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New Year Home workout

This workout is great for when you want to workout at home, have very little equipment and want to work the whole body! Perfect for these cold winter months when leaving the house feels very difficult. This workout hits the main muscle groups and gets you moving, keeping your muscles and joints nice and strong […]

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Health Promotion Spotlight Mental Wellbeing Physical Health

Winter Survival Guide

This years Winter Survival Guide is here! This handy little guide includes top tips for keeping healthy over winter, how to keep warm, staying safe on the roads as well as signposting to helplines if you need some support this festive season and places where you can give back.

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HIIT Workout

December can be a really busy time of year, between the parties, end of year deadlines, family gatherings and different festivities it leaves little time for exercise (we understand). And even though making time for physical activity is very much encouraged, it can be difficult to say no to all the festive opportunities and events […]

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Kettlebell Workout

If you are in a busy gym or would like to be able to use minimal equipment at home- the kettlebell may be your answer. Kettlebells are such versatile weights, they can be used in different ways for all sorts of exercises working on strengthening your muscles and getting your heart rate going. The exercises […]

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Workplace mobility

Work takes a toll on our bodies, whether you are on your feet all day, sitting at a desk or constantly moving for you job…it takes a toll. So this post is looking at 4 very simple, quick, easy and not over-the-top mobility exercises you can do to ease tension and reset he body to […]

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Blood pressure – why should we care?

Blood pressure is the pressure of blood in your arteries, you need some pressure in order to push the blood around the body when the heart pumps. Throughout the day, depending on what you are doing, your blood pressure will go up and down, however, if your blood pressure is consistently high (even when resting) […]

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Upper body stretch

You may have just started to become more physically active, or, you may be the fittest person around – either way you you need to be doing your stretches. Why do we need to stretch? If you are constantly using any muscle in your body, it will be going through phases of being shorter (when […]

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Lower Body stretch

You may have just started to become more physically active, or, you may be the fittest person around – either way you you need to be doing your stretches. Why do we need to stretch? If you are constantly using any muscle in your body, it will be going through phases of being shorter (when […]

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Nutrition Physical Health

The Importance of Hydration

It cannot be understated how important water is to the human body. Every part of the body (organs, cells, tissue) needs water to function properly. Hydration is important for our health. The amount of water we should be taking in each day may be different for each individual (generally the goal is 6-8 glasses of […]

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Core exercises

I’m sure most people have heard of a “10 minute core workout”, or have tried performing 100 sit ups a day in order to loose weight and gain a “six-pack” with little results. Unfortunately I am here to tell you that these alone wont really work. The abdominals are part of the core muscles but […]