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Are You Ready For It?
That’s all I’ve heard this week: are you ready for it, how are you feeling about it, do you know who you’re fighting yet…….and honestly, I don’t know! Does 8 weeks of twice a week training actually prepare you to get into a boxing ring and punch another individual? And on that note – is […]
Read articleYour Own Personal Boot Camp!
As we look ahead to planning our Motive8 Boot Camps for next year, it’s nice also to look back on the sessions that we held in 2016. It’s great listening to feedback and looking at photographs and videos so that we can finely tune appropriately. But in order to show you what you missed out […]
Read articleIt’s A Knock Out!
The scariest exciting thing happened on Tuesday in training. When we were sparring I knocked someone out. ME! All-the-gear-no-idea me. Little wouldn’t-hurt-a-fly and peaceful-vegan-just-wanting-to-get-back-to-fitness Kate. It wasn’t a hard punch, but I got her on the forehead and down she went. I’ll be honest, I didn’t like it and it doesn’t make me feel any more confident […]
Read articleYoga Postures For Boxers
Ok ok ok – if you’ve read some of my previous blogs ever, you’ll know I think that EVERYONE should do yoga. However, with all this training I’m doing for my boxing match, the need to stretch is become more and more frequent. I find that yoga is a great way to facilitate that stretching […]
Read articleWhat’s To Stop Me Punching Like The Duracell Bunny?!
It’s suddenly dawned on some of the girls this week (or at least that they’re admitting too out loud), that we’re going to be fighting each other soon. We’re looking around the room and eyeing up anyone roughly the same weight and height. We’re watching their every move: how hard do they punch, what are […]
Read articleAdding Colour To Your Meals!
Have you ever considered what makes food so good? Why is something your favourite food? Is it purely because of its taste? It can’t be just taste surely! Your food has to LOOK appealing, it has to smell NICE, it has to sound TASTY before you go near it. Meals are so much more than […]
Read articleUpper Back Exercises For Boxing
As promised last week, this blog focuses on some of the exercises I’m doing to strengthen my delts, lats and pec major as part of my on going training. If you missed last week’s blog on shoulder girdle exercises click here, in the meantime stay tuned for some more upper back exercises for boxing. In […]
Read articleBoxing Inspired HIIT Workout
You may have heard it mentioned recently that I’ve entered a Pink Collar Boxing Match?! No?? Where have you been! Well I have, and with the fight being only 5 weeks away I’m training everyday – upper body endurance and cardio – to be ready for it. I’m blogging separately about my upper body training, so I wanted […]
Read articleShoulder Girdle Exercises For Boxing
If you read my blog last week, you’ll know that I am currently undergoing 8 weeks of boxing training for a Pink Collar Boxing Match I have entered on the 1st October. As I’m returning back to fitness after injury, I’m finding training really pushes me – it’s awesomely hard work (and feels so good […]
Read articleMy Pink Collar Boxing Challenge!
It’s an understatement to say that the last 6-9 months have been a challenge for me – both physically and mentally. My back pain returned with absolutely debilitating results. I had to stop 99% of my physical activity, simply because there were days where getting out of bed was almost impossible. Movement has often been severely […]
Read articlePosture Advice Finale – What You SHOULD Be Doing
Our posture series draws to a close. But you need to keep in mind that we have only focused on the common postural “problems” that we come across on a day to day basis – these are not the only poor postural habits people have! So as part of our Posture Advice Finale, here are […]
Read articleAubergine And Tomato Soup Recipe – Enjoy Cold or Hot!
This is a story about improvising – and what’s more, improvising successfully!! When I went to make my tea yesterday, I certainly hadn’t planned to make a roast aubergine and tomato soup! Most of all – I hadn’t thought about having cold soup! But have you ever had one of those days where you partner […]
Read articlePosture Advice Part 4 – Watch Your Legs!
How you sit or stand plays an important role in your overall posture. If you slouch in your chair or stand on one leg – they both have postural implications. When we stand, we want to have our legs parallel to each other with our knees and toes pointing forward. When we sit we want […]
Read articleCompetitive Fat Burning Workout
There’s nothing better than a bit of friendly competition – especially when it comes to exercise! Here’s a great fat burning workout for you to do with your friend(s) or partner and it’s all body weight so there are really no excuses! This is HIIT at its best. This is a challenging full body work out so […]
Read articlePosture Advice Part 3 – Lordosis
Did you know that 8 out of 10 people will suffer with non-specific lower back pain – that’s pain which cannot be attributed to spinal structural problems or infection. It’s a scary number – so why aren’t we doing more to help stop the pain from occurring in the first place? It’s probably because as […]
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