What really happens to your strength, endurance and body composition when you take time away from exercise? It's a thought that many of us will probably have at one point. Holidays. Illness. Work-life balance not balancing. The reality is, there will be many times where in spite of our best intentions — we just don't quite manage to make the gym the priority it normally is. Not only that, but I oddly find myself nervous at the thought of going back to the gym if I've had

I've been there. You're trying to lose weight. Cutting calories. Working out consistently. Doing everything "right". You're feeling good... and you confidently step onto the scales expecting to see that number move down. The result? Flatlined. Marginal movement. In some instances... even a gain. Weight loss = calories in < calories out, right? Fundamentally, yes? Unfortunately, what you see on the scale on any given morning isn't quite that simple. ——— The Science Your wei

There's something weirdly satisfying about finishing a session absolutely wrecked. Sweaty. Legs like jelly. Heart rate through the roof. A feeling of being stuck in your own personal hell for 45 minutes. Where — in exchange for this insanity — you get to walk out afterwards riding the waves of endorphins all day. I get it. It feels productive. I used to live for HIIT sessions and an unwavering belief that if I'm not sweating buckets at the end of the session, then did

Wanting to start training and knowing how to make it actually happen are two very different things. Starting training can feel overwhelming. Not only do you need to figure out what gym to join and navigate your way around unfamiliar equipment, you also need to understand how to make exercise fit around everything else already competing for your energy. The problem often isn't a lack of motivation. It's that you haven't built a system that makes acting on that motivation easi

There's an uncomfortable irony in launching a fitness and nutrition business when you currently don't feel at your fittest. But perhaps that's exactly why now is the right time to do it. I'm a qualified Level 3 Personal Trainer and Nutritionist. I know how to train and I know how to fuel my body. I've run a half marathon, competed in multiple Hyrox events (thankfully not the recent one in Beijing — IYKYK), and I've been in many periods of my life where I've felt incredibly