This is a topic I have been meaning to write about for a very long time. It pains me to sometimes see people paying a premium to a personal trainer that is not really even that good or worse – not even focused on their...
I love wearing my active wear, one of my favourite items in my active wear ensembles would have to be the sports bra. I have always been blessed in the bust department and making sure my girls are strapped in nice and comfy and tight...
Up till now, baby had been growing at a slow steady pace, but developing all his essential organs, sensory nerves etc in the womb, with little to no discomfort to me. Now, in this final trimester, he is growing in size and with that my...
Since my steady weight gain due to my pregnancy, I have found that monochrome colours especially when it comes to one's workout gear is a God send. At this point in time, where your body is ever expanding and one's boobs are getting crazy big -...
Hope you enjoyed my first preggie workout. Here is another one that I love doing. This one is targeted to the lower body, specifically the butt and some legs too. I am 16 weeks into my pregnancy and still trying to workout as much as...
With so many people starting new eating plans and gym routines right in preparation for summer, I thought I would share the ten things I wish someone had told me when I started my transformation journey years ago. I would suggest printing these out and...
I am so addicted to my active wear. I could wear it all day long everyday. The best part is, it's totally on trend these days what with 'athleisure' and 'sports luxe' becoming real style trends. My favourite is grabbing a coffee on the way to...
Where did the time go? It’s already the first week of September - Spring, and you are no doubt thinking about the summer holidays and beginning to regret all that comfort eating you did throughout winter. I am thinking the same thing - Luckily for me,...
The fifth phenomenal woman we are featuring part of our FABUFIT Women's month campaign 'My Fitness Journey' is Simone Conley. I first met Simone at a Nike Training Club session at Zoo Lake. She had so much energy and had such a positive vibe about...
Rozanne is a mom, wife and career woman, while I don't have kids of my own, I do so admire women who do and still manage to pursue their ambitions and look amazing while doing it. I love Rozanne's ability to make time for everything...
I am writing this after a long day of over indulging all part of Eid celebrations. This is to mark the end of another month of Fasting. The average person on this particular day (as I am sure is the same for Christmas or any other...
There is a reason the saying goes, “Too much of a good thing is bad.” This rings true even when it comes to something so great for your body like exercise. While chasing personal fitness goal – I too have been guilty of over training. So,...
I was recently interviewed on Channel Islam International, an online radio about whether to exercise and what to eat during Ramadaan (Holy Month of Fast). For those of you who don’t know, this is when Muslims all over the world, abstain from food and drink...
When I was given the TomTom Spark Cardio and Music fitness tracker, I was skeptical. I had tried so many others before that made big promises and just ended up disappointing me with its inaccurate numbers and flailing battery and software. I had heard that this...
You may remember those anti drug campaign bumper stickers that used to simply say, “Just say no.” This was in an attempt to encourage the youth not to be tempted into trying drugs, but after chatting to nutritionist and ‘The Healthy Life’ author, Jessica Sepel,...
As the phone rang for me to connect with celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson, so many thoughts went through my mind – ‘How will he sound?’, ‘Will he be nice?’, ‘Hope he doesn’t cut me off after 5 minutes’. After all, I was interviewing him while...
Be still our beating hearts – the original Queen B, Beyoncé Knowles has launched her own active wear range. Beyoncé has named her range ‘Ivy Park’ and is in part obviously named after her daughter, Blue Ivy. As for the Park part – related to...
Most people think that getting up early for me is easy. I leap out of bed every morning and hum a happy tune while I skip off to gym. They think I am always happy to say no to the bread and creamy pastas or...
I am always looking for new speciality fitness classes to try, as regular gyms just seem so, well...
It is National Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Day in South Africa. Government uses this day to tackle the dangers of obesity, an unhealthy diet and a lack of physical activity by promoting health, well being among individuals, communities and populations. We at FabuFit want to do...
I was recently sent a beautifully packaged box of VitaCoco Coconut water. I was rather eager to try it as I had seen them at a local grocer and they were new to South African shores, however, the VitaCoco coconut water brand has been widely...
As I grow older (and wiser), I am learning to appreciate more and more the value of my own company. This wasn’t always the case, growing up, I could think of nothing worse than being all by myself, it made me rather sad when I...
We’ve all done it at least once – worn makeup to gym. While some women can get away with wearing a full face of makeup to gym without so much as a red blemish afterwards – some of us are not so lucky, our skin...
On Saturday 6 February, about 1200 women got together for the love of fitness. Women’s Health hosted their first ‘Fit Night Out’ at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. While the rain tried to put a dampen on things, it didn’t stop the fun for long. 1. It...
The Nike logo is one of the most recognised symbols around the world and has been around since the early seventies. So how does a sports brand that has been around for literally over 4 decades stay relevant? They find new and innovative ways to...
This past summer holiday I had the chance to try ‘Budds by DJ Fresh’. They are wireless Bluetooth earphones. The sales pitch claims that they are: - Ergonomic design for comfortable fit - Bluetooth connection (to your phone or music device) - In ear control panel - Noise cancelling technology -...
2015 has really been a major character building time for me. It’s forced me to do some serious introspection and admit some hard truths to myself. It’s also helped me unearth a warrior spirit I didn’t know I had. I was put in some sticky...
For the longest time there have been two major players in the big gym chain business. South Africans didn’t have much choice in this regard, so if prices were hiked, we would just have to grin and bear it. So it was exciting when the Spanish...
I recently attended the launch of the Lorna Jane Active Living Room at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. The first of its kind in Africa, the Active Living Room is more than just an active wear boutique, but rather the embodiment of the Lorna...