Biokinetics role in the management of PCOS

So how can seeing your Biokineticist help you manage PCOS? If your unsure on what PCOS is please go back to my previous post to read more there and then come back here. A Biokineticist is a Health professional and exercise specialist who improves a persons physical condition and the quality of life by means of

PCOS & EXERCISE

Can exercise help in the management of PCOS? The short answer is YES, but if you’re like me and you like reading on all the facts please read on. Allot of women with PCOS experience higher rates of insulin resistance compared to women who don’t have the condition. Insulin resistance affects your body’s ability to use

Tips for starting or getting back into a fitness routine!

Getting back into the gym after some time off (or maybe it’s new to you altogether) can be quite uncomfortable. Ive been there too, especially after having covid in June this year. Wow, you not feeling your fittest, you’re not as strong as you once were, you lose your confidence in the gym & that

Health and Wellness Journey

If your on a health, fitness or general wellness journey here is a friendly reminder that it isn’t only about your diet and exercise. The obvious ones are:What food you consumeWhat quality of food you eatWhen and how and how often you move your body The not so obvious one’s (the hardest of all the

Long term calorie restriction

If you have been dieting forever, this graph may look familiar to something you’ve experienced before or currently experiencing. As you drop your calories (restrict the amount of food your in taking), you are also dropping your metabolic rate. When you give you body less calories, it has to slow the metabolism down so it

Was your workout good enough?

Im not drenched in sweat – so my work out wasn’t good enough… Just because you arent drenched in sweat, doesn’t mean your workout wasn’t ‘good enough’. This is such a misconception… When I was at varsity I was totally guilty of believing this. I use to think if I wasn’t doing a HIIT workout,

BUILD HEALTHY HABITS

The best and simplest piece of advise I could ever give you…🤪 Losing weight, having a healthy rockin’ bod, feeling comfortable and confident in your skinny jeans – all happen because of basic healthy habits, not crazy diet rules and restrictions (because diet and restriction may work short term but are never really sustainable and

DIETING does not = HEALTH

Your HEALTH, VITALITY, WEIGHT and WELLNESS does NOT solely depend on what you eat or drink. Shocked? I realized this only after trying every diet under the sun!! And I am here to tell you DO NOT WASTE ANOTHER SECOND on short term dieting! Its not about changing one thing only, you can not expect

WHAT IS THE ONE THING HOLDING YOU BACK FROM LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE?

Mull it over, think about it. Can you pin point one thing that’s holding you back from reaching your full #potential? Is it your #health? Your #finances? Toxic #relationships? The wrong crowd? Is it your #body? Your #mindset? How you feel about yourself? Is it a lack of #confidence? A lack of #control? #Disease? Trauma?

STRESS & YOUR MONTHLY

If you’ve ever had a really stressful month or you’ve been following a new routine or diet (which your body perceives as “stress” because it is a stray from your normal), you might have experienced your monthly coming early or a bit late – or not even coming at all. Obviously eliminating all stress is