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I was honoured to talk to the local COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) group today. It was to talk about the advantages of exercise to people who have great trouble in breathing, and I was all ready to explain to them how getting out of breath is actually really god for them! As it turned … Read more
The Workout of the Week. A mini session lasting only 5-10 minutes to complement (not replace) your regular exercise. Use it to add some variety and an element of competition. Leave me some feedback if you like/dislike or have suggestions for improvement. In other words, let me know if it’s worth me continuing doing these! … Read more
The Workout of the Week. A mini session lasting only 5-10 minutes to complement (not replace) your regular exercise. Use it to add some variety and an element of competition. Leave me some feedback if you like/dislike or have suggestions for improvement. In other words, let me know if it’s worth me continuing doing these! … Read more
As you may have gathered by now, admin is not my strongest characteristic…so I was very surprised to learn that the Ilkley stroke rehab class has been going for 1 year! Happy birthday to it! And I want to say a huge well done to all who come along to the sessions (click here if … Read more
The Workout of the Week. A mini session lasting only 5-10 minutes to complement (not replace) your regular exercise. Use it to add some variety and an element of competition. Leave me some feedback if you like/dislike or have suggestions for improvement. In other words, let me know if it’s worth me continuing doing these! … Read more
The Workout of the Week. A mini session lasting only 5-10 minutes to complement (not replace) your regular exercise. Use it to add some variety and an element of competition. Leave me some feedback if you like/dislike or have suggestions for improvement. In other words, let me know if it’s worth me continuing doing these! … Read more
This is very relevant at this time of year, so I’ve been saying it a lot to people over the last week. Everyone has had a couple of weeks off, they been eating and drinking too much and vegging on the sofa and now they are back doing exercise again. And this first session back … Read more
Start of what may possibly be a new, ongoing feature. A couple of people asked if I was going to continue the Advent Challenge workouts into the new year. Well, I can’t sustain a new workout each day, but if there is any response, I may be able to do a Workout of the Week. … Read more
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s nearly here. Things have wound right down at work with me over the last few days. So here I am to give you my favourite tip on how to get through the next couple of weeks intact. Plan ahead… Make sure you enjoy yourself, don’t be a grinch and make yourself … Read more
I want to say a huge thank you to my mate Mark who made the picture above for me. I met Mark through the stroke rehab classes I run (click here for more details) and he is an absolute bloody star! You can find his facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/aphasia.leedsuk.9. Please go take a look and tell … Read more
We can all benefit from moving a bit better, a bit more often. So here is a very nice and simple way to help you do just that. Why not give it a try? What is it? 5 simple exercises/movements. You do x5 moves for a total of x5 minutes, x5 days a week. Yep, … Read more
“Should you be doing that?” I’ve heard that question asked a lot. It used to piss me off a lot. Someone close to me was involved in a car crash. And while she was recovering and regaining her health in the gym, she was constantly told to not do anything, to lay down and don’t … Read more
Happy Halloween! And you know what this means? It means it’s a new month tomorrow and it’s getting bloody close to Christmas. So what better time to get your shit together before things go a little bit mental. New month, new plan Here is a common mistake I and many others make: Decide we are … Read more
Get your diaries out boys and girls (and yes, I am talking to the boys too). We got another amazing event for you… What is it? The Craven Dragons netball club do their annual mixed tournament. It is for both men and women and for those with lots of netball experience and those who know … Read more
What is it? The Santa Fun Run is an annual 5k event. You can run it, jog it or walk it. It’s up to you! Oh yeah, you do it dressed as Santa though. And trust me, there are fewer more glorious sites than seeing 2,000 Santas running around town… Where is it? The route … Read more
Name: Scapular Pressups. Also known as: Pressup Plus. Main joints used: Shoulder girdle. Other joints used: Top tips: Start the move in a pressup position. Keep your elbows locked straight throughout the move. Think of the Front Plank and keep your belly tight throughout and don’t let it, or your hips, sag down under gravity. … Read more
I’ve spent the last few days rebuilding the website. It looks different now, but hopefully all the content is still there and accessible. Let me know if any links don’t work or if anything is broken? Fingers crossed, with the new technology running this website, I should hopefully be able to update it more. The … Read more
I was very honoured to be a speaker at the local doctors osteoporosis support group the other day (could being a talking head be the future for me????) So it was my job to try to tell the sufferers of osteoporosis how good exercise and good food can help them with their condition. I was … Read more
A wise man also once said: Core strength and stability has bugger all to do with how many sit ups you can do. It’s how you set and maintain your spine against an external force that matters.
I don’t know how to categorise this post, except I just had to say it…so here goes: I had a lovely email from the mother/carer of one of the gang who comes to our stroke rehab classes (if you don’t know about our classes, click here for details). Here is what it said: “Just … Read more