Meet Planet Charlestown member, Helen! Have you always been involved in fitness or exercise? If yes, what have you done previously? Yes, netball, running and pole dancing. Did you have a goal when you first joined? Yes, I wanted to lose weight and become my healthiest and fittest self. Have you reac...
Imagine it’s lunch. You are holding a fat slice of watermelon. It looks delicious. You move in for a bite. But something goes terribly wrong. The fruit slips from your juice-slicked fingers. Time slows as the nutritious treat tumbles to the linoleum. Eh. You shrug, scooping up the slice. Maybe you m...
It’s all about you & BAE… Bacon, Avocado and Egg, that is. This breakfast salad really feels hearty and wholesome with the addition of the bacon wrapped avocado. We love the colours and the vibrancy as well, because when has eating a rainbow ever led us astray? Serves 1-2 Preparation time 5 min...
Nutritional advice seems, at times, confusing. We’re told to eat like we live on a Greek island or perhaps to eat like a caveman. Sometimes the advice is to eat more protein or fat or carbs; other times it’s to eat less protein or fat or fewer carbs. Some diets say no human should be consuming any s...
I will admit that I was a late convert to the world of strength training. I was often intimidated by the weights area and thought that group fitness classes and cardio were the answer to keeping me fit and in shape and that lifting weights was just for the men. I had dabbled a little with some Funct...
