Fitness

I regularly post with useful tips to help you with your fitness and nutrition. If you are just getting back to exercise after the birth of your baby or regularly attend my classes you'll find some useful information here.

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Engineered running leggings to support the pelvic floor

Jun 27 2016

Fitness

Engineered running leggings to support the pelvic floor

I was fortunate enough to meet the inspiring lady Yvonne Brady at the Womens Health Conference back in April. This lady is an engineer who had kids, had pelvic floor problems but wanted to run. She used her knowledge to create the newest MUST HAVE sports leggings, shorts & Capris ...

Spring into releasing and strengthening!!

Apr 3 2016

Fitness

Spring has finally arrived!

Spring has finally arrived! So it is time for no excuses and to use the longer evenings to get out and have some 'ME' time whether its out walking or going for a jog or even a meditation & stretch in the garden! Charlotte and I went to an excellent ...

Exercising outside.

Apr 3 2016

Fitness

Summer Fitness HITT for the Post Postnatal!

Last year I ran a 6 week Summer HITT course for those early birds who wanted to get fitter and lose some inches before their holiday. It was only for those who are at least 8 or 9 months post natal who had no abs or pelvic floor issues as ...

Coconut oil for alternative therapy

Apr 3 2016

Fitness

Massaging Scar tissue & the right oils to use

Coconut oil for alternative therapy Scar tissue forms when our body's tissue is damaged - like after a C-Section, Episiotomy or other injuries to the muscle, tendons or ligaments. It is a normal healing process but some have more 'lumpy' scars than others. Massage can be helpful to loosen up ...

Vicki Hill Women's fitness classes for postnatal mums.

Apr 3 2016

Fitness

Exercises for early post natal mums

For all newer mum's wanting to 'get my body back' remember 6 weeks after giving birth really is not a long time for your body to have recovered. It has endured 9 months of carrying your baby so your pelvis and alignment generally would have changed & then the whole trauma it ...

Foods to eat and avoid with a colicky baby.

Apr 3 2016

Fitness

Foods to eat and avoid with a colicky baby

It's distressing & exhausting when you have a colicky baby so just by changing a few eating habits may help the microbiotic imbalance in your baby. The most irritant foods in your diet would be: dairy, gluten, sugar, peanuts, shellfish. For a short time try and cut down on these ...

Fitness Series Part One - Fitness in Menopause

Jan 27 2016

Fitness

Short Sharp exercise routine for February

Where has the time gone? Near the end of January already. So for Feb, grab 5 - 15 minutes a day / every other day and try this little routine. Find some Dumbbells if you have or even use tins/bag of food. Pregnant, early post natals & diastisis or pelvic ...

Vicki Hill Women's Specialist Menopause fitness trainer.

Jan 27 2016

Fitness

Happy 2016 & short goal setting!

Hi & happy January! How have your New Year's Resolutions gone? Gone is the word?!! Many can't keep their resolutions as there is no end in sight and they set too big a goals. So, grab your diary/calendar and decide on 1 or 2 small goals you would like to ...

The need for Vitamin D from the sun

Jan 27 2016

Fitness

The need for Vitamin D

Dark and dreary days & today it hasn't stopped raining! Anyone been out for very long? This time of year especially, we all really need to start taking or thinking about taking Vitamin D. We mainly get it through the sunshine - mmmm not seen that in a while! If ...

Avocado the super food.

Jan 27 2016

Fitness

Food for Febrauary – Avocados!!!

Avocados!!! Such a good food full of essential fatty acid, vitamins and minerals. Remember, we all need the healthy fats and Avo's are one of them!! You can blitze them in the nutribullet and add cacao powder (the healthy one - NOT coco!!) and have a fab chocolate mouse!! Eggs ...

Vicki Hill: Women's Health and Fitness in Bristol

Jul 10 2015

Fitness

Post natal & abdominal recovery

Hi ladies, I thought I would have loads of time to write blogs & plan my next newsletter when I was off post my op but time zoomed by and its now 12 weeks later!! Thank you to so many of you for sending me lovely wishes, I really appreciated it. I ...

Avoid crash dieting

Jul 10 2015

Fitness, Nutrition

AVOID CRASH DIETING!!!

Restrictive diets really do not work in the long term! Sure in the short term you will lose lots of weight as you've 1/2 starved your body so of course you will lose weight. However, how many of you can really sustain that type of eating? We only live once ...

Vicki Hill: Women's Health and Fitness in Bristol

Jul 10 2015

Fitness

Summer Fitness Programme success

This year I have started a 6 week summer fitness programme which is now at the end of the 4th week. I have had 14 sign up for it and those who have been every week and stuck to the nutrition programme have really started to see and feel results. I wanted to ...

The need for Vitamin D from the sun

Mar 6 2015

Fitness

Welcome to Spring & Vitamin D!

I'm really not sure where February went as it doesn't seem that long since I was saying Happy New Year!! At last the sun is warming up, the evenings getting a bit longer and finally I feel like we are beginning to get into slightly warmer days! Spring is the ideal time ...

Vicki Hill Women's Specialist Menopause fitness trainer.

Mar 6 2015

Fitness

How to get motivated & start exercising

Here’s what you have to realise: Exercise is all mental You can do these very short, quick workouts. No matter what kind of shape you’re in, you can start doing HIIT workouts today. It doesn’t matter how many breaks you have to take, how many reps you can do or how much ...

Mar 6 2015

Fitness

Quick & Easy Advice on How to Start Running

There seems to be so much about running in the press at present - is it or isn't it good for you .... blah blah!! The press like to take a subject and make something out of nothing so if you heard it was bad for you just ignore it ...

Christmas challenge

Jan 16 2015

Fitness

24 Days of Christmas Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to those of you who had a go at this and did 1/2 or most of the challenges. I'm still hearing of people carrying on with the hot water & lemon!! Keep that up ladies and just make it a part of your morning routine, it's such a good ...

Healthy eating plan

Jan 16 2015

Fitness

Latest Healthy Eating Option

I don't believe in dieting and yoyo diets really do not work, you tend to put more weight on when you have finished it or certainly in the long run. So those who know me well know I say MODERATION, everything in moderation & generally using the 80:20 rule of healthy ...

Vicki Hill Women's Health and Fitness

Jan 16 2015

Fitness

2015 New Year Resolutions

Well, my classes are all up and running and in the 1st week back I suggested everyone looks differently at NY resolutions. I think we all know they don't generally last more than 4 weeks, 6 weeks if you're lucky and the reason being .... there is no end in ...

Vicki Hill: Women's Health and Fitness

Jan 16 2015

Fitness

Happy 2015 everyone

New Year brings new year resolutions!! So we will briefly chat about being realistic and manageable with NY resolutions. I will also see what you think about the latest 'diets' which scientifically make sense - eat more protein and healthy fast at each meal and cut down (not cut out ...