DOMS – the reason you can’t get down the stairs after a race!
My recent marathon was a great reminder of exactly how painful and comical Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) can be! Standing at the top of a set of stairs and…
My recent marathon was a great reminder of exactly how painful and comical Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) can be! Standing at the top of a set of stairs and…
Menopause is such a ‘hot topic’ at the moment. And rightly so! It’s something that affects all women at some point in their lives. While many women move smoothly through…
One of the keys to good running is consistency. Running regularly over a long period of time brings great results in terms of running performance and health gains. Most runners…
Hands up if you’re a perimenopausal runner. It’s certainly a challenging combination. The menopause symptoms of fatigue, hot sweats and aching joints, not to mention the lack of motivation, weight…
I laughed out loud when I heard Esther and Holly talking about ‘cardboard vaginas’ on the Women’s Running podcast the other week. It’s a pretty good description of a vagina…
The myth that running is bad for your knees is gradually being dispelled – thank goodness! But, just because the evidence shows that running doesn’t wreck the knee joints of…
You might have heard that running is good for strengthening bones but have you ever wondered exactly why? How does running make your bones stronger? Can running actually weaken bones?…
Weight just going up and up? Waist line expanding out of control? These are common complaints during the menopause. Most women will gain weight and this usually settles as increased…
There’s a growing awareness of how important muscles are for good health. This is particularly true for peri and postmenopausal women. We reach our peak muscle mass around the age…
Will running make my face sag? Is this a question you’ve ever considered? It wasn’t something that had crossed my mind until someone asked me. They’d read that running was…