New launch…new gym equipment…
Prior to the London 2012 Olympics, less than 1% of the British Population could name a Paralympian. This week, Jonnie Peacock came third in the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year. The two-time Paralympic Champion who had his right leg amputated below the knee as a five year old after contracting meningitis, also become a household name thanks to BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. He became the first disabled contestant in the show’s history and had a mission to prove that he could be just as good as the other celebrities.
Hot yoga is constantly in the news with every other celebrity claiming that it’s changed their life... But do you know the true benefits of the hot and sticky class and is it just for Hollywood’s rich and famous?
It’s 3pm on a Friday afternoon. It’s been a long few days and the weekend is finally in sight. Then you remember and the horror begins to dawn on you. You’ve signed up to do a spin class at 7:30 tonight. In a moment of madness last week, you and your best friend decided that you were going on a new quest of self-improvement which meant Friday night would be gym night and not gin night. To go or not to go? That’s the question. You’re ill? Working late? What other excuse could you possibly come up with as a valid reason for not wanting to exercise on a Friday night?!
They say the road is a good listener so I’m off to tell it my story…
You may be someone that flies out of bed in the morning and can’t wait to go and get a few miles under your belt, or you may be someone that gets up, decides against the morning run because you must have breakfast first, then gets distracted and the next thing you know its 8pm and you finally drag yourself for a quick run to the shop to buy something for dinner. Either way, you’ll have felt better for getting out and doing something.
So many of us are guilty of trying fad diets and ridiculously intense workout sessions to try and lose weight before a holiday or trying to fit back in to our favourite outfit that has become slightly too tight. But how many of us put all the effort in for a few weeks and then go back to our old habits?
Weight loss is more likely to be more effective when at least 150 minutes of exercise is done a week and with just 45 minutes of exercise helping to eliminate 500 calories off your daily diet, it doesn’t take long to start seeing the effects. Combined with a healthy, balanced diet this can equate to an easy few pounds lost every week if done daily.
Two million fewer women than men get regular exercise and 13 million women and girls want to play sport, but there’s something stopping them. In a recent survey, it became clear that fear of judgment was to blame, or ‘gymtimidation’ as it’s recently become known.
