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Whether it's hitting the city streets or leafy park runs, the popularity of running and run clubs is still on the rise. We caught up with physiotherapist Tash Gale to deep dive into some of the most common running injuries, injury prevention tips and recovery methods.

Team Pocket had the amazing opportunity to catch up with 7x Paralympic Champion, 12x World Champion, world record holder and TV presenter Hannah Cockroft OBE to discuss her incredible career so far as the most decorated British Paralympic athlete. 

When Poppy reached out to share her experience of living with Ulcerative Colitis and her recent life changing surgery, we immediately wanted to meet her and help her on her mission to help others. Poppy's mission is to encourage conversation by sharing her own experience to help others re-gain their body confidence and show the world positive body diversity.

Ensuring that we are providing our bodies with enough essential nutrients is an important factor for our daily body function as well as when exercising. We caught up with nutrition brand Zooki to get the inside scoop on all things Zooki and how we can best aid our bodies to ensure optimum health and functionality.

After hearing about her recent injury, Team Pocket caught up with Personal Trainer and Coach Ria Gandhi to discuss the importance of rest, recovery and mindset.

La Pochette is a luxury, sustainable, accessories company, designing bags and accessories for the way people live and move today. During a given day, you could be going to the office, meeting a colleague for a coffee, taking a spinning class, flying to New York on a business trip, taking a dip in the pool, or joining friends for dinner.  Combining intelligent design with super functionality, every item is carefully considered to be the best fit for your lifestyle. 

The holidays are almost here and though we’re super excited for this time of year, sometimes we start feeling anxious. So we’re left wondering, why do we get anxiety around the holidays? And what can we do to help it? We’ve teamed up with Amy Tran, mental health, self-love and mindfulness advocate, as well as PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology to speak on why we feel this way and provide us with a few tips on how to get through the season as mentally steady as we can.

We have teamed up with Dr Maja Schaedel, Clinical Psychologist & Co-founder of The Good Sleep Clinic to answer all of our sleep questions, and let us know why it so important, and what it has to do with our physical health.

It’s that time of year again where we want to get all cosy in our homes, and cook a warm, comforting and delicious recipe. We’ve teamed up with Nush to bring our Pocket followers a special autumn inspired pasta recipe that you can make in your own kitchen’s this season. It’s cheesy and heart warming... oh – and it’s vegan too!

We've teamed up with Holistic Wellbeing Coach, self-love advocate and wellness enthusiast Andrea Ochoa to take us through a new way to experience cooking an easy, delicious, and healthy meal. Watch our IGTV video andfollow along as Andrea cooks a Courgette Pumpkin Oats recipe and takes us through a breathing practice before and during the cooking experience as well as before eating, to transform the way you look at the moment and your gratitude for the food in front of you. 

Whether it's 35 degrees on holiday in Majorca, or cold and cloudy in London, wearing SPF is necessary. It only takes as little as 15 minutes for unprotected skin to be damaged by the sun's UV rays. Some sunscreen's can be white, chalky, or oily, so it can be difficult to find the best one without ending up with 10 unused tubes in your bathroom cabinet. But don't worry, Team Pocket has done the hard research to rate and review the top sunscreens on the market. So before you go on holiday, or add SPF to your morning skincare routine, take a look at what we've got to say. 

Team Pocket had the opportunity to interview the young, inspiring British slalom canoeist Kimberley Woods. Kimberley has competed at the international level since 2011. She won five medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, eleven medals at the European Championships and just arrived back from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where we had a chance to catch up and talk all things Canoe Slalom.

Vitamins and supplements have obviously been around for ages, but a lot of us still don’t really know why we should be taking them nor which we should be taking depending on our lifestyle. We’ve teamed up with Vitl to give our Pocket customers all the information.

Building in movements for an active labour into your training routine can help you to feel more confident and supported during the birth. We have teamed up with Stef Larden, Pre + Postnatal Specialist Trainer, to put together 5 exercises that will help your body feel better equipped when the time comes.

Team Pocket had the opportunity to catch up with the inspiring female athlete and Olympic Champion of the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay, Anna Hopkin. We chat about her background in swimming, her time in the Olympics and how she felt being a part of Team GB.

Team Pocket met up with fitness instructor Millie Pryor to show us her top 5 low impact moves focusing on lower body from her Sculpt and Shape method. These barre and pilates inspired moves will tone your glutes and sculpt lean legs. You will need a mat and ankle weights if you want that extra burn.

It's still summer and that's reason enough to celebrate with a light, fresh tasty cocktail while the sun is still out. We've teamed up with Sharon Carrara, senior bar tender at Darby's London to take us through the steps to make A Cucumber and Basil Collins Cocktail just for Pocket.

Team Pocket had the opportunity to meet and interview Michelle Griffith Robinson, former Olympian, fitness coach, and mentor. We speak about her time in the Olympics, the coaching she does, her diabetes ambassadorship, and how she balances it all along with being a mother.

Not sure how to style your Pocket pieces for the summer? We got you covered with these 3 looks.

Sarah Farley, owner of Natural Mothers has created a simple DIY face mask recipe specially made for our Pocket customers. It’s perfect for reducing inflammation, stimulating blood flow and removing dead skin cells, leaving skin looking smoother and brighter.  

We've teamed up with Laura Davis, creator of For The Utter Love of Food, to create a refreshing summer lunch bowl, packed full of protein and healthy fats and is really quick to put together.

First pregnancy? Or maybe you’re tackling it with a toddler in tow? Either way, working out can feel a little scary. We've teamed up with The Mum Club to give us their do's and do-not's with exercising whilst pregnant.

Working out is obviously extremely beneficial for both our mental and physical wellbeing, but what about or skin? With all of that sweating, is it making it better or worse? We have teamed up with Bybi Beauty and content creator Karen Haeli to create a 3 step 'post-workout' skincare routine for everyday.

A lot of us are stuck behind a computer for long hours every day. No wonder we're feeling a stiff neck, jaw and head pain. We've teamed up with Sports masseuse and yoga guru Minnie Samengo to help with a DYI routine to help loosen everything up.

Dame is changing the industry of period products for the better. We had the pleasure to interview co-founder Celia Pool about starting the brand, balancing work and parenting and of course dabbling into tips for that time of the month. 

Bored of your everyday protein bars? Not to worry, Indie Bay has collaborated with us on this unique recipe that includes berries, pretzels, oats and our favourite ingredient - chocolate.