Commit to Get Fit - Personal Challenge
May
08
I first started dieting when I was 14 and bought The Hip & Thigh diet. I was a size 12/14 and thought I was fat. I was still on a diet when I was a student and responsible for my own food shoppi...
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Falling for fitness
May
08
So, things continue to go well here at M&M headquarters. There is still much fruit being munched, along with regular conversations about the many and varied joys to be found in a bag of crisps. (A...
Winning at Spinning
May
08
I, Laura Tovey, can proudly say that I have completed AND survived my first spin class!
When I saw a meeting had been booked for Friday for the same time as the spin class I took it as a sign that I ...
Mohan Rao guest lecture - 'Surrogacy as Empowerment: Reproductive Labour as Surplus in neoliberalism' .
May
08
Hi everyone, yet another brilliant guest lecture courtesy of the Centre for Bionetworking and in partnership with the Sussex Asian Lecture Series!
Next Monday (13th May) we're welcoming Mohan Rao, f...
Team ESW - CTGF - Intro
May
08
From the fit to the not so fit we all have a goal to get out from behind our desks at lunch time.
Our aim
1) Take part in at least one class a week and hopefully try something new. The Powe...
CtGF Week 2 - day 2....I survived!
May
08
I made it throught the scary metabolic training class! I really enjoyed the class, and thanks to Mark's adaptations to certain exercises which would have sent my lower back into spasms for a few days,...
Commit to get fit - day 8 (personal)
May
08
Well a little anxious today as i have signed up for power hoop at lunch time here at Sussex Sport. - Is there a reason it is only 30 minutes long. - Is it going to kill me - ha ha.
Well a little disa...
Small changes hopefully making a big difference
May
07
It was really good to see the many resources offered by the Sports Centre last Friday. I particularly liked the rowing machines and exercise bikes and would definitely use these as they lend themselv...
Neonicotinoids and bees; what is the fuss all about?
May
07
When I was first asked to support a ban on neonicotinoid insecticides, I was very sceptical. I’d previously been asked to sign up for campaigns claiming that bee declines were due to mobile phon...
Team HR Week 2 Commit to Get Fit
May
07
Week 2 saw Sally taking part in her usual Circuit Training classes as well a trip to check out her new local park where she ended up walking for miles. She landed at Wilde Park having to slide down a...
Not the best start
May
07
So almost one week into this experience and I've been out drinking on as many occasions as I have been training. In my defence it was my Birthday on day two so I don't think I'm doing too badly given ...
Commit to get fit BSMS-8
May
07
Went cycling yesterday, the first time in about a year. Even though it hurt my legs and lungs it was brilliant. Can not wait to get out the office today and go again tonight.
SRS Team: Photographic evidence
May
07
As week two kicks off here's some of the SRS Team on how their weekends went and what they're looking forward to this week, plus some photographic evidence that trampolining and circuit training actua...
Anti Gollum - Commit to Get Fit #4
May
07
My Gollum posture was started by two (no fault) car crashes and combined with a completely sedentary job in front of a PC and about two hours of driving everyday its almost set in stone now. My perso...
Commit to Get Fit - Starters Guide
May
07
Starters Guide to the gym
Hello all and great start to the Commit to Get Fit regime. It would appear that all of you are upping activity levels or avoiding those nasty delights.
The following ramb...
One step closer to the precious...
May
07
... well, quite a few steps closer if my team members pedometers are anyting to go by?!
The Bank Holiday weather was glorious and I'm really proud of everyone in Team Admissions who have been making ...
What's your favourite brand?
May
07
Overheard in the marketing office:
"Frazzles...Mmmmmm....you can DROWN in them!"
Stretching the boundaries - and not just on my waistband!
May
07
I will give a fuller update of the last week later (hopefully) but just wanted to mention that we've got a team night out tomorrow, to a local hostelry which is still to be identified.
I have every f...
Commit To Get Fit - Day 7
May
07
Well I must say how impressed i am with my team over the bank holiday weekend. well done guys. we are just a small team of 6. And between us we have played 2 football matches and more tonight. Walked ...