Welcome to the PfR blog!
Fed up of feeling achy and stiff after your runs?
Always fending off one niggle or another?
Pilates is a fantastic way to enhance not just your running, but your everyday life and movement.
It can help reduce the chances of those pesky niggles and injuries too!
It doesn’t need to be time consuming, or feel like another chore to add to the never-ending list.
Check out the tips, exercise and suggestions in this blog to get you started.
Liz x
Most Recent Blogs
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I really have to concentrate!
I often get asked; “I have to really concentrate during sessions, is that normal?” Yup. Totally normal, and in fact exactly what you want! How many times a day are you thinking about what you’re physically doing? Often I’m washing up and thinking about what to cook for dinner, or I’m driving somewhere and thinking… Read more
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Why Pilates should be part of your training in 2024!
Firstly, what is Pilates? While there are lots of different styles of Pilates, fundamentally it is all about exercises focused on getting you moving the best you can and feeling great! Building your strength, improving mobility and flexibility, balance, co-ordination and motor control. All in all helping you feel great, move well and perform better!… Read more
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December De-Load?
I know this becomes a crazy month for most of us. Commitments, demands and the building excitement pulling us in all directions. This is when I find that the adaptability of Pilates comes into its own, and why I’ve made it the bedrock of all my other exercise. Depending on my training and what my current goals… Read more
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It’s a strange time of year……
Anyone else find this a strange time of year? Running wise the change in weather, plus the rapidly darkening mornings and nights both require an adjustment. Focus wise, it feels too early to start building up for the springtime marathons and half marathons, yet you don’t want to lose what you’ve built up over the year. The chaos of Christmas hasn’t quite arrived, but you can feel the anticipation of… Read more
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Fed up of Injuries?
Getting injured as a runner is incredibly common, with an estimated 50% or more of runners nursing an injury every year! So what can we do to help reduce the risk of us falling into that unlucky 50%? Firstly, it is important to know that there are many factors which feed into our risk of injury,… Read more
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How’s your Motivation?……..
Perhaps it’s time to ditch it! I find my motivation for exercise to be fickle at best, and more often than not completely elusive when I actually need it. If I’m tired, or I haven’t eaten well, or I haven’t had enough water, or if the kids are being demanding, or if I’m grumpy, or… Read more
Move better, feel better, run stronger! 