Laila Rumbold-Kazzuz, MA English Literature student at the University of Sussex, tells us how yoga has helped her through lockdown. Laila also works in the University Library, has a blog and runs Brighton’s popular pop-up cinema - White Wall Cinema. In the summer lockdown last year, like many people I…

Each week we’ll be asking members of our community what they’re doing to make lockdown life that little bit easier, and how they are looking after their physical and mental health. Lockdown seems even tougher this time around for many of us, and with recent research by UCL reporting that…

Active US Volleyball Activator and BSMS student Francisca Darko will be leading our Development Volleyball sessions in the autumn term, aimed at students who are new to the sport or want to improve their game. I hadn’t heard of volleyball until year 10 of secondary school. A couple of girls…

Terry Cooper, our Deputy Head of Operations, Fitness and Performance, has the low-down on maximising your gym sessions. — We’re reopening our gyms this week and because of our new Covid safety measures, our bookable fitness sessions are now one hour long. This means that being effective with your time is key. For many, the way you workout might not change. But some of you may need need to…

Check out our video tutorials created by the Sussexsport fitness team for tips on how to keep your workouts going at home. Here’s our Duty Manager John with 3 dynamic exercises to work your upper body! If you have dumbbells you can use these to do the exercises at home…

Sussexsport Sport Scholar and Life Sciences student Katrin-Maria Zhivkova (Kat) is a sabre fencer. She won a bronze medal at the national British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition in February this year. I am a sabre fencer. My highlight of the year was winning bronze at the national BUCS…

Ella Lucas is a second year Psychology student and Sussexsport Sport Scholar. She has achieved regional and national placings in competitive horse riding. My sport is horse riding, specifically ‘eventing’, where a single horse and rider combine and compete across the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. I’ve…

US Girls Can Leader and English undergraduate Freya Sumner, 21, is training to be a fitness instructor alongside her studies. I started going to my local gym when I was 16 because it was the done thing to do after school. Girls would go in their little group and chat…

Why do we do strength training? We mainly do it to avoid injury, to make muscles, tendons, and ligaments stronger, and - most importantly - to improve performance. This should always be the outcome of strength training for your sport; does it make your sport performance improve? Stronger muscles are better shook absorbers and strength training…