Fitness

25 June 2024

Fitness video: Target your abs and love handles

A trim silhouette with hardly an inch to pinch, it's time to target the abs and lose those love handles.  With the help of USN Fitness we have the exercises to see ...
18 May 2022

Trail Running: Top tips for if you're new to the sport

To help begin embracing trail adventures and trail running, and lean into the wellness aspects that come along with getting outside, medical advisor at AllTrails Dr. Suzanne Bartlett-Hackenmiller shares her top tips ...

28 April 2022

Yoga: The practice for peace of mind and fitness

Yoga is a practice challenging the fitness of mind, body, and soul, which traces back to northern India over 5,000 years ago, mentioned in the Rig Veda sacred texts. It ...
26 May 2021

Tish Shares Why Women Need to Add Weight Training into Their Weekly Workout Routine

Obesity is a silent pandemic that is affecting people’s health irrespective of their age. The percentage is higher for women. Thanks to the growing awareness of obesity-related health issues, women ...
4 May 2021

How to spot the signs of stress

Being in lockdown and the uncertainty over the last year has led to a record number of us reporting increased levels of stress. But how do you recognise the signs ...
4 May 2021

Seven tips to avoid the osteopath

As an Osteopath I advocate keeping the body in as optimum a condition as you can.  Research has shown that this can lead to a better frame of mind, improve ...

31 January 2021

I’m calling it, running is the 2020 of exercise

When I imagine my life post-pandemic, it involves a glamorous apartment, new job and early-morning workouts in the latest designer apparel. Unfortunately, the reality is an 11am workout in coffee-stained ...
21 August 2020

Seven exercises you can do at home if you’re scared to go back to the gym

By Jemma Thomas, Personal Trainer and Founder of Jemma’s Health Hub, an online fitness community for women (www.jemmashealthhub.com). The gyms are now open, albeit with smaller classes, less equipment and social ...
29 July 2020

Five benefits of abdominal strength: Why women should build their abs more

From the perspective of most women, building a resilient and sexy-looking abs should only be the concern of people like Serena Williams. After all, they’re the ones getting paid for ...
15 June 2020

Muscle Memory: Is It Possible to Regain Your Pre-Lockdown Body?

The coronavirus is spreading like wildfire and has frozen the everyday wheel of life for most people. While people all over the world are doing everything in their power to ...
9 November 2019

Jennifer West on body transformation and New Year fitness bootcamps

I'm going to focus this article around the New Year transformation bootcamps that you'll no doubt see advertised everywhere in a couple of months time. It is now officially the ...
23 October 2019

Four top fitness tips for beginners, from fitness expert and reality star Jennifer West

Today, I'm going to share with you my best fitness tips! There are just four tips I'm giving you, for when you want to get in the gym, or start ...
7 October 2019

Six tips on how to shape up with weight training, from fitness expert and reality star Jennifer West

If you have some serious aesthetic goals then you NEED to consider weight training! Have you thought about weight training before? Do you do it already and not see results? ...
30 September 2019

The four biggest gym myths busted, by fitness industry expert and reality star Jennifer West

Hey, my name is Jennifer and I have been in the fitness industry for around eight years now. During this time I have worked in many gyms and I think ...
27 August 2019

Protein for beginners: The four basic rules

Protein has never been more popular, and rightly so, as it offers multiple health benefits to all, and not just those who exercise regularly. The protein market is booming, and ...
23 July 2019

How to stop quitting sports and get results: Three secrets to consistency

You wake up on Sunday morning after an especially vigorous party with wine, pizza, and snacks. Feeling like the fattest person in this world, you promise yourself finally make it ...

15 July 2019

Six reasons why burpees are a badass addition to your workout

Burpees are one of the most exhausting bodyweight exercises. Whether you’re into your fitness or not, you will have heard of the humble burpee. Some appreciate them, others fear them ...
8 July 2019

Becks Boston on working out with a budget, making exercise a natural experience and more [EXCLUSIVE]

Bright lights, loud music, air-conditioning, swanky membership cards, blinking lights beeping and whirling machines. Modern gyms offer a lot to attract new gym-goers and justify their membership fees, but after ...
5 June 2019

Global Running Day: All you need to know about gait analysis

Jenny Blizard answers all the questions you ever had about gait analysis as we celebrate Global Running Day. She explores injury prevention, foot strides and running shoes for the serious ...

14 May 2019

Six of the best exercises for mental health

When suffering with mental health issues, getting out of bed can feel hard enough. But on the flip side, exercise is an incredibly useful tool to help combat some of ...
10 May 2019

Five ways Pilates can make your overall gym performance even better

From cardio to weight training, we all have individual preferences when it comes to our workout regime and how to achieve the best possible results. However, if you’re one to ...
9 May 2019

Introducing you to the world of Barreworks

At Barreworks, our clients range in age from 20-75, often in the same class - and often with the older clients ‘out-performing’ the younger ones! Lotte Berk, the doyenne of ...
3 May 2019

How women can put the best energy into their workouts and muscle building

For the majority of the time, women do not need to train differently to men as the principles of building muscle and losing fat are the same. Yet the reasons ...
26 April 2019

Six ways to turn yourself into a marathon machine

The infamous London Marathon takes place this Sunday (April 28), and with tens of thousands of people lacing up their trainers in order to pound the pavements for 26.2 miles, ...