Keeping Healthy When You Move, Coeliac, Pole -Episode 9 With Guest Ashley Hunt

08/23/15 • 55 min

In this episode I am joined with Ashley Hunt, a London based personal trainer and Health Coach. I got to know Ashley when she was living here in Sydney through the health and wellness website Move Eat Heal which Ashley co-founded with a friend. Now Ashley is based in East London and while she still writes for her own blog she is also a personal trainer and wellness coach. We talk about keeping healthy when you move, celiac disease, aerial fitness (pole dancing in particular) and Ashley's personal approach to diet, exercise and lifestyle. Ashley specialises in helping clients build their confidence as well as creating quick and effective workouts that can be done anywhere. Her signature style focuses on high intensity functional bodyweight exercises, incorporating a combination of yoga, pilates, gymnastics and calisthenics. Want to subscribe to get podcasts automatically? You can do that here: http://apple.co/1JY8LTn Podcast Breakdown 1:20 What Ashley has been getting up to 3:54 Changing your diet when you move and dealing with celiac disease 8:36 Food intolerances vs food allergies article: http://casadekarma.com.au/the-ultimate-guide-to-food-allergies-intolerances/ 10:00 Preparing so you can keep your diet on track when you move 12:00 Keeping exercise routine on track when you move 12:45 Ashley's exercise style 14:35 Ashley's recommendations to keep yourself healthy when you move. 15:50 Exercising without a gym 19:40 Over-training a no-no for adrenal fatigue 21:48 Ashley's exercise routine for the week 22:33 Aerial fitness, pole and straps: Ashley's experience with it personally and as an instructor, the benefits and how quickly you can see differences in your fitness and strength, bruising. 29:00 Busting the negative stigma associated with pole dancing 35:02 What inspires Ashley to write 37:55 Taking the stress and guilt out of getting healthy 43:14 Ashley's typical day of eating 48:04 Lessons Ashley has learnt in her health journey, the importance of individualised health management 51:15 What happens when you work with Ashley as a Health Coach 52:34 How consulting with a health practitioner or health coach can help you to navigate the huge amount of confusing and overwhelming health information that's out there on the internet and find what's right for you 54:09 How to get in contact with Ashley

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