Baby is the size of a pumpkin – approximately 50cm and 3kg if I can trust my pregnancy app (which would be already bigger than I was as a newborn). She could come any day now – exciting! I had my 38-week appointment with the midwife yesterday. So despite her prediction of a very early Read More
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Prenatal weight training programme – PT session 2
I mentioned earlier that I was going to have a session also with the prenatal personal trainer at the gym I joined, and indeed I did! Here are some thoughts about this experience and the strength training program we planned for my second trimester. The reason for meeting with two different prenatal PTs was that Read More
From hero to zero…and back!
As you know, exercise means a lot to me. It’s how I unwind, re-energise, destress, socialise, test my limits, exceed myself, feel empowered, the list goes on and on… Yet during my pregnancy weeks 5 to 10 I did little of it due to fatigue, nausea and most recently, an awful cold. I restricted my Read More
NYC – Change of scenery
Holidays are generally great. But if there is anything that can make a holiday slightly less great, it’s work. Unfortunately our trip to our friends’ wedding in New York came at a very bad time work-wise for both of us… But despite being pretty stressed, tired and distracted, we did enjoy our city break! Change Read More
HIIT the results
Putting baby talk aside for a moment, I wanted to shed some light on my training routine, since I’ve mentioned it is a big part of my life! There are so many ways to be active and stay fit and in London I feel we are really spoilt for choice… After the initial excitement though, Read More