Personal trainer in Horsham
Horsham-based specialist personal trainer, Becky Hughes, has been strength training for seven years. She regularly tries new activities in order to broaden her horizons, and has often been heard saying that she attends a yoga class annually only to be reminded that it’s not her thing. Until 2024… When I hosted Co-Women’s February Chai & …
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Horsham-based female personal trainer, Becky, is a lifelong equestrian. Following surgery for a soft-tissue cancer, she had to take a break from horse riding whilst recovering, and thanks to several other factors, her time away from the saddle was longer than expected. She resolved to make 2024 the year she got back to her first …
A gift I was pleased to receive for Christmas in 2023 was a voucher for a kintsugi workshop in London. It didn’t take me long to find the perfect opportunity to redeem it, here I’ll share how I found the experience… Awareness of the art of kintsugi is steadily increasing. I first learned about it …
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One of my strong interests outside of fitness and personal training is perfume. I’ve been a fragrance-lover since my teens, and enjoy discovering new ones. Recently, I made a trip to a specialist store I hadn’t previously visited, and it was so good that I had to share… Rest days matter!I had a day trip …
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Newspaper, The Times, recently published a fitness feature on measurements of fitness. The good: it decried BMI. The bad: Horsham-based female personal trainer Becky gives her take here… Before we start, a quick warning: this post is going to discuss elements of diet culture, fatphobia, and other similar topics that people may find triggering. If …
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Can it be too late for a highlight reel? I think not. Whilst most people wrapped their 2023 up in a shiny bow at the beginning of December, I waited a little longer to squeeze all of the juice out of it. Having enjoyed every drop, I thought I’d share some of my favourite things …
As 2023 draws steadily to a close, I’m still following my promise of trying new things each month, and in November, I accidentally stuck to a previous theme… Thank you, algorithmThe infamous algorithm is much-maligned by many small businesses, but it does know what it’s doing. Back in the summer, I saw a sponsored post …
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My quest to keep trying new things throughout 2023 continues! In October, I went on holiday to Portugal, and I tried one of my favourite new things yet whilst in Lisbon. Read on to find out more… Inspired by BBC’s Race Across the World…One of my favourite TV shows for the last few years has …
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When I wrote a list of new things I wanted to try this year, sushi making was one of the first things I added. And in a very specific way. It’s one of those kind of cliched activities now, as it went through a phase of being quite a popular date night activity (and I’m …
As part of my continuing mission to try new things, so far this year I’ve been to a tarot reading, floated in a sensory deprivation tank, and created my own perfume. Early in August, I attended not only my first Menopause Café, but the first one held in Horsham, the town I work in. What’s …
