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Sweatcoin is a fresh, innovative UK smartphone app which has raised nearly 1 million through being a completely brand new and exciting concept. Founded by Oleg Fomenko, Anton Derlyatka, Danil Perushev and Egor Khmelev, Sweatcoin is a free app which simply rewards users for walking! A truly remarkable way to encourage fitness and wellbeing, Sweatcoin...
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I’ve lost count of the times I’ve set my alarm for a 6am gym session before giving myself a pre bedtime pep talk to follow through tomorrow. Yet without fail as the clock strikes six and the sound of my dreaded alarm screeches in my ear I roll over and turn it off, immediately drained...
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I’ve always been quite lucky with my weight. I have a high metabolism and can therefore eat (within reason) what I like and remain the same size I have been for years. The fact that what I shove in my mouth never seems to make its way to my hips might seem like a blessing,...
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Beginning a healthy lifestyle seems exciting at first; opting for a chicken salad at lunchtime instead of a sandwich and chocolate bar, going for runs in the evening and sipping on detox teas. You start to feel fresh again; not to mention the great feeling when your old jeans start to fit you and your waist...
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I’ve just run the London Marathon, yes the actual London Marathon all 26.2 miles of it from Greenwich to the Mall in 4 hours and 13 minutes. I ran the entire way and didn’t stop or walk, even with the most horrific cramp, which reared its ugly head around mile 17 and by mile 20...
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When I was living in Sydney in 2004, I signed up for a Nike Women’s 5K and there in started my obsession with running. I started to get fit, lose my post-uni weight and created a training plan to motivate myself. However, I found sometimes it could be a lonely pursuit having no friends who ran,...
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So, I don’t know about you but I missed the ‘everyone dresses to impress at the gym nowadays’ memo. I was the typical leggings, old baggy shirt and a pair of unsuitable trainers girl you would see battling my will power on the treadmill. I am still many of those things, however thanks to some online...
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Expensive and uncomfortable are the only words I can use to describe your bog standard bra and ever since my early teenage self woke up to the realisation that I was turning into a woman, I knew these annoying but necessary pieces of clothing were a burden that I would have to live with for...
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So, we have eaten our own body weight in food (some would say this is a skill, a pure talent in fact, all on its own). We have had late nights, perhaps drank too much and spent mornings and afternoons sprawled out on the sofa, and it has been absolutely wonderful. The only thing we...
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I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions, they’re not my thing. I find the idea of convincing myself I can achieve certain goals just because it’s January a ridiculous notion. Every year people talk of the things they will achieve in the coming year – they make tried lists of worn resolutions. Some vow to...
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