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The adventure one – Salt Escapes – fitness retreats with an adventurous side Not your average wellness retreat – more than it. Much more, actually. Dotted around coastal Europe, Salt’s…

For some, a watch is a practical essential. For others, it’s an accessory – the small details like whether it accurately tells the time can be comparatively unimportant. I’ve dabbled…

When I was at school, attitudes to fitness and exercise were very much a one size fits all. And the fitness industry was shrouded with myths and misconceptions. Want to…

When I first left my job writing beauty, health & style stories for Marie Claire, people thought I was mad. Leaving the security of a glossy monthly to do my…

I possibly say this every single year, but I SWEAR it wasn’t this cold last December. I leaned over to snooze the alarm this morning circa 8am and sleepily took-in…

I like training. Quite a lot. But it’s only been recently that I can say I’ve really noticed a difference in both my performance and my body. When I trained…

When I was at school, the forged-sick-note cliche to get out of P.E. was a real Thing. I’m not sure if it was the lack of privacy for swim changing,…

Disclaimer: This post was produced as part of a paid project with Samsung. All photos are by Jack Terry. Last weekend, I joined forces with Samsung to run my second…

When I was in the Army, travel was a huge part of the job. I was based in Osnabruck (North Germany), and would regularly fly overseas – to training areas like…

Have you been to see the Asics Tube? Well, you’ve only got two days left to do it so you might want to don a pair of Kinetics and get…

When I was younger, I knew literally NOTHING about make-up and skincare. Like, nothing. But that didn’t stop me making every mistake possible through experimenting. I had one of those…

One of the things I find hardest about sticking to a training regime is motivation. Yes, I want to be fitter. And yes, toning / weight loss can be a handy…

Until very recently, my opinion of working-out went along the lines that if I wasn’t borderline dying the whole way through, it probably definitely wasn’t really working. I bullied myself out the door five days a…

Last weekend, I did Tough Mudder. Did you know that? I suspect you probably did – I’ve hardly been quiet about the issue (except perhaps the couple of hours immediately…