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DOMS Demystified: How to Recover Like a Pro (Even After Killer Workouts)
When I first met this client, let’s call her Amethyst, she confessed that she was terrified at the prospect of experiencing any kind of pain during or after exercise. She never heard the word DOMS so I explained the different…
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SMART Framework: my secret formula for weight loss, fitness & rejuvenation
When I started as a Fitness Coach over 13 years ago (😱), I knew how to get results but struggled to explain how and why it worked. My first coach challenged me to distill the core of my approach into…
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Mindset Magic: How Positive Thinking Fuels Your Age Reversal Success
In part 4 of this mini-series of blog posts about my age reversal adventures and how you too can experience the benefits, I want to dive into something that’s absolutely crucial when it comes to reversing aging: your mindset. Tons…
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Reversing Aging: Simple Fitness and Wellness Strategies That Work
So far, in my short series of blog posts introducing you to the wonderful world of reversing aging with ghetto tools, we’ve covered “3 Must Have’s” and “Mistakes to Avoid”. In this post, I want to share some of the…
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How NOT to get fit when you’re over 50
The funny thing about getting older is that one day you wake up and all the strategies you used to get fit up to your 40’s no longer work. In fact, they can be totally counterproductive. Whenever I am out…
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Reversing Aging: How to Stay Grounded in a World of Wild Possibilities
If you’ve been diving deep into the world of anti-aging books and binge-listening to every podcast out there on reversing aging like me, it’s easy to get drunk on the endless possibilities. Stem cell infusions? Cutting-edge regenerative medicine? Sounds amazing,…
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Aging in reverse: 3 MUST HAVEs for “eternal youth”
Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about feeling as energetic and carefree as you did in your 30s? What if I told you that aging in reverse isn’t just a whimsical fantasy but something well within your grasp? No, I’m…
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Morning or evening? Is there a best time of the day to exercise?
Have you ever wondered if there’s a best time of day to exercise for maximum results? According to a recent study, there is! 🙌🥳 According to a study published in the Journal of Frontiers in Physiology, the time of day…
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Beating the odds: how I recovered from a bruised bone without help
Accidents happen. You’re doing your thing, and suddenly, life throws a spanner in the works. You find yourself in the doctor’s office, staring at an MRI scan result, with the top orthopedic surgeon in the county solemnly predicting a grim…
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How NOT to give up on your fitness journey (psychology lesson)
The main reason why you don’t get the results you want from your weight loss or fitness journey is a lack of consistency with your efforts, especially in the face of adversity (plateaus). I see it happen all the time…
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Mythbuster: “I don’t have enough space to exercise”
There’s a “myth” going round that many people seem to believe in: you need massive amounts of space and a lot of equipment to be able to exercise effectively. In my experience, this is simply not true unless of course…
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Don’t let SAD drown your spirit. 5 tips for excellent mental health this Winter.
When the clocks go back at the end of October social media gets flooded with posts about mental health to dispel the myth that it’s something to be ashamed of. I am totally on board with this as there is…
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How to stay consistent with your fitness efforts. My thoughts.
One of the biggest struggles that people face when they set off on a fitness journey is consistency, I know this because they tell me all the time, and I see other trainers also talk about it all the time…
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The Lost Art of Taking a Nap
A few weeks back there was an interesting conversation going on in one of the groups that I belong to. We were discussing our business goals for the forthcoming weeks when, rather quickly, the conversation turned to most people confessing…
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Have SMART fitness goals? This is how you reach them.
The start of any weight loss and fitness program brings about a steep learning curve. Especially if you are doing it on your own. In fact, sometimes that learning curve is so steep that it can put you off very…
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Are your HIIT workouts making you fat?
A lot of the time, when people start planning their weight loss journey, they focus too much on exercise without really knowing if what they are planning on doing is going to be any good for them. Although for the…
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How to reduce belly fat. And it’s not what you think.
Of all the questions that I am asked “How do I get a flat tummy?” is probably one of the most popular and for good reasons… getting rid of the fat lives in your abdominal area isn’t straight forward. People…
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6 steps for Spring cleaning your life
It seems that Winter has had its final reprise here in the UK and Spring is finally here to stay. At last. It’s only late May… As a health and fitness professional, I’m constantly preaching the importance of things like…
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Workouts online: 30 Day Shred review
Online workouts on YouTube often come up in conversation with potential clients or people that I meet at social events all the time. And in the past few weeks they enjoyed a surge in popularity as people tried to find…
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No Quarantine 15 Fitness Challenge
The phrase “Quarantine 15” has been spreading quickly these past couple of months. In case you are not familiar with the expression, it’s the estimated amount of weight gain in pounds that people will experience during the lockdown. That’s scary!…
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4 mindsets to avoid if you want to change your body for Summer
Did you know that April is the month of Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and beauty? Since it’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, April is also considered a strong time for growth. It’s an opportunity for you to step powerfully into…
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How many calories in alcohol?
In my years working in the health and fitness industry, one of the most common things that I see inhibit people in their weight loss or maintenance efforts is alcohol consumption. If I had a pound coin for every time…
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Are you listening to your negative emotions and fears?
No one likes the experience of feeling negative emotions. Whether it’s stress, uneasiness, unhappiness, uncertainty or disappointment – it just feels bad. And it’s supposed to. Sadly there are a lot of negative emotions around at this time. Sure, we might be…
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6 Strategies for Healthy, Quick, & Convenient Dinners
The biggest obstacle I hear from the people I coach is that they “just don’t have the time.” Before the lockdown people were SO busy with work, families, managing a house, and the million other things that came up. And, to…
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What would happen if you changed your trajectory by 1%?
What would it look like for you to change just 1% of your daily habits, behaviours or thoughts? What’s the impact of a tiny 1% change? If you were flying an aeroplane and you flew off course by just 1%,…
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The other side of the Coronavirus crisis
This is not a blog post that I planned to write. Ever. But since we are experiencing something unprecedented I thought it would be best to collate some information that will help you stay safe as the pandemic rages on.…
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What’s the big deal about carbs?
Although Too Old To Tumble is more focused on fitness than weight loss, as we approach Spring (hurry up, please!) people inevitably start to take their diet more seriously and suddenly carbs become the public enemy number one. So here…
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Does your new year resolution need a (fitness) reboot?
Do you remember what you said you were going to do earlier this year on January 1st? I know, I know. Through the hustle and bustle of the holidays, then Valentine’s Day, then Ash Wednesday and so on, it’s so…
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How NOT to get fit when you are over 50
The funny thing about getting older is that one day you wake up and all the strategies you used to get fit up to your 40’s no longer work. In fact, they can be totally counterproductive. Whenever I am out…