Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength
I regularly post with useful tips to help you with your fitness and nutrition. If you are just getting back to exercise after the birth of your baby or regularly attend my classes you'll find some useful information here.
Fitness, Menopause Advice, Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise, Pregnancy Support
Why its good to progress gradually
Progress safely I am definitely from the school of slow and steady progression. Many a time I have heard about someone coming back from an injury too soon, pushed it too much and wham bam - back to where they started with their injury!! I know most of us are ...
Fitness, Menopause Advice, Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise, Pregnancy Support
Hope, Positiveness & that niggling Anxiety
How are you all doing?? How have YOU been coping with the change in your life? It has been so interesting reading about and hearing from different friends at this time - a common theme has been about their not sleeping well or this general feeling of anxiety they have. ...
Fitness, Menopause Advice, Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise, Pregnancy Support
Are you Exercising ‘right’ for your body?
Are you doing the right exercise to suit your body? This is something I really wanted to put out there at this very unique time of our lives. It is unique in so many ways - we are stuck at home, home teaching, allowed to go outdoors 1x a day ...
Menopause Advice, Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise, Pregnancy Support
Online & Live classes are going well. Do join me, if you can!
How are YOU 6 weeks in? Updated 18 March 2020 How are YOU 6wks in? from Vicki on Vimeo. Hi Everyone, A very quick hello to see how everyone is getting on. For those who have joined me for classes I hope you are enjoying them and thank you. They ...
Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise
Fitness Series 2 – New Mum’s getting back to fitness
New Mum's, those with a weak core, diastasis or pelvic floor issues This is such a vast area to talk about regarding improving or getting back to fitness levels. I will break it up into the earlier post-natal woman and then those who are going on for a year plus. ...
Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength
Be Nice to YOURSELF
You’re probably wondering when this photo was taken – certainly not a recent one with the wind and rain we have had these past few weeks!! No, this was at the Lido in February last year. We had the most amazing week of warm sunshine. This was taken when I ...
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An interesting take on non-dairy milks
This is a topic everyone is talking about going into 2020. Importantly, it is about looking at alternatives to save our planet. It is amazing how many people are now turning to Veganism or have done Veganary – if you are one, I would love to know how you got ...
Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength
Body Image and how we see ourselves
As we start a new year it always makes me think of new beginnings and how so many people try to change so much, try to lose weight, start something new and punishing ...... but why do we feel we have this need to 'improve' or make ourselves 'look ...
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How is your back or Pelvic Floor pressure when lifting?
I have had a few questions sent to me by Imogen, one of my Buggyfit Mum's, who has asked advise with lifting - especially when in a difficult position. This applies to EVERYONE, not just new mum's. How do you lift?? Do you bend from the tummy? Do you know ...
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End of a Decade & How are YOU?
Wow can you believe we are coming to an end of this decade! Into the 2020's next month. Are you the type to spend time thinking about what you have done these last few years? Or do you look ahead at new horizons and think about what you would like ...
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The Impact of Stress on our Bodies
This year has been a bit of an emotionally stressful one for me and I have definitely felt it in my body. I don't think we realise how much pressure our body takes and how hard it has to work when stressed. In the work I do, I spend so ...
Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise, Pregnancy Support
Are you an ‘All or Nothing’ person?
I often say to my clients, 'a little is better than nothing'. However, some people just feel they have to go to the gym or exercise for a whole hour or 1 1/2 hrs to make it worthwhile. Is that you?? WHY?? I think this used to be instilled into ...
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How Stress affects our bodies
A quick post this week as I have now had a few clients who have been under a lot of pressure of late. Without initially realising, their poor bodies have gone into over-drive and they have found themselves with either low energy, poor bowel habits, back pain or other such ...
Fitness, Menopause Advice, Pelvic Floor Health and Core Strength, Postnatal Exercise, Pregnancy Support
Insta vs Reality & Guest writer
Hello all, Vicki is getting some much needed R&R! I am Harriet, Vicki's PA and the guest writer this week...hope you don't mind... I have been working for Vicki for a year now so most of you will have spoken to me on email and I just wanted to let you ...
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Top Tips part 2- Health, Exercise & Nutrition
How did you get on with the Top Tips last week? Anyone change your snack? Anyone try the easy whole body exercises?? Did you try the Mississippi's - I forgot to mention the ideal number is between 6 - 12 or 13. I said I would do another week of little Tips ...
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Top Nutritional, Exercise & Health Tips pt 1
Rightio, thank you to Clare from Buggyfit who said how she really likes reading my weekly newsletter & asked me if I could do more 'Tips' - nutritional tips especially. So yes, of course I always love to be asked to write about something, so much easier than me thinking ...
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PREGNANCY & THE 4th TRIMESTER
Hi I hope you have had a good weekend & are enjoying the late summer sunshine today! We've had a real 'get the house & garden sorted day' - how about you? Do you ever get that real get up and go on a lovely morning and feel great when so ...
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Pregnancy truths and myths 1
I often have ladies come to my pregnancy class as they want to carry on exercising but are unsure what they can do or what they should avoid. Generally, YES do carry on exercising but change it a little from what you had been doing, stay hydrated & try and ...
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Lethargic? More tired than usual?
You know when you are tired after a few late nights or very busy days or just not having good sleep. However, then there is another tiredness which you know is just not the same. Do you sometimes go through weeks of just not feeling like you have caught ...