She is being ridiculous, she is not old at all.” Stay with me here, this is getting good now [ironic song lyric quote intended]. I often ask myself why I didn’t start my fitness journey in my teens or early 20s. I could have been so much better than I am now, right? I could have been world class (and famous!) at, erm…, something…, maybe. Hindsight is the most beautifully useless concept in the world. […]