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Journey to the Stage | UKBFF Nationals | Competition Tips

In March or April, I do abound, A certain Bunny leaves me on the ground. What am I? Fun little riddle to end the long Easter weekend, the only time it’s deemed socially acceptable to eat chocolate for breakfast! Admit it, how many of you took advantage of this? (I did!) Aside from being a …

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International Chest Day

I don’t want square boobs so let’s not work on chest – another misguided cracker straight from yours truly. Yeah, as The Body Coach would say ‘GUILTY‘. Up until very recently, chest day wasn’t even a thing in my fitness regime. Why would I want to work chest. I’m flat chested enough as it is …

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Fallen off the wagon | Get back up.

“Don’t confuse one defeat with total defeat”. Every moment is a new opportunity but if you aren’t looking for them then you’re going to miss them. Hey lovlies, Hope you have all had a fabulous week! I wish I could say I had. Unfortunately, it seems I have fallen off the wagon a little bit …

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Absolutely fabulous | Ab exercises that dont suck

There is no such thing as a ‘bad day’. Only a ‘bad moment that lingers’. THIS moment is an opportunity to turn it all around. Have you ever had ‘one of them days‘ where literally everything, literally everrrrything you had planned just unfolds before your eyes and it all just seems like its spiraling out …

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Going For It | Journey to the stage

If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough! OK. This is kind of a huge step for me. I have finally decided to stop running scared, you know from that dream that is so big it sometimes feels as though it is your worst nightmare. For around 2 years now I have allowed …

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End of Month Check In | A New Milestone

Only look back to see how far you’ve come. Is it me or has January absolutely flown by! I’m going to take that as a good thing though, given the saying time flies when your having fun! It’s been a month of fun so far. At the beginning of the month I started a …

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Fit Girl Guide | Hometown

You may have seen on my insta story (@contourallure) this week, that Chris and I were being really big kids and playing on the park whilst on my lunch break. The last time I played on a park.. well I couldn’t even tell you when. Just for the sake of clarification, it wasn’t your bog …

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Weightlifting | Top 5 Tips for beginners

Weight lifting is a vital component for most fitness regimes. Whether your goal is purely aesthetic, to increase strength, or to build muscle or for whatever reason it is that you are or want to start weight lifting the following tips will certainly be of use to you. Tip 1: Perfect your form. Contrary to …