This is a product review for FitnessFootwear. I received the North Face Hedgehog GTX to test and have given the shoe my full review below. The North Face Hedgehog GTX: Understated and technically superior Upon opening the box, the pair of Hedgehog GTXs before me didn’t scream excitement and adventure. As you can see in [...]

This is a Guest Post from Chris Thomas, a surfer who shares my passion for open water swimming! What Swimming Means To Me Swimming has become my main form of exercise over the past few months as knee problems have prevented me participating in many sports. It is a great feeling to jump into the [...]

There’s something very primal about open water swimming (even in a wetsuit!). Taking on the elements face to face beats the pool any day for me. Here are some useful open water swimming points to note which have helped me to date.

Coconuts have been with us since the dawn of time but now the celebs, led by Madonna, cannot get enough Coconut Water to quench their thirst for healthy living and detoxing. The Benefits of Coconut Water The likes of Rebecca Romijn, Demi Moore and Madonna are supposedly in love with Vita Coco (http://www.vitacoco.com/). Whilst Vita [...]

What is the appeal about dragging your butt 26.2 miles around a mapped course, or worse, swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and then dragging your butt 26.2 miles around a mapped course? The answer may be different for all of us but one thing is for sure – endurance events are growing in popularity [...]

I could have simply called this article, ‘How to Get Six Pack Abs’, shared my most effective ab exercises and left it at that. I’d rather go the extra mile and ask some underlying questions about six pack appeal too. Has a Six Pack Always Been In Fashion? Growing up as a child in the [...]

Berries have been crowned a ‘super-fruit’ and rightly so. The health market has jumped on this and produced extracts and juices for us but you can enjoy these super-fruits in their natural, unprocessed form for less money! Berries are brilliant to just to snack on, use in meals, smoothies, and sweet treats. The best part [...]

When it comes to keeping fit, I have always been a ‘Jack of all trades’, Master of None. This bugged me for a long time because I found it difficult to make any real gains in one activity/sport without devoting all of my time to it. Now though, with a sub-3 hour marathon under my [...]

AS ROCKY BALBOA ONCE SAID – “I DID IT!” With 36,000 others, I ran 26.2miles through the streets of London to complete my first ever marathon. Time – 02:58:40 Distance – 26.2 miles Calories burnt – About 3,000 Best moment – Proposing to my girlfriend on LIVE TV! I wont recall my marathon tale now [...]