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Fitness
As the winter evenings draw in and the mornings stay dark, finding time for a run during daylight hours can be a difficult job. By the time you find the time to get your running gear on, it’s often dark out there, and the early morning run is no better. +
Fitness
Christmas is meant to be the most wonderful time of the year. However, as the festive celebrations increase in length each year, and as the overwhelming crowds of Christmas shoppers become more intense, it’s easy to fall into a state of Christmas fatigue. +
Fitness
We know that your fitness is important to you, and a combination of regular exercise and healthy eating goes a long way towards increasing your quality of life. If you like to take things further and enjoy a gym workout regime that’s great; it’s a sensible choice for both men and women. There is a problem, though: a gym membership can cost serious money. There’s a scenario that is played out all over the UK by many thousands of people: they invest in a gym membership, use it a few times, and then lose their enthusiasm for travelling to the gym and working out in front of others. +
Family
With dark mornings and evenings, it’s just too easy to lock the door behind you and not do any form of outdoor activities. As a dog owner, that’s pretty much impossible for me but for the kids, it’s important to wrap up warm this Winter and get outside! +
Fitness
It’s difficult enough to stay on track with a diet and exercise programme even when the weather is good and light evenings encourage long walks and healthy eating. Combined with cold weather and dark evenings, Christmas can often be the final nail in the coffin of a health kick that may already be flagging after the clocks go back. Work drinks and Christmas parties gang up on you, and the supermarkets are stocked with tempting food that we wouldn’t dream of eating throughout the rest of the year. Even our daily coffee fix gains a range of seasonal syrups, and more often than not, the temptation of whipped cream and sugar sprinkles on top. In short, Christmas can be a disaster for motivation. +
Fitness
With just under five weeks until Christmas (I think), I’ve personally been training and eating like a man on a mission! +
Fitness
The title of this blog entry is a terrible attempt at me trying to be funny. I’ve decided to write a post all about tennis and the first thing that entered my head was “new balls please.’ I won’t give up my day job then! +
Fitness
Everyone has one but not everyone makes the most of it. I’ve been working for roughly 15 years professionally and throughout that time I’ve had lunch breaks at my desk (meaning none!), in the canteen and out of the office. Over the past five years, my lunch break has changed – let me explain why. +
Family
It’s half-term now which means it’s time to find ways to keep the kids busy over the next few days! But fear not, there are a variety of ways to keep children entertained without setting them in front of the TV or video games. At this time of year, the weather is still pretty warm and while you may not be in t-shirts and shorts you can definitely still catch stray rays of sun. Being active as a family is also great for your health and general wellbeing. +
Fitness
I run a design agency during the day so I do spend an awfully long time sat at my desk. If you’re like me, we should all take a five minute break from our desks and stretch out. +