MY CHEAT TREAT ???
I was recently invited to try out the Gym at London’s Corinthia Hotel, which recently opened at a reputed cost of £300m. Given that level of investment, I’d assumed the fitness facilities would be...
View ArticleWHAT A BEAUTIFUL FABRIC !!!
A massive thanks to London’s Fabric Magazine for printing my piece as the first part of their ‘Be Beach Beautiful’ cover-feature! To help their readers get in bikini shape for the summer, I...
View ArticlePLAYING FOOTSIE ???
I’m a big fitness fashion junkie, and am especially a bit of a fiend when it comes to trainers (i’ll post a shot of my collection one day!). But aside from being spoilt for choice in terms of prints...
View ArticleWOMEN’S FITNESS FEATURE !!!
Hugely excited and flattered to have been featured as the first blog in this month’s Women’s Fitness magazine, in their special feature on finding motivation online. It’s a journal that I regularly...
View ArticleIN SEARCH OF INSPIRATION…
As a study in ‘fitness innovation’, I went to “the UK’s number one fitness, sport and nutrition exhibition”, Body Power Expo, at the Birmingham NEC. The place was vast, welcoming about 40,000 visitors...
View ArticleNAILED IT !!!
It was a gorgeous sunny Saturday in London and I had the pleasure of getting my very own unique nail art painted by the immensely talented Jenny Pasha of 10 Blank Canvases - winner of this year’s...
View ArticleAT QUEENS CLUB, ‘DARLING’ !!!
I went to the semifinals of the Aegon Championships at Queens Club yesterday and it reinvigorated my love for ‘tennis-as-cardio’! The generally accepted wisdom is that you can burn c. 500 calories...
View ArticleHOW ENTERTAINING !!!
Because I’m only human, I find it incredibly difficult to resist all the dangerous ‘food temptations’ that lurk at social functions – whether it’s calorific ‘feta’ starters at a restaurant, deep-fried...
View ArticleWHO YOU CALLING SWEATY, BETTY ?!?
Whilst we’re on the topic of fitness fashion, I am a big fan of the British acitve-wear brand, Sweaty Betty, and often find myself scooping-up entire training outfits there when I was just planning on...
View ArticleHIIT THE TRX !!!
Check out my newly published post over on the Daily Hiit, which they’ve made their ‘Featured Post’ (at least for now ) which demonstrates a nice & easy full body workout you can do in the park,...
View ArticleREALLY QUORNY !!!
Spaghetti Bolognese – a classic favourite, but one we all know just can’t be all that healthy. In fact, it’s really quite calorific, often packed with salt and dripping in fat (and not necessarily...
View ArticleHIIT BACK !!!
I’ve just had my latest ‘Back workout’ published over on The Daily Hiit’s blog today (link below). I wrote it because I wanted to emphasise the importance of training our backs, which so often get...
View ArticleHEALTHY CHICKEN RAMEN ???
I love Wagamama for a quick meal, BUT it’s definitely a case of ‘buyer beware’!!! I worry about the MSG-content and the calorie-count in dishes like their Chicken Ramen (not to mention the epic...
View ArticleIT’S IN THE BAG !!!
I was reading a certain fashion magazine the other day and came across a pretty mundane article entitled ‘what’s in your bag?’ – but reading it, some of the bizarre ‘essentials’ made me giggle...
View Article5 POINT PALM EXPLODING ABS TECHNIQUE !!!
Published for me by my friends over on TheDailyHiit about 2 hours ago is one of my most popular posts to date. It’s my latest Ab-crushing workout. No equipment required, just a body, some clothes, a...
View ArticleMY PICNIC POWER-SALAD !!!
In a rare turn of fate, London is experiencing a very long summer (6 days in a row). To celebrate this unlikely occurrence, it was high time for a little picnic in the park, and for the occasion I...
View ArticleWOMENS FITNESS ONLINE FEATURE …
Really flattered to have been featured in bright lights on the Women’s Fitness homepage. They are very complementary of the message that Fitness On Toast is all about; eating yourself fit, training...
View ArticleTRAVELLING LIGHTER !!!
In a bid to make Fitness On Toast more practical / useful this holiday season, this is the first post in a line of travel-related fitness ideas which I’ll be posting over the coming months. The first...
View ArticleON THE HARD SHOULDER !!!
My latest workout post is up on the Daily Hiit blog – it’s a 4-step shoulder workout (bent-over raises, lateral raises, front raises, and shoulder press) which needs only a pair of dumbbells. All shot...
View ArticleUNREAL MONREAL !!!
Living in Britain, Wimbledon is of course a bit of an annual ‘religious event’ for me. But successive summers have been spent puzzled, watching Roger Federer strut onto centre court in what I call...
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