In the UK it is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and we have been talking to some of our superb WatchFit Expert Contributors about this huge issue.
To many people an eating disorder is something they associate with figure and image fixated adolescent girls and a troublesome ‘growing up phase’ some of them have to go through.
But this just isn’t accurate or representative of the realities of eating disorders, the people they afflict and the numerous ways in which they manifest themselves.
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Men, women, boys, girls, young, old, affluent, the less well off… It really does not discriminate.
Fitness and health professionals are certainly not exempt
Husband and wife team Laura and Barry Ash run their Rock Solid Training business and achieve superb results with their clients. They also look like the very images of health, fitness and athleticism themselves.
However, whilst training for a bodybuilding competition in 2014, Barry had experienced a significant eating disorder situation that even wife Laura was unaware of until recent weeks.
Exclusive look into a fitness professional’s eating disorder
To tie in with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Laura and Barry have filmed a conversation about this exclusively for WatchFit. It is truly fascinating, totally honest and revealing and hugely valuable in terms if information and insight.
Here is Laura Ash talking to husband Barry about the spiralling eating disorder situation he found himself in two years ago…
Laura and Barry Ash have written a number of articles which can be found here and have a workout plan in the app. Find out more about them and Body Solid on their profile page.
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We are Rock Solid – Barry and Laura Ash – Husband and wife super team! Everybody now a days seems to have a “busy” lifestyle. So how do you possibly fit in the time to eat healthy and exercise!? Thats where we come in. Our passion is to be able to create healthy lifestyle for everyone who says they don’t have the time…..
The direct correlation between having a healthy body and mind is something that is a very powerful asset to have in your life, which is something that not just our clients experience but of course personally too.
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Health and Fitness Coaches helping this industry we help people to live a life of balance. A healthy lifestyle, physically, and mentally. We are personal trainers, nutritionist specialists and body transformation coaches all rolled into one. We are specialist in what we do and have transformed our clients bodies, and lives through exercise, nutrition and mind set. Making our clients see that it can be done!
We believe in 3 key principles to a healthy lifestyle.
1. Exercise everyday
2. Eating the right food
3. The right Mindset
When all 3 of these work in harmony with each other you get balance, which equals a healthy lifestyle!
Rock Solid was born from our own personal experience with health and fitness. In 2009 Laura was diagnosed with a mental health disorder - Bi Polar and OCD. The combination of exercise, eating and discovering a good and healthy mind set combined helped her to manage her condition while living a healthy lifestyle. It was because of this combination and the control it gave her that caused Rock Solid to be born. To help others live a healthy lifestyle, feel confident, in control of their lives and empowered.
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