Last week was a better week for me. After a few weeks of feeling lazy and lacking direction, I made a concerted effort to re-examine my goals and get myself back on track. As a result I’ve exercised every day, not quite so intensely as previously but it’s a step in the right direction Walking […]
Restoring Integrity
Recently, I posted that I had been Struggling with staying fit in June. I was exercising, but, not as often, and not as intensely as usual. I’m feeling much more confident again now. I know the cause of this turnaround is that I have restored my integrity. Exercising and living a healthy life is one […]
Mastering Your Day & Cold Showers
Last week I posted about theThe You Project Conference that I attended over the weekend and how much I loved it. I’ve been thinking about it all week, with my thoughts focused on the guest speakers. They were a great bunch of speakers with qualifications and life experience in different areas of health, wellness, and […]
Recovery is a Process
Good and Bad News I was going to make the title of this post ‘my week in fitness’, but when I saw those words in the title, it made me feel like a fraud. Week of fitness? The past week has been anything but that. Even though I’ve been in the gym every day this […]
How walking affects blogging
Injury Flare Up I’ve posted many times here about my dodgy knees. They are a mess, due to many years of jumping up and down on concrete floors, when I was an aerobics instructor. In those days aerobics instructors were not qualified, as there was no qualification course at that time. Aerobics classes were very […]
Core Value: Fitness is a Priority
Early in January, I posted that My 2020 Word Of The Year is Values and listed my core values, that define who I am and how I intend to live my life. This is the first in a series that will examine each of those core values. Each day I like to check in with […]
Free Weights vs Machines
There seems to be a constant debate amongst beginners starting an exercise program, and those interested and involved in strength training, as to the best type of training. Are machine weights best? Or are free weights best? There are so many opinions as to which is best. Following are my thoughts. Free weights Free weights […]
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 […]