The prompt for The Sunday Stills Photo Challenge this week is Inside. Terri from Second Wind Leisure hosts Sunday Stills, and each week there are different prompts. I’m not a photographer but I thought I’d just give it a go. I find this challenge opens my eyes to my surroundings, as I think about the […]
Early Morning Workouts
For decades, I have exercised early in the morning. For me it’s the best time of the day to exercise, and I know that when I do it, I feel much better for the entire day. That was until earlier this year, when I lost my way. This was before the pandemic struck, so I […]
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End of a Decade: Looking Back
When I first started thinking about the decade coming to an end. My first thought was that it had been a quiet decade for me, with very little happening, and few changes to my life. But as I flipped through my diaries and online calendars, I realised that the decade was actually quite eventful. It […]
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February Plans #fitfabfeb2019
My blogger friend Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond has put out the #fitfabfeb challenge. Actually #fitfabfeb is not really a challenge – unless you want it to be. It’s more about becoming aware of our lifestyle and making small changes during the month to improve our health and wellbeing. If you’d like to […]
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Exercise and Extreme Heat
We’re Having a Heatwave We are having a very hot summer here in Central Victoria, with many days reaching temperatures over 40C. These days of extreme heat cause so much stress where I live, as we are in a very high bushfire danger area. I do worry about fires and our animals, on those days […]
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10 tips to ensure you exercise consistently
Training Update Recently, I’ve been struck with the dreaded ‘can’t be bothereds’. Lately I can’t be bothered putting my all into any sort of exercise program. I’ve still been going through the motions and turning up, but haven’t really been giving 100%. I put this down to injuries and cold weather, during the long winter […]
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Those Were The 12wbt Days
Michelle Bridges Recently, photos started coming up on my Facebook memories, that made me stop and think about my past eight years in fitness. In January 2010, I bought the first book written by fitness trainer Michelle Bridges. At the back of that book was a short note saying to watch out for exciting news […]
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Barriers to Exercise Part 2
After my earlier post Barriers to Exercise, readers contacted me about the barriers that pop up for them from time to time. Some of those barriers are short term, and some are more difficult to jump over and can cause problems for years. Grief and depression When Sue pointed this one out to me, I couldn’t […]
