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    Charlize Theron and The Golden Globe Awards

    E! Channel at the ready! The Golden Globes awards are back with the 69th annual celebration to be held on Sunday 19th January. It seems only yesterday that Natalie Portman won a Golden Globe for her role in the Black Swan, which was such an amazing (and slightly disturbing) film. This year we have another [...]

    Staying Healthy and Fit During the Festive Season

    Christmas is definitely a time of year where you should let your hair down and enjoy some extra time with your family and friends. People ‘on average’ tend to put on an extra 5 pounds over the festive season, due to excess food and drink and letting their workouts fall by the way side…. I [...]

    Holiday Workout Tips for a Flat Stomach

    The festive period is all about taking time out to spend with family and friends, but you don’t want to undo any hard work you put in over the year and gain a Santa belly instead of tight flat stomach! You don’t have to spend loads of time pounding out the cardio or schlepping back [...]

    Holiday Season Survival Tips

    There just seems to be so much that we have to deal with over the winter holidays. More rich foods, alcohol, parties, family gatherings, more temptations and sometimes much more stress… No worries for girls like us right! Why? Because we know how to have a good time whilst still taking good care of our [...]

    Metabolic Circuit Training 20 Minute Workout

    The weather in the UK this week has been completely insane…. We’ve had temperatures that you would expect in July, NOT October! HOT is all I can say. It has been wonderful because I have been able to enjoy outdoor workouts with my clients in the sunshine for once! We workout outside no matter what [...]

    The Perfect Butt Exercise

    This week I’ve got an awesome butt exercise for you, you’re going to love it because it will give you a toned, firm toosh! Firstly a little information about the gluteals (your butt muscles). The gluteal muscles are the three muscles that make up the butt: The gluteus maximus is the largest of the gluteal [...]

    Tilly’s 5 Tips to Eating & Exercising at Lunchtime

    Hi, Tilly here. As Steph mentioned she’s moving house this weekend and I’m taking over the blog. I’m very excited! Meow…. Working out at lunchtime beats sitting at your desk staring at the screen eating your lunch… Wouldn’t you agree? It really gives you a nice break. I love going for a run at lunchtime. [...]

    How to Lose Body Fat Fast

    Q: How do I lose body fat fast?, this is one of the main questions I get asked on a daily basis. Which is a good question because we all want to keep excess body fat low! My answer to that question is always Interval training and high intensity interval training (HIIT) because these are [...]

    5 Minute Ab Workout

    I hope you are enjoying the warm weather, it’s definitely bikini time. That brings me onto the subject of ab workouts. Every time you perform an exercise, whichever one you may choose, if you’re doing it correctly then you should always be using your abdominals to help stabilise your body. It’s important to remember that [...]

    The Wimbledon Workout

    It’s finally here, the main sporting event of the year (for me anyway)…. Wimbledon 2011 has arrived Although I’m not the best tennis player out there; in fact I’m hopeless but I do love watching it and Wimbledon is the crème de la crème of tennis tournaments. Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the [...]

    How to Get Toned Arms Fast

    How beautiful did the actresses look at The Cannes Film Festival? I thought they all looked stunning, definitely some last minute workouts thrown in before they showed off their svelte bodies. One particular women that stood out for me was Jane Fonda the queen of exercise in the 1980s. She looked incredible, wearing a tight [...]

    Interval Training Workout with a Twist

    Sunday was an amazingly beautiful day here so I decided to get up really early and go for a cross country hill run using high intensity interval training. It was pretty windy which added some resistence to the workout and made it even more fun! My interval training workout went something like this… Power walk [...]

    The Kate Middleton Bodyweight Workout

    The Royal wedding is almost here! Here in the UK the nation is going Prince William and Kate Middleton mad… We’ve even been given an extra bank holiday on Friday 29th April to mark the special occasion. So the big questions are: How is Kate preparing for the big day? What workout plan is she [...]

    A Perfect Flat Stomach Exercise

    This is such a great flat stomach exercise, that can be done in the comfort of your own home. All you need is a Swiss ball. Swiss Ball Jacknife Here’s how to perform the Swiss Ball Jacknife: > Get into a push up position > Place your shins on top of your Swiss ball > [...]

    Stop Making Excuses and Lose Weight Fast

    You may be able to talk the talk when it comes to working out but can you walk the walk? You have to find the strength to throw away the excuses so that you can reach your health goals. Do this and you are guaranteed to lose weight fast. I used to let excuses get [...]

    How to Get Toned Smokin’ Hot Legs

    OK, so who here wants to get toned smokin’ hot legs ? Hear the cries of “I DO” from millions of women all across the world! As the summer’s fast approaching, these are the moves that you’re going to need to get results. You’re going to have to embrace some plyometric exercises to really blast [...]

    The Oscars 2011 Workout

    As the Oscars 2011 are fast approaching the actresses are spending extra time with their trainers, getting themselves red carpet ready. When you think of these actresses do you think that they’re just blessed with the perfect body? And that they have all the time and money in the world to workout with their expensive [...]

    A Flat Stomach Solution

    One of my Christmas presents this year was tickets to see the Chinese State Circus. The show was breathtaking, with a mixture of acrobatics and martial arts; it was truly amazing. The cast were incredible; their fitness levels were second to none and they’re definitely a dedicated bunch. With fitness in mind, I recently had [...]

    Natalie Portman and The Black Swan Transformation

    It’s that time of year again where we eagerly await the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards. This year is extremely exciting as one of my favourite actresses; Natalie Portman has been nominated for Best Actress for her role as Nina in “The Black Swan”. Her preparation for this role began a year before shooting the [...]

    Sophie Achieves Her Weight Loss Goals in 2010!

    After all the diet’s with no lasting weight loss success and never using her expensive gym membership… …Sophie found The Flat Stomach Solution and finally discovered the solution to losing the stubborn belly fat and achieving her weight loss goals! “I’m someone who has always been unhappy with my weight. I’ve tried loads of truly [...]