by Joanne Parker | May 16, 2019 | Exercise, Fitness, Sweat, weight loss
If you follow the fitness industry, you’ve probably heard of the benefits of HIIT (or High Intensity Interval Training). I am often asked by my Real Girls, what type of workouts should they be doing especially once they hit their 40’s and beyond. HIIT workouts...
by Joanne Parker | Dec 11, 2018 | Exercise, Fitness, Goals, Strength, Sweat, weight loss
Your energy levels are through the floor. It’s the end of the year and you are EXHAUSTED! Heck! It could be just another one of ‘those weeks’ – and you are wrecked! I hear this A LOT from my Real Girls. Everyone is so exhausted from being...
by Joanne Parker | Jul 18, 2017 | Exercise, Fitness, General Health, Move, Sweat, Thrive
When you’re in the depths of worry or anxiety, it can be hard to focus on anything but your racing thoughts. You can feel stuck inside your head, inside a situation that won’t let up … on a loop with no end in sight. So how do you break the cycle of worrying thoughts?...
by Joanne Parker | Sep 27, 2015 | Empower, Exercise, Fitness, Goals, Move, Strength, Sweat
Over the last decade, researchers have made extremely compelling arguments for the benefits of strength training for women and those over the age of forty. Most women who exercise are spending most of their time doing cardiovascular exercise, and less time using...
by Joanne Parker | Aug 31, 2015 | Empower, Goals, Inspire, Motivation
Spring is FINALLY here! It is my favourite season, despite suffering hay fever and having a bird phobia that peaks during magpie season! However as much as I LOVE spring, I struggle with what the season usually means, or implies, in the health and fitness industry....
