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A Prescription for Reducing Stress………Exercise
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‘The Time is Now’
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Body Image – How Do you See Yourself?
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7 Great Ways to Lose Weight Over 40
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Back to School – Re-Evaluate and Review
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“It does exactly what it says on the tin”
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A Time for Recalibration
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Ctrl-Alt-Del – The Stress Re-Boot
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Mindfulness – There’s a word to conjure with
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Don’t Let the Past Hold You Back
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Believe in Yourself and you will Achieve
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Get to the Core
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To employ a Personal Trainer or not, that is the question
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Functional Fitness – A Life Without Limits
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‘Quick Fix’ – I Want It Now
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Too Much Information? – How Do You Exercise?
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The Power Of Positivity
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One for the Boys – Men’s Health
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One for the Girls – Using Weights
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Fast, but not furious – interval Training
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Here’s to You! – Celebrate Your Achievements
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Go ‘Old School’ ……….Skipping
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‘The Easy Life’
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Winter Training – Get Outside
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Banish the Winter Blues & Restore Balance
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Walk The Walk
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01.10.16
Getting Stuck In and Sticking to It – Resolutions
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“Ready, steady………Go!”
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All I want for Christmas is…
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12.11.15
The Right Stuff – Part 2
In Part 1, I looked at what can hold us back from achieving our goals, and now I want to explore som…
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12.11.15
The Right Stuff – Part 1
Former professional basketball player turned successful businessman, Michael Jordan, once said that …
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Va-Va-Voom anyone?
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11.17.15
More Bang For Your Buck
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11.17.15
It’s a Jungle out there
“I’m a Celebrity, get me out of here” is a guilty pleasure – there, I’ve said it. I have r…
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11.17.15
If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got
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The Fat of the Land
Fat deposition in the body….that’s a phrase to conjure with. The fat in our bodies presents itse…
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11.17.15
Have you got time?
I heard a blast from the past this week ….. “Time (Clock of the Heart)” by Culture Club, a…
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Fitness After Injury: The Dos And Don’ts
There are few things worse than getting injured, especially when you’ve found a training flow. You…
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How To Eat, Workout And Be Happy
We all want to feel great. Although sometimes the thought of going to the gym or working out is too …