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Review: Gymbox

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Today, 24th  September 2018 I tried out my first Gymbox   class. The gym just opened at Cannon Street and I was lucky enough to have a taster of the facilities. See below what I got up to, what I thought of the class and if I would recommend it as a top workout spot in London. What class did I do? I did the BadAss class Who was the instructor? Phoebe What was the class like? Described on their website as 'the next level workout for your derriere', I can confirm that this class certainly does make your booty burn! The class was 30-minutes and consisted of a dynamic, cardio warm-up and then 2 sections of weight-based workout. Squats, lunges, pulses were, as expected, all included in the workout. The 2 sections of workout were made up of 3/4 exercises which you did for 1 minute each before switching, complete all the exercises and then have 30 seconds rest. You then repeated that section through again before moving on to the 2nd section. I definitely struggled...
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My Relationship With Food...

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A delicate topic for some and certainly one that has caused me to reflect over the last month or so. I am here to talk about my relationship with food which, to be honest, has been a bit of a rollercoaster for me so, strap yourself in as this could be a long one! Growing up, I never really worried about food. I come from quite a fit family and was brought up doing gymnastics and swimming then horse riding and dance... Food for us always contained meat, plenty of fruit and veggies, so a fairly well balanced diet. I never really became concerned about my weight/shape until I was in high school - a classic time for any young person to develop insecurities. For a school performance of Grease, my final show in high school, I was playing the part of Sandy. I started using My Fitness Pal and, as it always does, it calculated me to eat 1200 calories a day (I will go on to my opinions of this later). At this point I was dancing for about 3 hours on a Saturday and horse riding once a week ...
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