Squats and Snickers

Here we chat about the benefits of tracking vs not tracking. Spoiler alert: tracking isn't something you have to do in order to reach your goals. It's great for some, but there are other ways.

A really important topic and so interesting to hear Claire's views on this after time spent in the body building world and also coming from an athletic background.

Claire wanted to chat about something that's very close to her heart and highlight some of the findings as to how exercise can help mental health. We chat about our own experiences here, but had to keep it short because there were Mum duties calling. We will be back to chat about this more in the future. I'm sure we could all reflect on when exercise has helped us.

We have Claire back with us today and we use all her s&c knowledge to discuss staying strong as you age, the benefits of strength, cardio, balance and then Claire tells you why she loves Olympic lifting. A favourite subject for us both.

In this very short episode I tell you a story about my son in the hope that we can all learn some lessons on gaining some control and working on our mindset. He's feeling so so much better now he has a plan.

No Claire today - Tommy would love to take part in the podcast, but we're not sure you'd appreciate a 9month baby giving you advice. So, todays episode is about exercising when menopausal - what you should look to include and how to do this if you feel like it's pretty out of reach.

We welcome Andy today and we chat about all things tiredness. Be that training when tired, post illness, strategies to help sleep and of course Claire and Andy discuss the fact they both have babies and this means that a good night sleep isn't always up to them.

Here I take inspiration from a question in a check in. What do I notice about those who are successful in their journey? Calm is one of my answers and here I share some tips on how we can find some calm and focus in on what's important when things are feeling a little overwhelming.

Claire and Ruth catch up after the new year and discuss their own goals, goals they've heard about and how they feel about goal setting in general. What can work and what might be harder. Still plenty of chat about how different things are post having babies/children.

This is a subject close to my heart and while it's aimed at those who have neurodiversity and have a goal in mind, I would say that these things are also useful for anyone who is feeling that their brain is full, life is busy and they're trying to slow down and focus on themselves.

What started as an episode about common barriers to beginning your own health and fitness journey soon became a discussion around mum life - breastfeeding, pelvic floor, mum guilt and so much more.

We're back, but this time with Ruth's story and it's quite different from Claire's (with some overlap of course). Expect to hear talk of babies, autoimmune, autism, teaching, fitness, training and all the tangents that we go on. Enjoy

An intro to Claire - strength and condition coach, mum and all round lovely person. Find out all about her journey to fitness and how she's evolved since being a mum.