About

Hi, I’m Corinne — a fitness blogger based in York, and the person behind both this site and my lifestyle blog, Skinnedcartree.

I started slimmedcartree.com over a decade ago when I was figuring out how to make exercise a consistent part of my life. Back then it was mostly running and gym updates. Over the years it’s grown into something I’m more proud of — honest writing about strength training, women’s health, running, and what it actually looks like to try to stay fit when real life is complicated.

I should be upfront: I am not a personal trainer, a nutritionist, or a fitness professional of any kind. I’m someone who has been doing this for a long time, reads a lot, and writes about what I’ve learned and what’s worked for me. Everything on this blog comes from personal experience or research I’ve done — and where something is medical or health-related, I always say to check with your GP.

What I actually do

These days my training is based at home — I have a garage gym, which has been a game changer for fitting exercise around life — and I run. I’ve done the Leeds Half Marathon, parkrun, intervals that I hate in the moment and feel good about after. I lift weights because I think it’s the most useful thing most women can add to their routine, and I run because it clears my head in a way nothing else quite does.

I don’t work with a personal trainer anymore. I mostly programme my own training, which means I get it wrong sometimes and have to work backwards.

Consistently inconsistent

I want to be honest about this because I think a lot of fitness content pretends everyone is disciplined and motivated all the time, and that’s just not real life.

Since becoming a parent, my relationship with exercise has changed. I have less control over my time and energy than I used to, and some months I train regularly and some months I barely manage anything because life gets in the way. I’ve stopped fighting this and accepted it as just how things are for me right now. A few months of consistent training followed by a quieter period, then back again — that cycle is working better for me than pretending I can maintain the same routine I had before my son was born.

I keep coming back to exercise because I know it makes me feel better. As I get older, staying strong and healthy matters more to me, not less. But I’ve also accepted that “consistently inconsistent” is still a lot better than nothing, and that sustainability beats perfection every time.

What this blog is for

I write for women who are trying to figure out how to make fitness work in their actual lives — not the idealised version with unlimited time and energy, but the real one. If you’re a beginner trying to start lifting, if you’re returning to exercise after a long break, if you’re trying to understand how hormonal conditions affect your training, or if you just want honest information without being sold something — this is the right place.

If you want to work with me or have a PR or media enquiry, you can find details on the advertise page.