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A simple Pilates bridge to engage the glute posterior muscles

Feet hip width apart, Raise your bottom up into bridge,, lift your leg up, making sure you don’t drop your hip. You will see I dropped slightly more on one side than the other as that’s my weaker side at the moment. Try to place your foot down gently. You only need to do 2 […]

Light protein and complex carbs fish supper

Amarinth microseed leaves, Samphire, organic salmon fillet, baby new potatoes. New potatoes have a lower glycaemic index than baked potatoes. Low GI helps maintain blood sugar levels longer. Samphire greens are great for iron. Salmon is a good oily fish for Omega 3. Microseeds and microleaves are hugely nutritious.

Physio pilates rehab

Basic core and glute strengthening exercise. Alternate leg lifts, transferring weight from leg to leg engaging glutes whilst pulling down on a taut band. This helps engage the core. With thanks to @bh_beyondhealth

Back to pilates rehab exercises

Strengthening the core, glutes and hamstrings. With thanks to @bh_beyondhealth With even the simplest exercise it’s important for the body to be correctly aligned for the exercise to be targeting the muscles properly.

Monday night

What did he say to me? Should I be laughing? What a fun time I had @sohotheatre with @theofficialalisonjackson Thank you. I highly recommend going to see her show on her “audience with” UK Tour.

Poolside Lobster pasta (wheatfree)

Would be rude not to! Lobster with gluten free, wheat free buckwheat and sweet potato pasta, smashed avocado with chillies, wilted spinach and olive oil. Yummy and healthy.

There’s a heatwave coming! Keep hydrated

Drinking 2 litres of water a day is important for a healthy body and hydrated youthful skin too. With thanks to @rory_photo for the photo of me in my garden from last Summer.

Waking up the glutes

When in rehab after a knee ligaments injury and little or no exercise for weeks- it’s best to get the basic core strength muscles activated before launching back into the same advanced levels of exercise as before. Repetitions increase daily. The instructions are in the video voice-over together with my actions. With thanks to Tessa […]

Physio exercise for rehab

When you have a knee injury, unable to exercise as usual, and you’re hyper-mobile, muscles quickly switch off especially the glute, core and hamstrings. It’s starting over again with the most basic fitness exercises. To kick start muscle memory and functionality, tie a stretchy band knotted at the ends over a door frame, and pull […]