3 Ways to Stretch Like a Pro

3 Ways to Stretch Like a Pro

Exercise

Staying supple is an important aspect of exercising. Here are 3 ways to help you stretch like a pro, and get the most out of your time at the gym Timer One of the most common things I see in the gym, is that people don’t stretch for long enough. It’s usually 1,2, miss...
3 Ways to Improve Yogi Squat

3 Ways to Improve Yogi Squat

3 ways to improve

You can’t read about the yogi squat without reading what a great functional exercise it is, and how it should be a stable in your exercise list. This is all true, but it also an exercise which for many women requires prep work first. It is also an exercise which may...
Getting Your Steps in When You Work From Home

Getting Your Steps in When You Work From Home

Walking

Getting your steps in when you work from home, changes when the season changes. 10,000 steps is general guidance, but you may do more or less depending on your circumstances My walking priority after October is sunshine. I live in Scotland and we have short days over...
3 Ways to improve Savasana

3 Ways to improve Savasana

3 ways to improve

Savanna is the last pose in a yoga class and often described as the most difficult! This post has 3 ways to help improve Savasana. As with any exercise, it’s important to know why you are doing it. This is personal to you and hopefully more than ‘I was told too!’...
9 Reasons to Track Your Exercise Habits

9 Reasons to Track Your Exercise Habits

Exercise

9 Reasons to Track Your exercise Habits When you are exercising in your fifties, it can feel like starting from at the beginning again. How you exercised before the menopause is not how you are exercising now Figuring out what you like and also what likes you!...
Plantar Fasciitis and Menopause

Plantar Fasciitis and Menopause

Walking

Many women complain of Plantar Fasciitis during the menopause. There isn’t a lot of medical evidence as to why it happens apart from the catch all ‘lowering estrogen levels’ Which is a bit frustrating so let’s look at the non-medical ways as how you can avoid Plantar...