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PERIOD TALK
A few years ago I finally voiced something I’d been thinking for a long time. Once a week I would teach a particularly busy evening of dance classes, various energetic sessions back to back. Some weeks I would sail through them, feeling pumped & energised even on the way home. But most of the time I would feel like I was having to drag myself through the last few and the walk home could sometimes feel like a glorified crawl.
It struck me that it seemed it was only one week in every four that I could really handle it. Firstly, that’s unfair. And secondly, WHY?!
Okay so what happens every 4 weeks… Oh yeah. My period.
Mindset - The Cornerstone Of Learning, Perseverance And Resilience
If you ask anyone I know they will tell you I am not very good at making my mind up and this was no different when I was trying to decide what I wanted to study at university way back when. I visited a number of universities and looked at all sorts of courses ranging from maths to history, I even started writing applications to drama school. Some would probably describe me as confused. I am going to describe myself as intrigued…about a lot of things.
The best (and worst) kind of relationship.
I would find joy in being hungry, the stronger the pangs in my tummy got the more I could visualise the fat simply melting away. Little did I know I was generating panic throughout my cells and causing my body to cling on for dear life to any drop of calories it got. I would gawk at pictures of emaciated models and listen with glee when people talked about experiences of anorexia, as if aspiring to one day be that committed.
It sounds crazy now but it wasn’t at the time. And it wasn’t for a long time after, I’m talking years.
9 reasons to add walking to your workout routine
According to psychologists, exposure to nature helps us shrug off societal pressures, allowing us to remember and value more important things like relationships, sharing, and community.
I mean… do we need to say more?!
Why Your Money Means More For Small And Local Business And Some Recommendations For Ely!
With the lockdown rules relaxing a little more each month, and the shops/restaurants slowly beginning to trickle open, we want to highlight the real heroes of our local area. Yes the big chains might entice you with a large menu and fancy marketing BUT the most important stores to support right now are the ones owned and run by your neighbours. By the people who make up your community. That’s where you should be splashing your cash. Not to be bossy but… it’s true.
Online Fitness Is Daunting, Until You Realise You're In The Comfort Of Your Own Room!
Let’s face it, YouTube is epic… We have free access to BILLIONS of videos in pretty much every genre and subject you can imagine, from the (very) weird to the wonderful. Plus it’s a fantastic arrangement for influencers & vloggers; they heroically & selflessly provide the world with ‘free’ content whilst stacking up the cash their ad revenue generates on every single click. 🐸☕
And whilst it’s a bit of a novelty having Joe Wicks putting you through your paces at 9am in your own house, there is still something missing.
Mental Health Awareness Week
Years ago my therapist took me through an exercise when I was in a particularly low period. She made me draw on a piece of paper the different boxes of my life and how much space they took up. As in; one huge whopping box for work that takes up most of the page and then a few small boxes around the edge for my diminishing social life etc. Then she asked me to draw another one for how I wanted my life to look. It was pretty different.
Let's talk about stress, baby.
Picture the scene (entirely hypothetical,of course):
You go to make yourself a tasty snack of peanut butter on toast. Upon opening the cupboard you find the last of the peanut butter has been used but the empty jar has been put back in it's usual place and no one has notified you that it's gone. Even though you use it every day. Every. Single Day.
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves…
Whether you’ve known us for years or you’ve only just taken your first FRESH. class, you may not know the backstory behind our collaboration and why these two gal pals ended up prancing around together. Well let me take a minute, just sit right there…
6 Habits And Behaviours Of Fitness Newcomers And How They Could Be Helping Or Hurting You
Please bin the theory of ‘weight-loss’ right now. Muscle weighs more than fat; so as you get fitter there is a high chance you will transform body fat into muscle and therefore there’s actually a chance your weight will INCREASE. Heaven forbid. The idea of weight being the holy grail of health is extremely outdated. When you really think about it - it’s an odd thing to obsess over, why does it matter how heavy or light you are? Unless you’re being smuggled on an Easyjet flight in someone’s luggage, it doesn’t bloody matter.
How To Juggle Mental Health And Wellbeing Amongst, Lockdown Fatigue And Isolation Worries
I can only speak for myself here but it seems a few others are feeling the same, we seem to be coping with isolation by further isolating ourselves in a little bubble of blissful ignorance. Merrily pottering around the house & enjoying hobbies we never had time for until now. We can cope with life if we only have to manage our own.
The A-Z's Of Fitness Classes @ FRESH.
Okay, so you walk into a studio (either in real life or virtually) and you’re presented by a list of classes: HIIT, POWERMAX, PIYO, FUNCTIONAL FITNESS, FLEXITONE… What the…? People casually stroll past you and book themselves into whichever arrangement of letters they like best and trot off to the studio while you stand there baffled by the difference between BOUNCE fit and ((BOUNCE)). Does one of those use trampolines or?!
WELL FEAR NO MORE, FRIEND. We’re here to clear up the confusion and tell you exactly which class does what.