by Elspeth Alexandra | Mar 26, 2024 | General
If we’ve been hanging out for a while, you’ll have heard me mention that lifting heavy things is good for you. How heavy is heavy? In the strength world, there’s something called your one-rep max (1RM). This is the absolutely heaviest weight you use to perform a lift...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Feb 26, 2024 | General, Pregnancy
The changes in your pregnant body are mind boggling. But then, so is growing an entirely new human being. For instance, the delightful pro-gestation hormone, progesterone, has a lot to answer for. Its effects include loosening all of your smooth muscle to accommodate...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Jan 26, 2024 | General
This is my not-so-secret roadmap to the font of eternal youth. Pick things up and put them down again, and if you’re over forty, aim for very heavy things, only picking them up a few times. Do this alongside people you want to spend time with, preferably the...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Dec 31, 2023 | General
As 2023 turns in to 2024, I’m not making resolutions: I’m laying plans. While you won’t always find me on the front line of the culture wars, there are certainly battles I will be part of in 2024. I will affirm women who believe there are many things more...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Nov 21, 2023 | General, Menopause
“I’m almost finished the couch to 5k but I really miss the walk breaks you get in the early weeks. There’s less to look forward to.” This is a photo of me after my Wednesday morning run. I started running in the late nineties, because it was...
by Elspeth Alexandra | Oct 10, 2023 | General
When I talk about core, I talk about a leotard of strength. It’s been a good few years since I last put on a leotard, although as a teenager I’m pretty sure I had many, in a range of neon shades. Hopefully you can remember or imagine the feeling of lycra...
