A walk along the towpath beside the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park really is a walk back in time – did you know that the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal was opened 200 years ago? On 22 February 1819, a reported 60,000 people turned up to watch the very first boats arriving into the heart of the city. […]
I recently had the pleasure of hosting Sheffield’s second Celebration of Sport event. At the first event, back in 2016 we were riding the crest of the Olympic wave and I wondered whether it would match up to that. I’m pleased to say it did! As ever with a city like Sheffield we had plenty […]
The way we work in our society is not conducive to staying fit and healthy. Being cooped up in an office for eight hours sitting at a desk hardly encourages us to get our 10,000 steps per day! This is exactly why we want to encourage more companies to offer opportunities to their employees to […]
Growing up, I always wanted to run my own business and restaurant but just before my 21st birthday I was diagnosed with throat cancer which put all my dreams on hold. I went to Waltham Forest College to learn how to cook. Once qualified, I worked in different hotels in London and restaurants where I […]
We all know that moderate to high intensity physical activity is a great way to keep fit. Typically, when we think of exercise we think of walking, running, swimming, cycling, jogging – anything that gets the heart rate going. And while they’re all great ways of keeping in shape, they’re by no means exhaustive of […]
As bit of background, I first came to Sheffield when I was 18 to study a Sport Science Degree at Sheffield Hallam University. During my time there, I played rugby and did martial arts and I worked in the University gym, training the student sports teams. Following my degree, I went on to complete […]
A quick straw poll of Sheffield folk will confirm most people in the Steel City know physical activity is good for them. But strap an activity monitor to that same group for a week to see how active they are, and you’ll get a very different answer. The majority of people move very little and […]
When a major sports stadium closes down, there is always a worry about what it will be replaced with. Working out of a local running store, based in Attercliffe, close to where Don Valley Stadium was sited, we were certainly curious about what was coming next. However, we were privy to the Attercliffe consultation meetings […]
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How far did you walk yesterday? What did you have for breakfast? When was the last time you broke a sweat through exercise? These aren’t just very nosey questions – they reveal the sort of person you are, the sort of society we are and they have profound implications for the demands each of us […]