July - renew, relaunch, and renew!

Vicky Lakin, Eastburn Fitness Centre, fundraising for Cancer Research UK

Weekly group exercise classes. All classes are pay as you go. You can secure a place half an hour before class starts: great if you like to be spontaneous. Or book the month ahead: ideal if you prefer to be organised in advance.

There are some temporary changes to the class timetable this September.

Classes resume in Bingley, Eastburn, Skipton & Grassington from 17th May 2021.

Gift vouchers and gift certificates are now available, and can be redeemed against any Fitness with Wendy Hall class.

If you have any questions, queries or concerns about returning to my in-person classes from May 17th, do get in touch!

Here’s a very scalable challenge for you: five exercises, three days a week, using dumbbells or alternative light weights.

Ok, each exercise has a certain number of repetitions. And you’ll do each set of exercise x repetitions two or three times. But just three times a week.

Or - you have options to make it tougher as the month goes on!

As we move towards Spring in the UK, we are beginning to see lighter, brighter times ahead.

Group Exercise classes remain online until May 17th.

Squats! Seems we either really love them – or really loath them.

Maybe some of us are intimidated by received wisdom about the “perfect squat”. But this doesn’t recognise that we all do not move in exactly the same way, which means there ought to be variation in how we squat and even in how we recruit the muscles that squats target.

That’s why my March 30 Day Challenge includes several different types of squat, so that you can find a style of this awesome exercise that works best for you.

Here’s an offer for you this February to help you move a little more.

I am a big fan of bodyweight exercises, especially of the Plank.

Develop strong and stable core muscles, which in turn develop controlled and coordinated movement of your arms, legs and spine. This means stronger performance and endurance in other physical activities, better balance and coordination, and better posture.

Why not join me this February for our Plank challenge?

Showing up for yourself, for some regular physical activity is a theme that I keep coming back to.

A little bit of movement, every day, does so much to improve your physical and mental health. With every repetition you move closer to developing a habit that supports a healthy lifestyle.

Here’s a few tips to get you started.

At midnight last night, England entered our third national lockdown. The other three UK nations, and countries around the world, face their own tougher restrictions too. This is the best response I can think of.

Not the most exciting topic, perhaps, and some might find it a little off-putting.

But I think we all deserve the reassurance of understanding the protocols that are in place to ensure that we can exercise safely during this pandemic.

Moving your joints keeps them lubricated and moving smoothly. Exerting force on our bones promotes the bone remodelling process. Like muscle, bone becomes healthier, stronger, and denser, as a result of exercise.

Physical activity really does have anti-ageing properties.

Stay connected and keep moving during November’s lockdown. Our bodies are designed to move: breaking up your day with short bursts of physical activity is so good for your metabolism, blood pressure, and for the mechanisms that regulate blood sugar and the storage of body fat.

A little physical activity is better than none. More is better still.