Get Back in Shape with the New BOB 30 Day Fitness Challenge!

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As part of my Mumbassadorial role with BRITAX - I’m often being sent handy tips and advice on everything parent-related. Although BRITAX and their sister company BOB are primarily concerned with pushchairs and transporting your little one around safely, they also offer of wealth of information on pregnancy and post-natal fitness. I’ve previously shared an article on My Mills Baby about tips to help mums stay fit and active throughout pregnancy, post-birth, and beyond developed with leading personal trainer Laura Williams exclusively for BRITAX, and now she’s joined forces with BOB to launch the 30 Day Fitness Challenge.

Although, for obvious reasons, I’ll be holding off on any weight-loss ambitions for a few months, when Mini Madam arrives I’ll be frantically Googling diet and exercise in a bid to shed the baby weight - I think Craig’s probably had quite enough of struggling to get his arms around my waist! Laura’s 30 Day Fitness Challenge seems like the perfect way to kick-start this so I’ll be joining in! Here’s all the information you need.

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Sticking to your weight-loss resolutions with the BOB 30 Day Fitness Challenge!

We all love to begin the New Year with the best of intentions, vowing to ditch bad habits and have a healthier and happier year ahead. But as we all know, will power can dwindle all too quickly. Many people will already have abandoned their resolutions just weeks into the New Year - in fact Friday 24th Jan is ‘Fail Friday’ – the day where resolutions are most likely to be broken!

Resolutions often sound easy but are harder to put into practice – resolutions like spending more quality time with the family, planning regular date nights with our other halves, eating more healthily as a family and exercising more to shift those extra baby pounds. We start with the best intentions to keep to them but they can often fall by the wayside when real life gets in the way.

We believe the key to successful resolution keeping, is to keep it simple, make it enjoyable and ensure it fits in with your everyday life!

That’s why BOB have teamed up with fitness expert, Laura Williams, to create a realistic 30-day fitness challenge for busy parents, designed to help you burn calories and tone up simply by doing everyday tasks around the home. Genius!

This 30-day calendar is packed full of daily hints, tips and motivating advice that will not only make you smile but get your heart beating too - best of all, everything can be done whilst with your little one! All you have to do is print it out and pin it somewhere you can see it.

Check out more information on the exciting BOB range here and you can print your very own plan and get active today by visiting BOB’s Active Parents site. Ooooh and I almost forgot - I’m soon to be road test the BOB Revolution SE so keep an eye out for my review!

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Disclaimer: I have not been compensated for sharing this information.


GIVEAWAY - Win Tickets to the 2013 Baby Show at London Olympia 25-27 October with BRITAX- (CD/ 09/10/2013)

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We’re big fans of the Baby Show in this house. I defy any parent-to-be or proud mum or dad not to get excited when you’re confronted by hundreds of stalls full of discounted and new-to-market baby and toddler bits. Every year all the baby brands clamber over themselves to get the perfect pitch, and there’s always a healthy dose of expectant celebrities milling around.

If you’re constantly on the hunt for innovative products to provide solutions to the general insanity of parenthood, this is where you’ll find it. I’ve discovered some genius products at the show from the awesome Pourty (a potty with a spout for easy disposal of waste), to the Neckerchew (a bib and teether in one) to the Perfect Prep Machine from Tommee Tippee (a must-have machine for bottle-feeding mummy’s that will sterilise and prepare babies bottle in two minutes). It’s like walking into Dragon’s Den and getting up close and personal with all the amazing inventions.

But it’s not just quirky products, you also have the big boys there. BRITAX, FisherPrice, Mothercare, Chicco and Stokke… the list is endless. They’ll all be showcasing their latest collections and providing one-to-one advice to parents. We took advantage of having everything under one roof last time and bought Dexie a car seat from BRITAX and a few other big purchases. It’s definitely worth taking advantages of the show prices and bagging yourself a bargain.

There is also a main stage with hourly guest speakers including sleep expert Jo Tantum, feeding and nutrition expert Annabel Karmel and all round parenting guru Sir Robert Winston. There are also giveaways and special offers by the bucket load to take advantage of if you know where to look. It’s definitely worth keeping a close eye on Twitter and Facebook, and The Baby Show website to be the first in-the-know.

There’s superb childcare facilities for little people with a well-stocked mini crèche, comfortable changing areas, and peaceful breastfeeding zones.

Well as a BRITAX ambassador, I’m delighted to have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway to celebrate their continued involvement in the show. Along with sister (or should I say ‘brother’) brand B.O.B, once again they promise to have a well stocked stall and experts on hand to take you through all the latest car seats and strollers. It’s well worth saying hello to them if you’re lucky enough to win the tickets, they’re a right friendly bunch who will be very interested to hear what you’ve made of the experience.

Each pair of tickets entitles you and a friend to full access to the Baby Show on any day you choose, and babies and little people enter free so they’re welcome to come with you!

Entry is, as always, via Rafflecopter so go on and enter and I hope to see you there!

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BRITAX and BOB Dual Sponsors of Parkrun!

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More exciting news from BRITAX arrived in my inbox this afternoon!

They’re demonstrating their commitment to getting families outdoors and active by announcing a partnership between its BOB sporty stroller range and the hugely popular parkrun.

Open to runners of all ages and abilities, parkrun’s truly unique proposition allows fitness enthusiasts to come together to participate in free, weekly, 5km timed runs at over 170 locations in the UK. Parkrun helps to encourage families up and down the country to get active together within their local community.

Parkrun is all about breaking down barriers and encouraging everyone to join the running community regardless of age or ability – running is all about freedom and we’re delighted to be working with BOB to improve the parkrun experience for those looking to run safely as a family. Tom Williams, UK Managing Director at parkrun

The partnership with their BOB strollers range was inevitable. Indeed the BOB stroller was born as a result of Roger Malinowski’s & Philip Novotny’s compunction to design and build a superior jogging stroller. The result was the BOB Sport Utility Stroller, complete with patented suspension system, tough polymer wheels, easy-fold frame, a reclining, padded seat and several other features no one had ever put on a stroller before.

That was then. And this is now. They’ve since gone onto to build a reputation as the ultimate off-road stroller brand for athletic parents. Britax’s 2011 acquisition of the brand only serves as an indication that the brand has big ambitions for the future.

It’s sponsorship of parkrun is therefore the ultimate symbiotic relationship. With a built-in hand brake and tracking adjustment, BOB’s Sport Utility and IRONMAN strollers provide the ideal tools for parents looking to adopt a more active lifestyle and achieve their fitness goals with the support of the parkrun community. What’s more, for every one of these specific strollers purchased you will be supporting your local parkrun initiative.

 

We hope the partnership will give parkrun’s members further incentive to get out and about with their children, supporting and encouraging those parents who are looking for tips and advice on choosing and getting fit with a running stroller, as well as the guidance and support of a fantastic free event. Ed Hart, UK & Ireland Business Development Manager for BOB

 

 

 

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