Get-Active Blog

Getting older happens. I go through phases of not liking photos of myself. I think I look old, wrinkly, grey.... But as someone pointed...

This week I received a copy of the MS Society newsletter with a page on my classes and love the write up. I'm one happy lady, proud of...

I often get asked what I do. So I say I am a fitness instructor and personal trainer, but am I really. I could say I was an occupational...

Sometimes it is nice to focus on one thing and see how it effects your health and wellbeing, so starting today every week I am going to...

I recently got thinking about why we assume people will do certain things or look a certain way at an age. Just because someone is 90...

Looking at the latest Age UK Social Diary, I am amazed at how much is on offer. Take a look yourself, it is at the bottom of this page....

For me it is working with others, doing what I enjoy and feeling so much better after exercising. A few years ago I bought myself a...

My most popular online class is Let's Walk. It is 30 mins of movement to music; no jumping; no complex choreography; just dancing. Why...

This is me. I love life... and problem solving. Just recently I helped a lady find a way of running that feels relaxed and doesn't cause...

I was recently talking to a friend who felt guilty for going for a walk at lunchtime as she was meant to be working from home. Plus...

What got you into teaching fitness? I have never been a super fit person however I do enjoy doing stuff. Be that outdoor adventures,...

When you get out walking, jogging or running do you think about how you move? Most people don't and I believe they are missing out on...

This morning I received an email from a lady who attends my classes. She'd had a fall during the night on a hard floor and her husband...

As January comes to an end, so do my challenges. Thye have given me something to work towards, and to feel good about achieving. The...

This month I am doing two challenges. One is to only drink water (no fizzy drinks, tea, coffee, alcohol....) and the other is to run a...

Every Christmas it is the same. I eat and drink more than normal plus exercise less. But this is ok. I enjoy it and just get back to...

During lockdown I started providing online classes on Zoom and they are still running today. What people really love about them is: You...

Earlier this year a friend challenged me to sign up to the Cold Water Challenge organised by Cancer Research UK (a 30 sec cold shower or...

I've just completed a course on exercise for long term neurological conditions, and I would like to share some things with you. In...

This is a question I am often asked when out Nordic Walking. And how I laugh!!! But actually, the exercise was first developed for cross...