Women's Health UK - July 2022

156 Pages·2022·99.2 MB·English

This month
I’m loving
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By the time of messages I’d received,
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you read congratulating me on my win. – and they
this, I’ll Then I saw a message that give me such
a confidence
be 44. It’s bulldozed my buzz in 11 brutal
boost when I’m
the first words: ‘That dress makes you working out.
birthday look fat. Congratulations on
I’ve given your award though :)’. I felt
more than a fleeting negative sucker-punched. There are
thought to; the first birthday worse things to be called than
that’s made me think: ‘I’m fat, and some people would
rather old.’ But before I became be able to brush a critical
too gloom-ridden, I had a stern comment like that off. But my
word with myself. Ageing is appearance – and comments
a privilege – and that’s reason about it – is my vulnerability;
enough to pop the champagne and with those few words, the
cork. I’m healthy, happy, body insecurities I’ve spent
successful and I reckon I look a lifetime battling came
pretty good. I’m also fit. Not flooding back. I’m not sharing
‘fit for my age’; fit by anyone’s this to elicit sympathy, but
Me+Em dress (£275) Etté Athletica
standards. I don’t mean to to ask you to be kind to each This is the gorgeous dress dumbbells (from
sound arrogant, it’s a simple other. And if you really haven’t I wore to the British Media £180 a pair)
Awards. It’s perfect for a Okay, they’re
fact – and it’s one I’m owning. got anything nice to say, try
black-tie event or summer spenny, but these
And so our annual Fit At Any saying nothing at all. At its
evenings. I’m in love. dumbbells are so
Age issue is one of my favourites. heart, celebrating each other beautiful, they’re
practically a work
Whether you’re in your twenties is what Women’s Health is
of art. My home
or your eighties, you’ll find all about. So, let’s get back
gym has never
motivation and inspiration in to that, shall we? Whether looked so stylish.
these pages. Check out Erika you’re reading this on a sun
Rischko (page 82) who, at 82, lounger with a pina colada
can hold a plank with 60kg on in your hand, on your daily
her back. And turn to p108 to commute or during a lazy
find out the health habits that weekend lie-in with a coffee,
will future-proof your body I hope you enjoy every page.
during every decade. Until next month…
In other news, I recently won
Editorial Leader of the Year at
the British Media Awards. It’s
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I got back to my hotel room shopping list.
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after the ceremony, buzzing
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from a fabulous evening,
I dived straight into social
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If you do one
thing this month
Become
a nose
breather
Unless you’re a bona fide yogi who’s
au fait with yogic breathing, chances
are you’ll spend most workouts
breathing through your mouth without
even thinking about it. But inhaling and
exhaling through the nose has major
pay-offs: runners who nose breathe
may be able to increase their speed for
a given distance or go longer at the same
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