Hello World Happy Friday – I hope all is well. We often hear about the pros and cons of social media. I’m not entering into that debate today, but I have been refining my own social media presence to only interact with value adding sources and people. It has certainly enhanced the time I do…
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Get Active Month: Rest is prepation too
In just over a week I am aiming to compete my mental health 10k run. I am training for this event to make sure I am race ready for 1 May. I am following a workout schedule to prepare for this, but that does not mean that rest and recovery time has gone out of…
Get ready to have a good day by making a few smart moves the night before
If you feel different than you did 12 months ago (and not in the best of ways), you’re not the only one. When it hasn’t been an acute tragedy, this pandemic has been a slow grind, and the loss of regular movement and human contact is hard on the mind and body, period. But there are some…
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…
Blog: A time to reflect
Happy New Year! I hope 2021 brings good health and happiness to you all. Over the Christmas break, I was watching the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special from 2019 with my wife. It triggered a conversation as to how different “our world” was just 12 months ago when we had watched it previously. My initial…
Get Active blog: Mind and Body
I’ve finally settled on a name for my exercise blog that launched when I wrote a blog entry on going back to running. This is my Get Active blog. Running has become a great way to help me process my day. I have lots of techniques to process how I feel, and events in life. …
Back to Running: Week 5
So I skipped the update for week four. I’ve now just completed the fifth week of my return to running. I passed the 10K mark in week four and have started to become reasonably comfortable with running five mile with ease. Last week I completed my longest run to date, which was 7.5 miles. That…
Article: Exercise – What are DOMS?
Sore muscles after physical activity, known as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), can occur when you start a new exercise programme, change your exercise routine, or increase the duration or intensity of your regular workout. When muscles are required to work harder than they’re used to or in a different way, it’s believed to cause…
Article: Want a stronger core? Skip the sit-ups
The following article is from a newsletter produced by Harvard Medical School. Head over to their website for their newsletter and other great resources. “Sit-ups once ruled as the way to get tighter abs and a slimmer waistline, while “planks” were merely flooring. Now planks — exercises in which you assume a position and hold…
Back to Running, week 3
New running shoes have really helped make a difference for me. I was rinning before in a more general pair of gym trainers. Which are great for weight lifting, but not so supportive for running. I have always struggled to find comfortable shoes, especially for fitness activities. To add to it, England is currently in…
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