Category: Fitness

Orthorexia: the unhealthy, healthy obsession

There’s no doubt that the health and wellness industry has been booming these past few years. People are becoming more mindful, and thus more educated. Slowly but surely, society is finally catching on to the fact that miracle pills are actually not so miraculous, and only through mindful eating and exercise can one really start

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Weekly Favourites

1. My new favourite health and fitness blog. Concise, well written and researched.  (theblondeethos.com) 2. Intermittent fasting and the studies behind it. (collective-evolution.com) 3. Start something great with the Whole Life Challenge. Join or create a team of your own. (wholelifechallenge.com) 4. Why I do Crossfit (theplayerstribune.com)  5. “The Game Changing Secret London Workout.” (womenshealthmag.co.uk)  

lululemon: the power of support

How do you want to feel? That is the key question you may be asked when moseying on over to any lululemon pant wall from now on. Of course, you can answer with an emotional response and a lululemon educator will be more than happy to have a chat about that as well. But the people behind lululemon

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Crossfit Perpetua: the hottest Crossfit box in London

After months of working out, whether it be TRX, barre, pilates, HIIT, or strength and conditioning training at studios throughout London, I can’t lie, as I got stronger and more into my fitness, I got a little bored with the same routines. It was time for serious changes and new challenges. Cue CrossFit Perpetua.

Paris Half-Marathon Part 1: the emotional side

This weekend I took part in my first ever half-marathon in Paris in honour of my big brother. And I didn’t realise just how emotional running in for someone close to your heart would really be. It only really hit me a week before the run and it started to scare me a little. After seeing

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On the radar: health and fitness blogger Keep it SimpElle

This past weekend I met up with personal trainer and fitness blogger Elle Linton from KeepitSimpElle.com. Elle’s positive energy was infectious and it was inspiring to hear her health journey and meet someone who so openly shared advice with a novice blogger like myself.

Setbacks…already?

NY 2015 Setbacks When discussing my 2015 visions and goals in a past entry,  I didn’t really think of the setbacks I’d be coming face-to-face with, but I am tackling my current one head-on. On December 29th I decided to go ahead with a surgery that I had been contemplating for years. And, while I waited until the 11th hour

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