If you are anything like me, you will have times when you are feeling really strong, fit, healthy and well-disciplined, and others when it feels like your healthy lifestyle has gone a little bit awry. I find that healthy behaviour breeds healthy behaviour, while once I start snacking and skipping workouts a downward spiral can [...]
I am acutely aware that for a blog ostensibly about exercise I haven’t written much on this subject in a little while. The various changes over the past ten months to my life, lifestyle and body as a result of pregnancy and childbirth have resulted in a shift in my fitness routine, with a significant [...]
On those occasions when someone remarks on how 'good' or 'disciplined' I am to exercise on a regular basis I always feel like a little bit of a fraud. It's not like I have to drag myself to the gym, or force myself to lace up my trainers, shunning a favoured spot on the sofa [...]
I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that the discovery of the Serial Podcast a couple of years back changed my listening habits for good. I was training for the Paris marathon at the time and found myself chain listening to episode after episode on my long runs. From that point on, podcasts rapidly [...]
As I get closer to my due date, and as London gets hotter and hotter, I'm finding swimming is my fitness saviour. I'm definitely slower and get tired a lot quicker than ever before, but I always feel better for just getting into the pool and moving my body. Being in the water also helps [...]
As June draws to a close, and with just over five weeks before Suze is due to be born, I wanted to reflect on the past six months. I suspect the next six months will be quite different to the last, so I wanted to take this opportunity to digest the first half of the [...]
One of the (many) great things about growing up as a swimmer is that I have developed a total lack inhibition when it comes to stripping off in a swimming pool changing room. When you've spent years trying to fit in training around school, and as an adult you find yourself squeezing a pool session [...]
While I've been trying to get into the pool at least once a week, I'll admit that recently I've not been swimming proper sets, but rather, just putting my head down and doing laps. However this week, inspired by a recent episode of the Rich Roll podcast with Australian Olympic swimmer Micheal Klim, and to [...]
Good run? It's amazing how two seemingly innocuous words can stir up such a array of emotions. I know when my husband poses this question he is just taking a casual interest in my daily activities, and yet when he asks, for some reason so many feelings - embarrassment, anger, upset and irritation - well [...]
As my last few posts have been interview or podcast based I thought I'd write a quick post to update you on my fitness and pregnancy progress over the past couple of months. I'm now just over 24 weeks pregnant (or five and a half months for those working in normal time) with a little [...]
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