by Tracy Ward | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog Updates, Fitness, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
The massage balls, often known as “spikey balls” are popular within the fitness industry, and they are also used as a versatile piece of pilates equipment. They have many benefits including increased body awareness and proprioception, muscle release, muscle recovery,...
by Tracy Ward | Feb 7, 2020 | Blog Updates, Fitness, Health & wellbeing
Working out from home is so appealing for our every growing busy lives! But the reality is it can be hard to actually commit and make it happen. Working out at home can bring distraction- there are always other things to get done first, and because you don’t...
by Tracy Ward | Jan 24, 2020 | Fitness, Pilates
January is often all about getting back on track for working out, healthy living, healthy mindset, and so on, but ideally we would do this all year round! That being said I don’t think there is any harm in having good intentions at the start of the year. With...
by Tracy Ward | Jan 3, 2020 | Fitness, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
If you’re like most people and setting those good fitness goals for January, I thought it may be good to start this year’s blog posts with a practical one! For 2020 we will also have a NEW BLOG POST publishing EVERY FRIDAY! Like with anything,...
by Tracy Ward | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog Updates, Fitness
Upper body strength is often the area people feel less confident in, and even more so with push ups. There are ways to build up the strength gradually so that you are always achieving something, not just struggling along every time their done in your gym or class....
by Tracy Ward | Dec 13, 2019 | Fitness, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
The hips are often the most common area for us to hold tension in, giving us tight muscles and restricted joint mobility. Our more frequently sedentary lifestyles also encourage static postures and frequent sitting. Sitting postures place most of our body weight on...