by Jayne Attwood | May 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
We’re all familiar with the recommended number of steps per day, just as we’re all familiar with ideally eating five (although some say seven) portions of fruits and vegetables, but who came up with that idea? And why is 10,000 steps a day the chosen number? May is...
by Jayne Attwood | Jan 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
I don’t know if you know this about alcohol, but it’s not very good for you! So, since it’s January and the month when most people go ‘dry’ or make a resolution to cut down or quit the booze, I thought we could look at what happens to your body when you stop drinking...
by Jayne Attwood | Nov 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Google self-care and you’ll find articles and images that tell you that self-care is NOT self-ish! You’ll find analogies relating to empty cups, broken phones and even wedding cakes… I would like to say, quite simply, that self-care is giving yourself the time to do...
by Jayne Attwood | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized, Pilates
June was the month for PHITness, and we smashed out two super Pilates HIT classes a week and everyone loved it! What is Pilates High Intensity Training? In a nutshell, we work in sets of three Pilates-based strength or mobility exercises, fairly hard for intervals of...
by Jayne Attwood | Jan 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s no safe word for when your hip flexors go too far, but there are safer exercises for people whose hip flexors take over when it should be your core in control… You see, to work the core there are two movements to do, one is to move the upper body (hip flexors...
by Jayne Attwood | Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorized, Classes
Pump is a fantastic low impact group exercise class that focuses primarily on strength – you may have heard of branded versions such as BodyPump or Body Max. It’s suitable for beginners right up to Pump professionals! In our face to face classes, we use barbells with...
