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exercising in the lockdown - what's your plan

Exercising in the lockdown | What’s your plan?

November 4, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

Ugh. Well. Here we are again. Goodbye gym and hello to the cat biting my ankles when I’m trying to do a press up in […]

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Exercising in the park

July 3, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

First of all – when are the frickin’ gyms going to open? Not soon enough, anyway. Latest I hear is mid to late July. Instead […]

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Gym challenge 2019 | The results

January 14, 2020 Joanne Mallon 0

It’s time to crank open ye olde Filofax and kick around the dust of what was last year’s gym challenge. (For younglings a Filofax is […]

Last year’s gym challenge – this time with added plot twist

January 10, 2019 Joanne Mallon 0

It’s that time of year again, where I fess up to how much exercise I did last year. If you have been following this blog […]

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My exercise challenge for last year – the results!

January 5, 2018 Joanne Mallon 8

  Gather round chums, it’s my yearly exercise challenge (entirely unsurprising) reveal time! Now, I don’t do New Year resolutions, but I do set a […]

Panache sports bra

Active wear for curvy girls

February 27, 2017 Joanne Mallon 10

  Generally, it doesn’t matter what you wear to the gym. Here in Brighton, it matters even less. You could turn up in a full […]

My fitness challenge for last year – the results

January 2, 2017 Joanne Mallon 6

This is my annual post where I report back on the previous year’s fitness challenge – but this year there’s a twist! Stay tuned for […]

fat burner gym class what happens

Fitstop: What happens in a Fat Burner class at the gym?

November 23, 2016 Joanne Mallon 4

  A new job means a new weekly schedule, which means finding new corners in which to squeeze a little exercise. Hence I came to […]

mental health benefits of exercise

5 mental health benefits of exercise

October 10, 2016 Joanne Mallon 19

  The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is psychological first aid and the support people can provide to those in mental distress. So […]

Tried and tested: How to really go to the gym 3 times a week

January 10, 2012 Joanne Mallon 5

  As this was year four of my gym challenge (in which I aim to go to the gym 150 times a year AKA 3ish times […]

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