‘Failure’ – ‘lack of success’, ‘defeat’, ‘screw up’, ‘disaster’ The word failure is incredibly negative. It’s viewed as the opposite of success, something to be avoided and scared of. Failure isn’t a nice feeling, it doesn’t make us feel good or strong, but failure is essential. We come back stronger and smarter. Failure should be embraced.We learn from our mistakes, fitness is no exception. In fact, failing in…

There are lots of reasons women might not be strength training – feeling intimidated or feeling unsure of the right way to go about starting for example. Then there’s the misconception that weights will make you bulky (a matter to be addressed in another blog soon). As a personal trainer I still see a large number of women who spend their time going from one cardio machine to…