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Tally

Rye

A body positive PT and co-host of the
Fit & Fearless podcast, Tally wants us to
develop a healthier relationship with
exercise in new book Train Happy

What’s your favourite treat? I really enjoy What’s your biggest regret? I regret not
anything chocolate-based, but I don’t really reading more in my early 20s. Only in the past
consider chocolate as a treat because I probably couple of years have I really gained a greater
have it daily! I’ll eat dark or milk. awareness of what’s going on socially and
politically. In my early 20s, I was so focused on
What’s your relaxation method of choice? myself: what I looked like, what my body looked
I love doing jigsaws because I ind they really help like, what I ate and how I exercised. Throughout
me to switch of and be mindful. They’re the new that period, I didn’t have much brain capacity to
colouring books for me. I also love to spend time think about anything else. Now that I have a good
on my sofa, under a blanket, watching Netlix. relationship with food and exercise, it’s created
My favourite series is The Crown. I ind myself all this space for other things.
Googling every episode afterwards, thinking,
‘Did that really happen?’ When they’ve recreated What do you wish you’d known when you
an iconic scene, I want to see the real pictures were younger? That exercise didn’t have to be
and compare them. for weight loss. As a child, I didn’t do any sports,
so I didn’t discover exercise until later on. Then,
What’s your guilty pleasure? Watching Love when I did discover it, I thought of it as a way
Island, because I know it’s trash, but it’s also great. to change my body and began to exercise in
I get absolutely sucked in and watch it every night a way that I didn’t enjoy. The whole concept
when it’s on. I watch I’m A Celebrity, too. of Train Happy is helping you to discover what
you actually enjoy, whether that’s cycling, rock
What’s your worst habit? I’m a terrible climbing, pole dancing, or ice skating. I want
procrastinator and that usually involves me doing people to broaden their horizons and be kinder
something on my phone. The app TikTok is a new to themselves. As told to Niamh Leonard-Bedwell. Photos Claire Pepper, iStock
discovery of mine and I ind myself getting sucked
in, watching stuf on it for ages. Suddenly half What’s next? I’ve got a new podcast to
an hour will have gone by because I’m laughing accompany the book, also called Train Happy.
at diferent videos. I use lots of social media The new series of the Fit & Fearless podcast
channels for work, but don’t really post on there, is also out now. It’s all go! TRAIN HAPPY IS ALL ABOUT
so I go on it for pure enjoyment, but it can steal Train Happy: An Intuitive Exercise Plan For Every FINDING WHAT YOU LOVE, BE
a lot of my time. Body (Pavilion Books, £14.99) is out now THAT ICE SKATING OR JIGSAWS

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