Injury & Rehabilitation

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The 4S’s: Shiver – The Benefits of Cold Water Therapy

It’s part three in our Thrive in Five series on the 4S’s: sweat, steps, shiver, and strength. Four non-negotiables, at least one of which needs to happen every day, for a healthier, happier, and longer life. Because, as we keep saying, making a series of small, consistent changes can have […]

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World Health Day: how movement can improve our mental and physical health by Bodyshot Performance.

World Health Day: Movement

This Week’s Thrive In Five Is About Movement April 7th marks World Health Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Our Planet, Our Health’. World Health Day is a global health awareness day that commemorates the founding of the WHO (World Health Organisation). This year, the focus is on what we

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Thrive In Five: Preventative Health Yoga And Mobility

This week’s Thrive in Five is about yoga and mobility as a preventative health strategy. We’re talking about preventative health strategies this month, our health coach Liz is sharing information about yoga and mobility. There are many health benefits to stretching and particularly yoga, which includes the asanas, so the

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Thrive In Five: Posture tips How To Relieve Posture Issues after a long day at work

This Week’s Thrive In Five Is About Posture. We share some tips on how to recover and relieve poor posture or posture issues after a long day at work This week, our health coach Liz Marsland is talking all about posture. In particular, she is focusing on helping you recover

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Thrive In Five: Stretch for opening up the spine

This Week’s Thrive In Five Is Stretch For Opening Up The Spine, chest and hips With many of us sat behind a desk, working on a computer all day, resulting in compromised posture, back and spine issues and injuries. Prolonged sitting over time puts undue pressure on the low back and

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How I monitor my health using one simple number

In the last of my series of blogs on goal setting for lasting and sustainable change, I’d like to share with you how I track and monitor my health using just one simple number. Maintaining this number is one of my goals for 2018, and in keeping it simple, it

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How do I get my mojo back? Top tips for busy professionals

I’ve lost my mojo. I can’t get motivated. I used to enjoy what I’m doing, now it just seems like a chore. As a health and performance coach, these types of laments are familiar. Often, they are why clients come to us, and inevitably we witness these slumps whilst people

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5 reasons why cold showers are good for your health (and keep you cool during a heatwave)

  I’m loving my daily cold showers. That’s a statement I didn’t think I’d ever type. I was persuaded to try them having listened to a podcast where the guest, (the renowned Dr Joseph Mercola) was discussing the benefits of cold showers, or specifically, cold thermogenesis. It seemed to me

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Why health and wellbeing is even more important for the over 40’s – part 2

Welcome back to this three-part blog series on why fitness is so important for the over 40’s. Let’s start with a case study from one of our clients. Tori Edwards. Tori runs of the most successful model agencies in London, but when we met her less than 2 years ago, she

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How to use the principles of personalisation to minimise injury

Injuries are inevitable unless you’re very fortunate, and when they occur they can really sabotage your fitness efforts. I’ve had three injuries that have affected my training, and each time I’ve learned something new about how to cope with them. In fact, my whole ethos about intelligent training stems from

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