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Why, When & How to Gain Muscle

26.03.2026

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Maintaining or gaining muscle is supremely important throughout your whole life, but it becomes especially important during perimenopause.

When your hormones are changing, strength training provides support to your whole body – it helps to balance your hormones, it helps your brain work better, it helps to improve your sleep quality, and it helps to prevent injuries and that feeling of your body falling apart!

It’s not a magic pill – but, it’s the closest thing we have to one!

The great news is that you don’t need to spend all day working out. In fact, just a couple […]

Everything In Our Bodies Is Connected!

24.02.2026

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Fitness, Health

Have you had a look at my new YouTube channel? There are videos on there about improving your consistency, and about why you’re not getting the results you’re hoping for from your current workout… And more to come soon!

I’d love to know what you’re struggling with most on your health and fitness journey, so I can write articles and make videos to better help you. Please reply to this message and let me know.

We all know that everything in our bodies is connected… But do we really understand what that means?

Our hormones are […]

Why Consistency Is Key To Achieving Your Health & Fitness Goals

10.02.2026

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Health, Mindset, Weight Loss

Consistency is the absolute key to succeeding at your health and fitness goals.

You could have the best plan in the world, and yet, if you don’t manage to stick with it then it’s pretty useless.

Equally, you could have a very average plan, but if you’re able to consistently follow it, it will always create better results.

There are three big enemies of consistency, and I’ve spoken about them on my new YouTube channel.

If you’re interested in learning about these enemies and how to turn them around so you can develop consistency, please […]

Carb Loading for Exercise

27.01.2026

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Fitness, Health

Carb loading is a bit of an outdated thing, yet, most people would think of loading up on carbs a day or two ahead of any endurance effort.

The principle is that by increasing the amount of carbs stored in your body over the week before the event means you have more glycogen available for energy.

Carb loading has been studied for years, and it can be useful for longer duration, constant paced activities. There are no benefits for shorter duration activities or for weight training.

The issue with carb loading is the effect throughout your whole system.

How energetic […]

How’s Your Water Intake?

22.01.2026

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Health

Personally, I am terrible at drinking water. Water intake is a constant work in progress for me!

How about you? Do you drink enough water? Do you find it easy?

But, why is water so important – and how do you know if you’re getting enough of it?

Well, 2/3 of our body is made of water and we’re constantly losing it through urine, sweat and breathing – so, it’s important to replenish your supplies!

Water helps keep your digestive system flowing smoothly. It helps lubricate your joints. It helps to regulate your body temperature. It gives your […]

Christmas Food Anxiety?

17.12.2025

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Health, Mindset

I know the Christmas food and drink can bring anxiety for many of you.

More social events mean you’re less in charge of what you’re eating or drinking. The nature of Christmas meaning you’re much less active than usual. Going to bed later, and generally not being in much of a routine – it all adds up to more weight on the scales, as well as rubbish energy levels, a struggling digestive system and being in a less-than-chirpy mood!

I have some tips for you, to help you start the New Year in a good place […]

How’s Your Year Been?

8.12.2025

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Health, Mindset

We’re approaching the end of the year.

Time for a little check in – give these couple of questions a bit of thought over a cuppa.

How’s the year been for you?

Have you achieved what you hoped you’d achieve this year?

If so – what has worked so well for you? What’s next?

If not – why not? What hasn’t been working? What do you need to do differently?

Try not to get bogged down in the detail; instead, keep your thinking “big picture”.

Cold plunges, vagal nerve stimulators, mushrooms, creatine, collagen, weight loss injections, might all […]

Does Strength Exercise Slow Brain Ageing?

28.11.2025

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Fitness, Health

I saw a headline this week… People with more muscle mass tend to suffer less brain ageing, scientists have found.

This is the second time recently that I’ve found myself wondering whether we really needed a study to tell us this.

Strength training really is the closest thing to a magic pill that there is. The effects of the actual exercise are huge, and the downstream effects reach so much further.

The very nature of the exercise means you’re much more ‘in the moment’ than you might be if you were going for a walk or a swim […]

Can You Gain Strength When You’re Over 60?

3.11.2025

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Fitness, Health

You can still gain strength when you’re over 60.

In fact, the studies show the muscle gain potential is pretty similar to younger people.

Your maximum strength potential is less overall, but you can gain strength gains really quite quickly.

In one three month study, knee extension strength in people in their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s increased on average by 174% – the least improvement was 65% and the highest was 374%.

This study used 30-40 minute strength workouts at a moderate intensity twice a week – and it only looked at the exercise, it didn’t […]

How’s Your Circadian Rhythm?

20.10.2025

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Health, Mindset

As the clocks change this weekend, apparently along with the weather, I thought it would be a good time to write about daylight and circadian rhythm.

While it is much easier to not bother going outside when the days are shorter and the weather is less than inviting, it is still well worth making the effort, because even when the weather is miserable, it is significantly brighter outside than it is inside – so you’re still getting that all important serotonin hit.

They say that a good night’s sleep starts the minute you get out of bed in the […]