I arrived early so I could make the most of the day before things got too busy and managed to make it for a 10:30am Dynamic Hatha Yoga class.
I've never taken a proper yoga class before, although I did Body Balance for a while, and I really enjoyed myself! I've always found it hard to "let go" as my mind is so busy that I feel silly just laying there trying to relax, but with the dynamic moves of this class I also felt my body working too, so it was a good combination!
After yoga I headed over to the Health + Nutrition stage, where there were various speakers throughout the day. I caught the second half of a talk by Andrew Thomas, discussing the "Missing Nutrients of our Modern Lifestyles". It was a really interesting lecture about the lack of Vitamin D and Magnesium in our diets and lives, and how these have been proven to have significant health benefits. I was particularly interested in the links between Magnesium and Asthma so I'll try and do a post on that soon- I spoke to Andrew at his Better You stand after the talk, and he gave me a free Magnesium spray which you're supposed to rub on your skin. It basically alleviates inflammation so can assist with post-workout recovery too. I will give it a try and report back!
I then wandered around the stands, tasting lots of different samples and checking out the different products being promoted. I was mostly interested in the food (!) and sports clothing/equipment, and not really the beauty or "healing crystals and tarot cards" side of things, but still took lots of photos! The lighting was really yellow though, so things have come out looking a little weird...
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| Q-cumber fizzy water sample and a free apple |
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| Testing out a hand scrub |
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| Pulsin' bars- I tested a few different flavours! |
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| The new Trek protein flapjacks- I've justย receivedย some of these and will review soon. They're yummy! |
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| And the new Nakd crunch bars- I wasn't such a fan and preferred the original bars... |
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| Dry roasted sweet chilli chickpeas from Garbanzo snacks |
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| Yogi tea- I tried a couple and ended up buying some of the Choco Chilli flavour, it had a nice kick to it! |
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| Sports bras... |
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| ...and massages |
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| Propercorn popcorn in 4 delightful flavours- I'd already picked up a bag of this at Whole Foods and haven't eaten it yet, must get around to it! Great snack ๐ |
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| Rachel's yoghurt- I tried a cherry sample but their stand had run out of a lot of flavours unfortunately. |
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| Vita Coco coconut water- I loved this and will definitely be buying some soon! |
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| Badminton and table tennis going on! |
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| And some hula-hooping! |
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| I also caught some of this "Tantrum Club" where you wrote all your angry thoughts on a balloon and then popped it- BANG! |
After wandering around for a while I caught a demonstration of the Vitamix blender which was seriously impressive- if they weren't so expensive I would be straight out there buying one! I'm sure the guy was very good at portraying it, but he whipped up a smoothie, frappe coffee, a HOT soup, and ICE-CREAM! All with the same blender! And all without contamination- just a quick whizz of hot water in between each concoction to clean it, simple.
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| Colourful soaps from Bomb Cosmetics |
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| More Bomb Cosmetics- it smelled like LUSH! |
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| The hair styling salon |
I ended up being a little disappointed however, as her talk lacked substance or any kind of scientific facts and was basically just a plug for her new book and her website "community". I went up and spoke to her afterwards as she didn't mention exercise and fasting at all during, so wanted to know what her take on it was. She stated that the original fasting technique was developed by bodybuilders and therefore it worked very well for strength training or even HIIT, but when I said I did running she advised not even to try it! To be honest I wasn't considering it anyway, as my logical brain told me that trying to do endurance cardio on an empty stomach wasn't really compatible. I would be interested in reading some more information on the principle though...
After the talk I went for a manicure at the Vitality Show nail bar- I'd booked this earlier in the day as it got busy really quickly! I fancied treating myself and chose some really bold colours to brighten things up ๐
All in all a great day out! This is my haul- note some of these items were from the free Vitality Show goodie bag, some were freebies, some came from the Zest and Women's Fitness goody bags which cost ยฃ2 each and some I bought! A pretty good selection ๐
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| Disappointed with the fizzy drinks in the goody bags, but the white tea with cherry was nice. I bought the Bounce balls and can't wait to try them! |
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| No idea what most of this is! Will probably try a few of the samples... |
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| I won a competition with Hay House Booksย when I bought my ticket to the show, hence the rather bizarre titles- not sure I'll read them! But the Zest and Women's Health magazines are always welcome ๐ |
ย Lots of new products to try, so will hopefully have a few reviews over the next week or so! Hope you all had a great weekend ๐
Beki x
![[GRUFFALO] Exploring the #Gruffalo Party Trail @forestryengland Salcey Forest, celebrating 25 years of the Gruffalo!
Arthur is Gruffalo OBSESSED at the moment, so this was the perfect trail for us to walk together as a family, stopping to complete the activities and enjoying the beautiful autumn colours ๐
We missed the Gruffalo sculpture halfway round - not sure if there was a signpost - and someone's legs were a bit too small to walk the whole 1-mile route, but we enjoyed the den building area and wooden enchanted houses en route. Good places to stop for a sit down and a snack! ๐
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Look forward to reading your reviews; I really wanted to go to the Vitality Show ... wish they had one in Scotland! So jealous of your goody bags! I tried one of the nakd crunchy bars for the first time today and loved it!
Yeah it was a fun day out! Shame they don't do a similar thing elsewhere. I am a big fan of nakd bars too! ๐
Looks like you had a fabulous time! I was there on Friday for work - to be honest I was a little disappointed with the 'sports zone' - it made it look like all girls want to do is yoga or pilates!
I also heard Andrew Thomas speak and was very impressed - I bought the Vitamin D spray immediately, hoping it will help with my bad moods thanks to the lack of sunlight!
I wish I had of bought more of the goodies that were on sale, there were some great deals on things I regularly buy like Vita Coco, Bounce Bars & Nakd Bars!
Yeah the "sports zone" was a bit small- I was surprised some of the big brands didn't take the opportunity to advertise there.
Let me know if the Vit D spray seems to help- I also find I get grumpy in the winter! Haha ๐
I know- I had to restrain myself from buying lots more things! But a lot of stands only took cash so I was limited by that fortunately!