Portion Distortion – contents may vary

It is a well-known fact that people are eating more and more, and with that portion sizes are forever growing. It is very common for people to be unaware of their portion sizes and most concerningly many people have never truly been shown correct portions. There is an extreme lack of guidance and with supermarkets [...]

Tough Mudder… Why??!!!??

Tough Mudder… Why??!!!??   I believe it was after one of Jimmy’s  gruelling, I mean fantastic,  spin sessions, Rachel and I had mentioned we liked the idea of doing a Tough Mudder one day… this idea took hold and on Saturday this became reality when myself, Rachel, Emma, Alan, Liv and  Jimmy under took the [...]

So what’s all the fuss about?

So what’s all the fuss about?   When I walked into Better Body Group exactly 2 years ago today to start my first day of work, I thought to myself, "wow this is busy, I wonder what all the fuss is about?"   At first it just seemed like a pleasant and relaxed place to [...]

Scale weight

We’ve all been through it before whilst dieting, you’ve had a bad weekend, stepped on the scales come Monday, only to be mortified at the number that has been thrown back at you. It’s all too easy at that point to throw in the towel, and completely sabotage your hard work up until that point, [...]

I could see that I had come to the right place

I can truthfully say that the gym has never been my natural habitat but I am definitely now a convert. My weekly sessions with Christina have become a vital part of my own living well with cancer programme. Back in 2012 while the rest of the UK was focused on the Olympics, I discovered completely [...]

VMO – the Quad leader

VMO is short for vastus medialis oblique and makes up one of the four components of the quadriceps. Its fibres are more obliquley aligned in comparison to the other fibres of vastus medialis, and are arguably the most important to stabilise the knee actively and dynamically. Due to its attachment point via the patella tendon [...]

Soft Tissue Therapy

Soft tissue therapy is a form of treatment which combines traditional therapeutic and sports massage techniques with soft tissue release, deep tissue massage, trigger point work and lymphatic drainage. During a massage treatment the soft tissues (muscles, fascia, ligaments, tendons, skin) are manipulated with the aim of correcting soft tissue imbalances that are most often [...]

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