Be:Fit London Women's Health & Fitness Festival is event created by women for women. The show is offering various ways of being strong, fit and healthy.
The event was held for 3 days from 28th March till 30th March at Old Billingsgate in London. There were many brands and stands advising about nutrition, health and fitness. As a part of this show there were also fitness classes, health checks including your blood pressure and glucose level. Unfortunately this health check was fully booked within one hour. Those who missed some fitness classes or had had enough of liquids and foods could visit seminars that could help women's lifestyles. I was really surprised about organic food and organic cosmetics. Also a very interesting thing was a product called Food Detective which could helps you to find if you had a food allergy.
Fitness Studio were based downstairs in a building and we could try the latest fitness and yoga classes. All classes were 30 minutes long. I personally tried Tabata, Barry's Bootcamp and Yoga for stress.
Tabata is high-intensity interval training (HIIT). It's another form of cardiovascular exercise. This session may vary from 4-30 minutes. It's a short, intense workout to improve athletic capacity and condition, improved glucose metabolism and fat burning. I really enjoyed this one. I also sweated a lot. You had 3 levels you could choose from so all fitness levels could join this class. Very challenging but worth it!
Bootcamp refers to military recruit training and includes dynamic stretching, running, followed by a wide variety of interval training lifting weights or objects, pulling rubber straps, push-ups and sit-ups with plyometrics. This class was packed. Probably because it's a popular one. I didn't enjoy that much as my legs were hurting from the previous sessions.
Yoga for stress was very good exercise after our heavy workout. The Instructor was concentrating on our breathing as well as on some stretches which released our tension in our back's and lower back. It was so relaxing.
Those who wanted more relaxation could have a massage of head, back, neck or full body.
By the end of the day we were pretty exhausted but pleased that we went. Great show and next year we will be back again! ;0)
