by Women's Health | Jun 27, 2019 | Fitness
“I discovered vinyasa yoga in 2011 and it was love at first downdog,” says Lee-Ann Elliott, a yoga instructor at MyUTOPIA Yoga & Pilates Studio in Cape Town. She did her Teacher Training Certificate in 2015 and has been teaching ever since. “Yoga...
by Women's Health | Jan 28, 2019 | Fitness
Some of the hardest training sessions I’ve ever done have been on a wattbike. Let me first be clear about why I got on one to begin with… I’d recently taken up mountain biking and road cycling, but then winter hit – cue rain, winds, cold. Not exactly...
by Women's Health | Nov 20, 2018 | Fitness
You’ve probably dabbled with lifting weights, or even do it regularly. But whether dumbbells are a faint acquaintance or your best bud, there’s always something to learn. Start off with 5kg dumbbells – these ones from MrP Sport are super-affordable at...
by Women's Health | Oct 30, 2018 | Fitness
If you’re like most people, you probably use the terms “chin-up” and “pull-up” interchangeably to mean the same hard AF upper-body exercise. But it turns out, they’re actually not the same thing. (Yeah. Mind = blown.) Still, they have a lot in common. In fact, a...
by Women's Health | Jul 30, 2018 | Fitness
Experts say the way lots of us approach the weights section is akin to a child in a playroom: short attention span and stuff all over the place. “Too many women try to do too many things in their strength workouts and they end up getting very little done,” says Greg...
