It is great to see so many people making a real effort to complete strength training exercises in their own homes during the Coronavirus pandemic. Many fitness equipment manufacturers are completely out of stock of equipment as they have been overwhelmed by a sudden rush of people looking to get equipment to use at home. If this happened in the 90's I doubt there would be anything like this which indicates people are more educated as to the benefits of exercise and in particular strength training. While it is great to see so many people making the effort to workout at home, lack of knowledge about how to choose exercises and structure the appropriate method will see many people simply make things up. As much as people are educated about the value of strength training, there is a real lack of knowledge about how to structure a workout that keeps your body in balance and caters to your specific needs. Unfortunately there will be many people in months to come who develop chronic injuries from poorly designed workouts that destroy joint stability, created muscle imbalances, postural problems, and movement dysfunction. To help you avoid being one of these people I have put together a very simple 8 step process for you to follow that shows you all you need to know for creating a great home workout specific to you.

We are currently finding ourselves in times like none of us would have experienced before that is a challenge to our minds as much as our bodies. For me I’m trying to keep things in my life as simple as possible to avoid the stress of juggling too many things. And when it comes to eating a healthy diet this is as important as it has ever been to ensure we maintain a healthy immune system. What you eat or don't eat can have a direct impact on how quickly you recover from an infection and whether you catch the bug in the first place. I have been receiving many questions about how to stay on track during this time so I thought that it would be great to share 7 meal plan ideas that work for me during this time. As I said earlier keeping things simple makes it so much easier to stay on track and avoid sabotaging all of your hard work, especially as we don’t know how long this could last for.  It will be very easy to fall into bad habits, and gain unnecessary weight, especially now when you may be working from home or in self isolation.

With many people losing their job or their business in lock-down due to the Coronavirus many of us are forced to make some big changes in our lifestyle to save money. One of the first things we look at is the money we spend on food and many people think that eating healthy is too hard and very expensive. It makes sense for us to see it like that when many processed foods appear to be very cheap, even take away meals from fast food restaurants are very cheap in comparison to a healthy meal. But we know that eating this way will be at the expense to our health. How can you eat healthy but not spend too much? The good news is creating healthy delicious dinners doesn't have to break the bank or taste bland and boring. In this article we asked our nutrition expert Mel to give you some of her best tips to eat healthy on a budget, along with some easy recipes that you can keep to feed the entire family. Enjoy.