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A guest post today from my Get Moving partner, Anna! A thought provoking day at Get Moving today – in fact most of the days at Get Moving are thought provoking, but that is another story! I am frequently struck by how often we convince ourselves that we can’t do something. Whether that be walking … Read more
This came up during a training session this afternoon… Is it more important to get it right, or not give up? Every situation is unique, and when you are learning how to do an exercise, it is certainly important to try to get it right, because practicing a move badly will just ingrain a bad … Read more
Do you know if you have good eating habits? Good eating habits lead to greater chances of eating healthily and controlling your weight. Use this simple Healthy Eating Checklist to see how good/bad your eating habits are. Answer the questions honestly for your meals yesterday. The more points you get, the better your … Read more
Nocebo: A detrimental effect on health produced by psychological or psychosomatic factors such as negative expectations of treatment or prognosis. Yet again, last week I had a lovely woman in the gym for her first time. While showing her around the toys, it was obvious that she was nervous about the whole experience. Nervous about what … Read more
In the past, my friend has asked me “when are you happy and what makes you happy”. I have then spent hours trying to answer her. I’ve tried to describe situations when I’ve been on my bike at night, surrounded by bats. Or when I’ve been scrambling over walls/obstacles/things. Or when I’ve been in … Read more
Do you want to get fitter? Do you want to get stronger? Follow these 3 golden rules and improve your chances of success…
Why do you exercise?
The gym I work at has been refurbished and now all the equipment is brand spanking new. So, we have been spending the last week or so helping people get used to the new toys (showing them how they work, how they are different, what they can do etc).
Fake it til you make it
Fake it ’til you make it is a phrase that can help with self confidence, self belief and achieving a target/goal.
Have you ever been given a challenge and immediately thought
“I could never do that! It’s impossible! I’m not nearly good enough!”.
The next thing you know, you have:
Flat-out Sprinting
I read this story (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8429518/Sprints-better-than-marathon-for-heart-health.html) when it came out last month. It shows how multiple, maximal effort sprints had similar effects on health compared to long duration exercise. But after chatting with some people in the gym, I have a couple of problems with the practical implications of it…
Swag
I stumbled across this story (click here for the story). Basically, people were paid money if they managed to lose bodyweight. And they were more successful than another group of people who were not paid money. But, when they were measured again 9 months later, they had regained most of the weight.