Develop a Feel Good Mindset
In my last post, I talked about diet mentality - the mindset we all have towards our bodies, weight, food, exercise and health. Diet mentality is something we obviously want to let go of but in our world, it can be difficult to see that. I have discovered a...
Do you have a diet mindset?
Diet mentality is the product of diet culture and diet culture is everywhere so most people don't even realise that their mindset is unhealthy - I didn't, until fairly recently! Diet culture is the culture we live in; you cannot avoid it. In our culture,...
If you want to stop failing, you have to take your eye off the prize!
The main reason why people fail to reach their fitness goals is because they have their eye on the prize. The only reason they put their runners on and get out the door in the evenings is because they believe exercise will help them reach that goal (which in 9...
If exercise doesn’t feel good you’re doing it wrong
When I talk to new clients and class participants, something that comes up with almost everyone is that people don't prioritise feeling good. They expect that exercise will be hard and unpleasant because they are unfit and as they get fitter it'll get easier and they...
Be grateful
Instead of focusing on how unfit you are and how long it’ll take to get fit, why don’t you focus on the fact that you are lucky that you have the option to run? Be grateful that you are healthy, that you have two legs that still function as they should. Your body...
3 Reasons why running is so hard (and how to make it easy)
1. You start too fast and try to run too far too soonYou head out the door and run for as long as you can with no control over your pace. This is so painful you won’t get very far or if you do get far (as I did, that one night in London because I had no other choice)...
What science says about Walking
Many people I speak to feel that walking is not enough to get them fit and healthy. This is simply not true. Walking is, in fact, one of the best forms of exercise for not just your body and fitness but also for your mind and spirit. Here’s what science says 1....
The truth about weight loss — what the diet industry won’t tell you.
Recently, I asked my Instagram followers what they would like me to post about and the most popular answers were either weight loss or how to start exercising (in order to lose weight/get healthy). Here is my number one weight loss tip: the truth about...
5 mindset tricks that help you enjoy exercise
Everything starts in the mind — if you think you’re going to hate something, you’re usually right. Most people I work with hate exercise. It starts early on with a negative experience at school PE class and this is where we decide we hate exercise.
My job is not just to get people fit but to get them to change their mind about exercise — to realise that they can enjoy it so that they’ll keep it up for life.
Here are 5 mindset tricks I use with my clients to help them learn to enjoy exercise:
5 reasons why walking is better than running
Many people think that you have to push yourself really hard in order to get fit, no pain no gain, so walking is often seen as ‘not really exercise’ but the truth is, walking can be just as good as, if not better than, running especially if you’re a complete beginner! Here’s why: