What a lovely week! Apart from the footy-booo and the cricket-booo and I am not going to mention the tennis as Andy is playing today. I have followed Andy since he was a junior and bored anyone who would listen that one day he was going to do it, his taciturn demeanour was a measure […]
Doesn’t time fly? The kids will be breaking up for school in about a month and no doubt lots of you will be looking forward to a well earned summer break. If you have not been to class for a few weeks or months it is a perfect time to come back. You would be […]
What a glorious week! It all started so well on Sunday when Charlotte Lane, Jon Musker, Toby Moore, Mark & myself ran the St Albans Half marathon completing the first bootcamp/ Pt challenge. It was very hot, very hilly and very hard but everyone got around in good time, in one peice and smiling with […]
What’s in your salad dressing? I hope everyone is having a fab week. As you know I love being outdoors but this weather makes it such a pleasure to be outside taking sessions and topping up the vitamin d levels. As soon as the weather warms up most of us reach for the salad bowl […]
Resistance at Bootcamp Bootcamp is planned, there is still a lot of cardio involved but also some resistance work, there is a section detailing why this form of training is so important at the end of the e mail. Lots of people are away so an anticipate a quieter class, if you want to guarantee […]
Cardio to work off calories With Easter coming up I want you to have the opportunity to work off as many kcals as possible – chocolate damage limitation in advance! There will be a focus on cardio this week and in case you need reminding this is why getting hot, sweaty and breathless is soooo […]
The big news is there will be a boxing circuit class with kettle bells on wed eves 6.30 to 7.30 in Victoria park. This is same price as bootcamp so if you pay in advance this can be used for Wednesdays too. You can drop in and bring friends but if possible it would help […]
There is a fair bit to cover this week, so where to start? Hope you are all having a good week? You will be relieved that this is short today as time has run away with me again! Firstly after the “3.5 teaspoons of sugar in Covent Garden skinny soup” scandal I have included a […]
There is a fair bit to cover this week where to start? Firstly nutrition has been in the news again, this time it is a study indicating that fat is not the enemy and consumption of saturated fats does not have a direct bearing on incidents of heart disease. As usual the media have taken […]
How can you not be having a good week in this beautiful weather? The sunshine completely elevates the general mood, so I hope you are managing to get outside. Today’s topic is about the seven basic principles of exercise. Preventing heart disease The death of Bob Crow yesterday was pretty shocking, leaving his politics aside […]