Rows are fantastic for improving your posture, developing back muscle and grip strength, and increasing your confidence in the gym – you can go heavy without fear of dumbbells falling on your face! To get the most out of this exercise…🏋️♂️ DON’T lift the elbow so high! Getting your chicken wing on might make you feel…
Read MoreIf you’re not used to squatting with weight just yet the barbell can look big and scary, but it doesn’t have to be! Here are our top tips for a great set up: ➡️ Line yourself up: place your hands evenly on the bar using the ridges as a guide➡️ Duck under the bar ensuring…
Read MoreONLY 6 PLACES LEFT FOR OUR REBOOT CHALLENGE!
New years resolutions seem like so long ago, don’t they! You’d be forgiven for tossing them in the too-hard basket this year after everything we’ve endured in the last few months!
Read MoreIt’s a given that food can affect how we feel: whether you’re digging into a degustation, having a sneaky snack or doing the newest diet, what you eat (or don’t eat) now can dictate your mood for the next few hours.
Read MoreWe know that some days just getting to the gym is a massive win. On days where you have a little more energy, here’s how to direct it for best results!
Read MoreThe world feels very chaotic right now. We’ve got lots of very big things going on and it’s normal to not feel super motivated when there’s so much uncertainty.
Read MoreFeeling caught up with stress, uncertainty and anxiety?
There’s a lot we can’t control (always, but especially now!) but we CAN control our breathing, and use it to increase energy and decrease tension. Practicing breathwork helps to active the parasympathetic nervous system, taking us out of ‘fight or flight’ mode and bringing us into ‘rest and digest’.
Read MoreJoin Emma for a short, easy stretch to relieve your upper body tension. The whole sequence can be done seated so it’s the perfect mini-break for working from home. No crazy complicated stretches, no co-workers raising an eyebrow, just you, giving your body a little bit of TLC!
Read MoreHow do you frame your exercise?
Is it a must, or a “get to”?
Do you do it for fun, or for punishment?
My side life is teaching yoga and pilates classes, which means that I get to workout almost every day. But when I am moving in classes, my brain is firing, I am constantly thinking about what we are doing next, if people are following along, corrections I can make, what the vibe is like… You get it, it’s not super chill.
I get that it can be hard to get over that initial hump of getting moving. But truly, this is a time where anything is better than nothing
Read MoreI know you started the year with big aspirations.
“2020 is going to be my year!”
“It’s going to be different this time!”
“I want to lose 10kg and get fit again!”
January 2020 looked like a such a clean slate, golden
with opportunity for your big comeback. But now it’s March and you still look,
feel and think the same. Oops!
What are you meant to do when your big plans have gone awry! When that 6-week
challenge didn’t shave any centimetres off?
Creating last change is HARD!
But it’s not impossible.
Here are the biggest mistakes we see, AND how to overcome them!
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