I’ve always tried to encourage a belief in my clients – most especially my female clients – that exercise can do more for you than weight loss and toning.

Arguably the greatest benefit of exercise, I believe, is a boost to your body confidence and mindset.

This fostering of self-belief was apparent in the BBC3 series Last Woman Standing. If you didn’t catch it, this UK reality show sent five active women to remote locations around the world, » Read more: Last Woman Standing: self-belief through fitness

For friends and clients interested in losing baby weight,

I am usually their first call for guidance on postnatal exercise.

a fully loaded Bugaboo

A number of women I know all seem to have had babies at the same time – including my sister, who’s recently given birth to the next generation of our family.

Considering the number of celebrity-mums losing baby weight in the time it takes to get home from hospital, I’m not surprised that new mums can feel they’re in a race, to get back in shape quickly. » Read more: Losing Baby Weight

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Local Fitness Coach, Jason Doggett, believes the first step to fitness shouldn’t be about warm-up exercises and a stopwatch – but rather a chat over a cup of tea.

‘Drop and gimme ten!  Kiss that dirt.’  An intimidating figure stands over you barking orders, blowing a whistle, watching you struggle with a set of exercises face-down in the mud.  This militant approach to fitness, popularized by reality tv shows like The Biggest Loser, is becoming increasingly common among personal trainers and bootcamp instructors.  But Fitness Coach and local business-owner, Jason Doggett, prefers to start training with a chat over a cup of tea.

Jason Doggett, Talking Fitness over Tea around a home kitchen table

‘Getting to know you, before jumping straight in, is important,’ Jason says.  ‘Fitness is not a comfort-zone for most people.  We didn’t all get picked for the school team. There’s often a lot of the emotional tied up in the physical.  I find the best first step is talking and listening.’ » Read more: Press Release: Talking Fitness over Tea