Donna and Amy are now more than halfway through their commitments to feeling fitter and healthier and are seeing great results, but face some new challenges too.

Her Spirit founders Mel Berry and Holly Woodford share advice and tips around technique, kit and staying on track!

In this episode:

• How to mentally prepare for an event
• How to get back on track with exercise if you fall off the wagon
• The difference great kit can make to confidence and performance
• How to get fitted for the right saddle on your bike
• Fitting exercise around your existing commitments
• Getting back to exercise after illness.

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

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Poor fuelling can completely derail your exercise goals. Make sure you make the right decisions!

A new week brings new challenges for Donna and Amy, but some breakthroughs too.

Top nutritional expert Anita Bean joins the conversation and shares her knowledge on best practice around fuelling for all types of exercise

In this episode:

• “Bad’ runs and PB's - why both of those things happen when we’re training
• The difference correct fuelling can make to your training and performance
• The best Pre and Post exercise foods to help you achieve your goals
• Intermittent fasting  if you’re exercising to lose weight
• Whether we should ever exercise fasted and the effects that can have

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

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Transformation can seem hard, but results can happen fast!

The fitness journey continues with Donna and Amy -  two women who, like so many of us,  have faced tough challenges to their health and huge demands on their time over the last couple of years.

Both of them wanted some help and support in changing their lives and feeling stronger, fitter and healthier.

For 12 weeks, we’re following  their journeys - the highs and lows, the successes and the challenges  - and we  want you to come along  too,  set yourself some goals alongside theirs, so  we can help and support each other along the way.

In this episode:

• Amy explains why keeping a fuel diary has been important.
• Donna talks about embracing core exercises and making concrete plans to keep active.
• Mel & Holly, Her Spirit Co-founders, talk about the encouraging rest and consistency.
• Her Spirit physio Gemma stresses the importance of strength training for runners
• The importance of healthy habit forming when planning a successful reintroduction to exercise.

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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It's time to put yourself first in 2023!

In this episode meet Donna and Amy -  two women who, like so many of us,  have faced tough challenges to their health and huge demands on their time over the last couple of years.

Both of them wanted some help and support in changing their lives and feeling stronger, fitter and healthier.

For next 12 weeks, we’re going to follow them on their journeys - the highs and lows, the successes and the challenges  - and we  want you to come along  too,  set yourself some goals alongside theirs, so  we can help and support each other along the way.

In this episode:

• Meet Donna and Amy
• Find out about the challenges they have faced and how this has impacted their sense of self
• Hear about the goals they are setting for the next 12 weeks
• Meet the incredible Dr Josephine Perry, an expert in how mindset can radically alter our ability to achieve our goals
• Top tips in staying focused and motivated  though any challenge and how to quieten the self-sabotaging voice we all have inside our head!

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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Host Louise Minchin speaks to Dr Annice Mukherjee, top UK hormone specialist & Endocrinologist, Amanda Thebe, Fitness & Menopause Expert & Best-Selling Author: Menopocalypse, Sam Walker, Journalist, Broadcaster, Podcaster & Her Spirit Community Member and Mel Berry, Her Spirit Co-founder. 

In this episode you will learn:

• Common symptoms of the menopause.
• How alcohol affects menopause symptoms.
• Why lifestyle is so important.
• You are not alone.

Click here to listen to our last podcast about menopause with Dr Stacy Sims.

Her Spirit is a global community of like-minded women all getting fitter, stronger and healthier together. We believe your mind, body and fuel are intrinsically linked and taking small achievable steps will lead to big changes.

Regardless of your ability, location or stage of life Her Spirit has something for everyone. We are an inclusive bunch of women who believe that being fit and healthy shouldn't be a chore but something you love to do. Our mantra is 'Together We've Got This' and together we support each other to live life to the full and achieve mind, body and fuel goals we never thought possible.

Her Spirit mission - INSPIRING EVERY WOMAN TO BECOME FITTER, STRONGER AND HEALTHIER for more information go to http://www.herspirit.co.uk 

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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This episode is about wearing what makes you feel good during exercise.

Host Louise Minchin speaks to Richard Edmonds, CEO & Co-founder of Runderwear, Charlotte Thomas, International Brand & Marketing Manager for ZOGGS,  Sarah Porter, Her Spirit Open Water Swimming Coach & Runderwear Ambassador and Mel Berry, Her Spirit Co-founder. 

In this episode you will learn:

• Why we chafe.
• How Runderwear works.
• The importance of a good sports bra.
• How ZOGGS created their swimsuit for open-water swimmers.

To help Her Spirit reach their £100,000 total for Breast Cancer Now, enter the code Runderwear10  when you buy your next items at Runderwear and get a 15% discount at Zoggs with the code HSPOD15

Read a full transcript of the episode here.

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

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This week is all about the EPIC Lakes to London challenge for Breast Cancer Now.  Host Louise Minchin speaks to Her Spirit Co-Founders Mel & Holly about their experience over the three days of intense exercise. Dr Liz O'Riordan, Breast Surgeon, endurance athlete and Lakes to London fundraiser joins the chat along with Breast Cancer Now CEO Delyth Morgan to remind us what the money raised will do for breast cancer patients.

Listen now for an incredible story of inspiration.

Her Spirit is a global community of like-minded women all getting fitter, stronger and healthier together. We believe your mind, body and fuel are intrinsically linked and taking small achievable steps will lead to big changes.

Regardless of your ability, location or stage of life Her Spirit has something for everyone. We are an inclusive bunch of women who believe that being fit and healthy shouldn't be a chore but something you love to do. Our mantra is 'Together We've Got This' and together we support each other to live life to the full and achieve mind, body and fuel goals we never thought possible.

Her Spirit mission - INSPIRING EVERY WOMAN TO BECOME FITTER, STRONGER AND HEALTHIER for more information go to http://www.herspirit.co.uk 

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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This episode is about fuelling your body through your exercise. Host Louise Minchin speaks to Renee McGregor, a leading Sports dietitian, specialising in Eating Disorders & author, Jesse Lambert-Harden, a nutrition expert & fuel coach for Her Spirit, Jane Haden, a Her Spirit community member and Holly Woodford, Her Spirit co-founder. In this episode you will learn:

• Why carbohydrates are so misunderstood.
• When to fuel.
• The importance of your salt balance.
• How to get involved with Lakes To London.

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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This episode is about breast cancer awareness and the Lakes to London challenge for Breast Cancer Now. Host Louise Minchin speaks to Donna Fraser OBE, four time Olympian sprinter and Breast Cancer Now ambassador, Dr Liz O'Riordan, Consultant Breast Surgeon and Author and Her Spirit community member Lynne Tomlinson

• How to check your breasts.
• Why exercise is the key to recovery and remission.
• How to get involved with Lakes To London.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the UK. One in seven women in the UK will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Breast Cancer Now believe that they can change the future of breast cancer and make sure that, by 2050, everyone diagnosed with the disease lives – and is supported to live well.

The Her Spirit community is inviting you to play your part by raising funds for Breast Cancer Now and taking part in Lakes to London 500km virtual Challenge.

This is an inclusive challenge where you can accumulate any distance between 1km and 500km from 21st August to the 2nd October 2022 , with any mix of swimming, cycling, running, walking or wheeling.

If you are up for the ultimate challenge then you can swim 5km, cycle 453km and run 42km over 6-weeks or in 3 days the choice is yours! Either way everyone can earn rewards and help raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Now. CLICK HERE for more information.

Her Spirit is a global community of like-minded women all getting fitter, stronger and healthier together. We believe your mind, body and fuel are intrinsically linked and taking small achievable steps will lead to big changes.

Regardless of your ability, location or stage of life Her Spirit has something for everyone. We are an inclusive bunch of women who believe that being fit and healthy shouldn't be a chore but something you love to do. Our mantra is 'Together We've Got This' and together we support each other to live life to the full and achieve mind, body and fuel goals we never thought possible.

Her Spirit mission - INSPIRING EVERY WOMAN TO BECOME FITTER, STRONGER AND HEALTHIER for more information go to http://www.herspirit.co.uk 

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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This episode is all about the exercising through the menopause. Host Louise Minchin speaks to female athlete performance expert, Dr. Stacy Sims, NHS GP and women's health specialist, Dr. Nighat Arif and Her Spirit Co-founder Mel Berry. In this episode we discuss:

• What the menopause is.
• Why less time exercising is more beneficial.
• How to prioritise your exercise.
• Why strength training really is the number one priority.

Couch2Kilos is a free strength challenge designed to help EVERY women get stronger in 6-weeks.

With four levels Couch2Kilos is suitable for women of all abilities from just starting out to those who are already active. Just go to the "Challenges" section on the app and start the level you feel appropriate to you.

It is totally flexible, you can do it anytime, from anywhere, at the gym or home and on any device. You can start with zero equipment and work up the levels and learn how use a variety of weights.

Her Spirit is a global community of like-minded women all getting fitter, stronger and healthier together. We believe your mind, body and fuel are intrinsically linked and taking small achievable steps will lead to big changes.

Regardless of your ability, location or stage of life Her Spirit has something for everyone. We are an inclusive bunch of women who believe that being fit and healthy shouldn't be a chore but something you love to do. Our mantra is 'Together We've Got This' and together we support each other to live life to the full and achieve mind, body and fuel goals we never thought possible.

Her Spirit mission - INSPIRING EVERY WOMAN TO BECOME FITTER, STRONGER AND HEALTHIER for more information go to http://www.herspirit.co.uk 

At Her Spirit, we’re building a FREE global community designed exclusively for women’s activity.

Join us to connect with like-minded women, discover events, and find local groups that inspire you to move more.

✨ Find your tribe. Achieve your goals. Thrive together.

👉 Join the movement at https://www.herspirit.co.uk/

It’s time for You

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