Be:Fit London, the new Vitality Show?

The Vitality Show has been an annual event on my calendar for some years now; a decadent day of health and fitness related products, talks, food and fashion, shared with my water polo team mate and fellow vegan Soph. The show is always a great way to indulge our exercise and alternative eating interests, as [...]

Exercising with injury

Bandaged knees, finger tape, ankle and wrist supports, all familiar badges of injury and the desire to carry on regardless. As many readers will know, the problem with training regularly and striving to improve your performance is that it inevitably leads to stresses and strains on your body that can, in turn, lead to injury. [...]

An ode to swimming

I still love swimming. Still, because it was the sport of my teenage years and the time I spent dedicated to it had the potential to backfire. Training took up my Friday nights and Saturday mornings. We swam before school, after school, Sunday afternoons and Monday mornings. We'd spend hours at a time at the [...]