Women’s Fitness

I doubt there are many of you who don’t remember the pure horror of being told to ‘eat your greens’ by beady-eyed elders at the dinner table, circa 1995? Okay, okay: I don’t know when you, dear reader, were five years old. But I’m pretty positive there must have been a moment when the grotesque swamp-weeds sitting on your plate …

Dear Dieting Reader, So, here’s a stickler of a situation: what do you do when you actually get to your goal weight? It is a truth universally acknowledged by anyone who has ever lost weight, that losing weight seems easy in comparison to doggy-paddling at a happy plateau. Fad diets encourage us to lose weight quickly and easily (that is, …

What is water weight and how is it different to fat? Fat is simple: your body stores excess calories as fat, leading to weight gain when you are eating more than your body burns in a day (there are 3,500 calories in one pound of fat). It takes time to gain fat, and it takes time to lose fat. But …

Alright, it’s confession time: I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t battled with emotional eating in a big way. And I admit this to you here, dear reader, because if you’ve ever struggled with binge-eating from stress or anxiety, then you’ll know that it can be quite damaging – not just to your weight-loss efforts, but to your motivation …

If you’re anything like me, you’ll sometimes get the feeling that life is kind of unfair. Genetics dictated that I was never going to be a Victoria’s Secret model. However, there are some things that we can all change; for example, it is my current lifestyle that stops me from, say, running a marathon or losing that stubborn last few …

If you suspect that you might be at increased risk of developing osteoporosis then please discuss it with your doctor. Osteoporosis is a problem that faces many women as they grow older. It is a progressive metabolic bone condition characterised by a reduction in bone mineral density (BMD), mass and micro-architectural changes rendering them weaker and more susceptible to low-energy …

Everyone’s got a favourite muscle group, a favourite day in the gym – well, my name is Amy and I’m a fan of leg day. Training so hard you find yourself walking like a duck for two days afterwards? Yep, I’m all about it. In fact, I love leg day so much I decided to write a little article for …

Cellulite: whether or not you regularly stalk through the Mail Online or peruse the celebrity gossip magazines in the newsagents’, chances are you’ll agree that it sucks. There’s Kim Kardashian et al just haplessly lerping around on a beach somewhere and next day the tiny dimples on their skin become front page news. But here’s the deal: 90% of women will …

A friend of mine recently messaged me with a problem that I definitely also had when I started strength training. Okay  – several problems. Do I need to take supplements? Which supplements do I need, and when do I take them? It’s taken a lot of time and research for me to overcome my basic #fitnessn00bprahblems, but for all the …

At some point along the line, buying a multivitamin became akin to choosing a breakfast cereal or a new lipstick – that is, there’s way too much choice out there. Gummy vitamins, soluble vitamins, vitamins for kids, teens, menopausal women, 50+ … the list goes on. And then some. And one of the big differences is, of course, the array …