Hello I hope you are all having a great weekend. I have had a better weekend, focusing on stuff that makes me happy. I’ve felt a little stressed out of late, a little bit too much uncertainty on a few points in life has spiked my anxiety. A little time away this weekend was good,…
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Get Active Blog: Moving on up
I took a long weekend last week to give myself a little headspace, but also to give myself an opportunity to drive out and run somewhere different. I am glad I did. I ran around a country park, around a beautiful lake and through the woods. The change of scenery was really refreshing after months…
Midweek: Blog and Round Up – 17/03/2021
Hello Everyone Happy Wednesday – I hope you are having a good week. We are at the half way point, the weekend is getting closer. Although I really do love my weekends, I also try to live in the week too. It can be a little harder with all the complexities of life, work, commitments…
3 Simple Rules for a Better Diet
GQ magazine has a great article on dieting, presenting you with three simple rules for improvement. I got quite a lot of tips out of this article and plenty of food for thought. Check it out here “The way diets usually get talked about these days, simply asking a fundamental question like how to eat…
Fix your sleeping position
We often say we want to sleep better, or for longer. Its good for all aspects of your health. One thing to think about is the position in which we sleep too. I have been forced to try sleeping in alternative positions over the last few weeks due to a shoulder injury. I would normally…
Get Active Blog: If you feel unwell, rest up.
We live in difficult times. There are ups and downs. I was so relieved to receive my first dose of the covid vaccination on Friday, but then my exercise training has taken a hit as I was rather unwell with side effects. But this downtime gave me some much needed thinking time. Exercise is good…
Don’t Waste Your Rock Bottom
On August 1st, 1976, Formula One racing legend Niki Lauda crashed at the Nürburgring. In an instant, his car burst into flames, his helm flew off, and he was trapped in the wreckage. Other drivers were able to pull him from the car, but because of the burns he suffered and toxic fumes he inhaled,…
Better days blog: Knowledge
Hello I hope you had a great weekend. It was a nice change of pace for me this weekend. I ventured just a little further away from my village to a local country park where I have not been for a run previously. There was so much sunshine, spring flowers and a beautiful lake to…
Avoid these energy drainers
Let’s face it: we all get more fatigued as we get older. It’s part of the aging process: we lose mitochondria (energy-producing engines in the cells) and we produce less adenosine triphosphate (ATP) — the molecule that delivers energy to cells throughout our body. Other causes of fatigue, such as medication side effects or chronic…
Get Active Blog: Shake it up
It has definitely felt like early spring this weekend. Bright sunshine, clear skies and the first flowers of spring are blooming. I am still managing/working around a shoulder injury, so I decided to use the improved weather to shake things up with my running. I took the opportunity to visit local country parks that, during…
Better Days Wellbeing 