Marie juggles childcare and exercise with ThinqFitness videos

ThinqFitness offers a wide range of shorter
video workouts that are ideal for busy mums

Marie has been keen to get back to exercising following a week of illness in her house. First it was her young daughter Livi who came down with the bug and then she succumbed, too. But as Marie noted: "I really miss the exercise when I can't do it and I'm beginning to feel guilty about not doing anything."

Marie has to squeeze her fitness sessions in around Livi's care. She relies on some help from her mum and also from her husband when he returns home at weekends from working away during the week.

She says: "It can be a real struggle to find time for myself. I used to be able to pop Livi in the creche at the gym but this closed recently so I have to rely on the help of other people, or else wait until Livi is in bed asleep at night."

Marie tried doing her ThinqFitness on-line video fitness sessions during the daytime when Livi was having a nap but she has found that the "bouncier" workouts simply wake up her daughter! Instead Marie has been doing the "quieter", shorter video sessions such as the abs workout.

She says: "The bouncing around on wooden floors with my trainers on to the funky music was keeping Livi awake! So the shorter and less noisy sessions work best for me when Livi is having a quick nap in the daytime. When Livi is sound asleep at night-time I can do the more full-on sessions such as Anna's Summer Body Blitz."

On Monday, after putting Livi to bed in the evening and doing the ironing Marie did Lincoln's Leg and Bum Blast workout. Marie says: "I love this video and if I do it on a Monday it sets me up for the week. It makes me feel like I want to keep going on track all week."

Thanks to her mum's help Marie was able to nip out to the gym to do a short run on the treadmill. She also managed to fit in Mel Pennicott's 10 mins Upper body ThinqFitness workout. 

She says: "And I did start Anna's 10mins Abs workout but then Livi began to demand a bit of attention so I had to give up!"  

Maire plans to do the ThinqFitness Anna's Body Blitz on Friday but she says she does worry about how she'll fit this into her busy life with Livi. She says: "So far the 10-minute workouts have been working best for me. They fit in with me and my lifestyle the best."

Marie is finding that the shorter workouts are becoming easier physically so she plans to try a few other fitness videos next week. 

As for Anna's Total Body Blitz, Marie says: "This workout does exactly what it says it will. It's a tough workout though! However, I'm really enjoying it and I am determined to do this session more than I have been. I think it will make a real difference to my weight and fitness." 

Find out how Marie does over the coming week in her next blog.