5 Surprising Ways Exercise Affects Your Skin Health and Appearance

You know that exercise is good for your body. Did you realise it also has perks for your complexion? Your body is a fascinating place where all the parts work together to create a beautiful whole. How does moving your muscles show up on your face? Here are five surprising ways exercise affects your skin…

ByMia Barnes11/08/20240Comments

Fitness Health

6 Simple Ways to Incorporate More Exercise and Movement Into Your Day

Does it seem like the clock strikes bedtime each day before you even have time to consider working out? Staying fit while juggling career and family responsibilities isn’t easy. You need practical tips to get more exercise into your routine. Fortunately, hitting your activity goals is often a matter of making wiser choices. Here are…

ByMia Barnes09/08/20240Comments

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

5 Exercises To Help Lower Anxiety

Regular exercise is a potent antidote to anxiety and one of the simplest things you can do to assist your stress levels and improve your mental state. Engaging in physical activity triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural stress-relievers, which contribute to an immediate mood lift says Tahnee Donkin, National Fitness Manager at Genesis…

ByAlice Duthie06/06/20240Comments

Health Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

Mind And Exercise And Why We Should Look Back To The Ancient Greeks

We are physical beings, and that physicality should not be seen in dualistic isolation from the self that we think we are: the thinking self. This is an idea that goes all the way back to the Greek philosopher Plato: the mind as ‘the true self’, with flesh consigned to lower status. A learned colleague of…

ByJames Gleeson14/05/20240Comments

Beauty & Fashion Fashion

Posh Active: Fashionable Activewear For Women Over 50

Let me introduce myself, I am Gai Brennan, the co-founder of Posh Active, an alternative activewear label designed specifically for women over 50. Posh Active was born out of my discontent with the activewear industry ignoring women who are over 50 and is changing the activewear industry for the better. The current mantra in activewear…

ByThe Carousel04/12/20230Comments

Health Parenting

The Third Trimester: James Duigan’s Safe Pregnancy Workouts

He's the personal trainer to some of the hottest bodies (and mummies) on the planet, from Megan Gale to Elle and Lara Stone... So what exercises does James Duigan recommend to his A-list clients during their third trimester of pregnancy? Find out here... James Duigan's clients include Elle, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Christy Turlington and Lara Stone.…

ByJames Duigan07/01/20220Comments

Fitness

How To Get Your Arms Into Shape And Beat Those Bingo Wings

There's no equipment needed here...just three simple exercises for slim, toned arms. Duigan has celebrity fans all over the world including Elle Macpherson, Jessica Gomes, British supermodels Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and David Gandy. Elle Macpherson Not only is he the guru of exercise circuits, but his super gym in London, Bodyism promotes his Clean & Lean diet programme which advocates essentially…

ByJames Duigan07/01/20220Comments

Wellness & Health

Celebrity trainer James Duigan: How To Get Leaner Legs

Want to get leaner legs? Celebrity trainer James Duigan says: “In my eyes, the word ‘lean’ doesn’t mean a body that’s gym-honed to within an inch of its life or one that’s scarily skinny. It means a body that’s just the right side of athletic.” Filmed exclusively for TheCarousel, follow James as he takes you through some…

ByJames Duigan04/01/20220Comments

Fitness

How To Get a Flat Tummy With Three Simple Exercises

Bodyism's James Duigan developed these three exercises to be done anywhere anytime - and filmed them exclusively for TheCarousel.com. If you're looking for an exercise to use almost every muscle in your body and burn fat fast, then The Wood Chop is for you. Your abdominals will get a through workout from doing The Plank -…

ByJames Duigan03/01/20220Comments

Fitness

5 Reasons Exercising In Water Is A Great Way To Workout This Summer

Exercising in water is the perfect opportunity to get a full-body workout AND beat the heat this Summer. While we are generally encouraged to get hot and sweaty while working out, it turns out that cooling down can be just as effective - and exercising in water is one of the easiest ways to…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa30/11/20210Comments