“Pull your belly button to spine” is a phase that I am sure you have heard many times in a Fitness/Exercise setting
The key reason that this cue is given by fitness professionals, yoga and Pilates teachers alike, is that they want you to activate your transverse abdominal muscles to create a support for the spine. These deep muscles lie underneath the major abdominal muscles and require a subtle activation. The transverse abdominal muscles are part of […]
The secret sauce – 5 key ingredients to attracting and keeping older adults into your fitness program
Since I started as the Program Coordinator for COTA’s Strength for Life program, it has always amazed me that many of participants joined, and NEVER left. I interviewed many of them extensively to find out what attracted them and what kept them. This is what I learnt. Click here to read the rest of this […]
Almond Croissants & Birth Trauma
These two things may seem like an unlikely blog title. But allow me to share a story with you. I have been a mover and shaker in the fitness industry for more than a decade. My passion has been to create a greater awareness of women’s health issues. And to build on this awareness to […]
Prolapse 101
My husband leaving represents the worst and the best thing that has ever happened in my life. I self-medicated with exercise and can quite honestly say that exercising every day saved my life. I returned to my career of teaching and although I have always loved teaching, I struggled with the politics of school. Throw […]
Imposter Syndrome. You’re in good company.
I know a young woman who is both confident and passionate. Blessed with a high EQ (Emotional Intelligence), she is able to quickly assess different personalities and dial in empathetically (if the need be). With ease. I often tell her, that this is her Super Power. These skills have been recognised in her work place […]
Navigating Menopause during a Pandemic
A few years back I wrote this article about moving into the age of perimenopause. And a few years on and I am still living this in-between stage. Still menstruating, but now, definitely ready to embrace the next era of my life. Menopause is a lot like puberty. It is the dance that our physical, […]
How to say No! to your Personal Trainer
3 helpful strategies to empower you to SAY NO! to something that the Personal Trainer or Group Fitness Instructor tells you to do, particularly in a group situation……