The best core exercise to fix your working from home posture, according to a personal trainer. We’ve accumulated a lot of unexpected things over the past year: an ever-growing loungewear collection, a drawer stuffed full of face masks (not the…
Read MoreCan TikToks viral weighted hula hoop workout actually improve your core strength?
Weighted hula hooping is the new workout trend going viral on TikTok, but what are the benefits? During lockdown we’ve all been looking for new fitness challenges or training styles to get us out of our exercise rut. From taking…
Read MoreJoin our Strong Women Mood Booster Weekender for six free fitness sessions
Join us for six free mood-boosting fitness sessions this weekend. As lockdown drags on (and on…), it’s easy to feel ‘meh’ about maintaining your fitness – and about life in general. So this weekend (Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February),…
Read MoreYes, you can do CrossFit at home – here’s how
Think CrossFit is too scary to do from home? Think again with this expertly-planned WOD. CrossFit is a very divisive workout. Those who do it love the multi-skill training style and the baptism into the huge, passionate community. The rest…
Read More“I missed my weekly spin class so much I trialled a home exercise bike – here’s how it went”
There’s nothing better than jumping on a bike in a pitch black room with music blaring and peddling until you sweat from your shins, according to Fliss Thistlethwaite. But could an at-home bike replace weekly spin sessions? Sometimes I sit…
Read MoreHow to choose the right weight for home workouts
If you want to add weights to your training, but don’t know what size dumbbells to buy, look no further. Bodyweight training has been a saviour throughout the pandemic. For many people, lockdown was a chance to kickstart the fitness…
Read MoreDon’t fall for the myth: you don’t have to be red and sweaty to have a killer workout
Think you need to be red and sweaty after exercise? So did fitness writer Chloe Gray, until she started learning how to handstand. Rarely do I find that doing or having more is actually better. Sure, having a huge circle of…
Read MoreThe best arm exercises to do from home (that don't require a huge variety of dumbbells)
The best exercises for training your biceps and triceps from home if you don’t have a whole rack of dumbbells. If there’s one thing to learn from the pandemic, it’s that you don’t have to work out at the gym…
Read MoreHow to get stronger with primal movement
Primal movement is all about crawling, hopping, squatting and jumping the way our forefathers did, long before the advent of laptops and desk jobs. Could it be the key to getting stronger, fitter and more physically resilient? In recent years,…
Read MoreTry this beginner friendly core exercise that will strengthen your lower abs
If you’ve been making your way through bodyweight exercises during your home workouts, you’ve probably spent a lot of time focused on abdominal training. When we’ve got no equipment and not much time, core exercises are some of the best…
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