How important are supplements?

How many times have nutritionally supplements popped up into conversation with you and a family member / friend or perhaps your instructor or PT? Perhaps you’ve been into Holland and Barrett or picked up some multi vitamins from Sainsbury’s or Tesco’s as you’re waiting in the line to pay but not really known what is […]

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Suffer with Anxiety? Here is my ‘go to’

Now for most women, I feel at different points of the month – or certain parts of our lives it is easy to go through phases of heightened feelings of anxiety. Whether we have a new job interview, certain relationships with specific people which cause us anxiety, whether we suffer with anxiety as part of […]

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How To Eat & Train Around Your Menstrual Cycle

It seems to be more and more of a popular topic as of late – and I think it’s because I’m coaching more women on a 1-1 basis now, it is much easier for me to tell where women are in their cycle due to how hard they’re finding a session. Whether you’re a runner, […]

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How To Revive Your Sex Life After Child Birth

So potentially another topic people will question how I can blog about this…  ‘But Farah, you haven’t got any children?’ Fortunately for me, I meet, talk and connect with hundreds of different women every week to have both first hand information, stories and also done plenty of research on the topic, so I would hope it […]

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Are You Apple Shaped?

For some women it can be extremely difficult. Slim arms, slim legs – and all that weight seems to sit around the midline! But why!? Today, we are going to delve a little deeper as to WHY our bodies store body fat on our waists. For many, diet does of course play a role – […]

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What Does Your Period Say About Your Health?

Our periods are our way as women to see exactly what is going on in the inside. When we are healthy, our periods will arrive smoothly, regularly and without symptoms. When your health is not 100% our periods are the one which are telling us the full picture. What’s happening with your periods? Use your […]

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Why Is Protein So Important?

For some reason, when we talk about protein, people automatically assume by eating it you’re going to put on a whole heap of muscle – or that it is just for people who go to the gym! In every single person, it is crucial that our bodies are getting enough good quality protein in our […]

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My Thoughts on Hormonal Contraceptive

So, a big topic that comes up a lot within my friendship circle and also with some of my younger clients is: “What Hormonal Contraceptive do you think is the best?” Firstly, the hormonal contraceptive is a powerful tool for women to regain a safe sex life back. It was also a great stepping stone for women to […]

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My 5 Top Tips To Increase Your Immune System

Firstly, HAPPY NEW YEAR! My first blog of 2018 and seems only appropriate to discuss increasing the immune system, especially given how crappy I feel! I hope you’re feeling better than I am coming into 2018 – but it would seem as though illness has caught most people over the Christmas holiday’s at some point! So, […]

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Increased Calories by 800kcal per day & only put on 2lbs! How?!

So, as some of you may know I am on my journey to competing again at another major competition. In 15 day’s I will be off to North Carolina to compete at World’s Strongest Woman in the light weight division! Super exciting/nerve racking! After winning Britain’s Strongest Woman at the beginning of October, it was […]

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