Time for a wrap up of the first four weeks on Maxine’s Challenge and what a month it has been. When I posted about my intentions for The Challenge, I had no idea what was ahead. Unexpectedly for the past four weeks, since the challenge started, I’ve been working full time. To put the icing on the cake, […]
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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Swimming Program Week 2
Two weeks ago, I posted that I had started swimming again, after about twenty years. I’ve now entered my third week of swimming, and am still absolutely loving it, and looking forward to every session. I’m feeling happy that I’ve improved, if only slightly. At the moment, I’m just trying to set down a base […]
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Foodie Friday
Snack Boxes I noticed recently that snack boxes, sometimes called Bento Boxes were showing up online, as being on trend. Highly stylised instagram photos were featuring them heavily. For a while, I was ignoring them, as these extremely stylised instagram posts, are the opposite to the authentic photos of every day life that I prefer. […]
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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 exercising
My purpose in starting Next Phase in Fitness seven years ago was to record my fitness training and events. I’ve now decided to change the focus of the blog slightly. I will still be recording my training and events, but now that I’m ageing I’m not participating in as many events. I’m still training and […]
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Maxine’s Challenge Week 8
Time for a Maxine’s Challenge update. I can’t believe we’re at Day 3 of Week 8 already. As usual I’m loving the exercise programs, and have been following them almost to the letter. Have been doing weight training three times each week. As for cardio, it’s on the program three times each week. But I […]
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The I Quit Sugar Program
I’ve always been a big fan of Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar 8-Week Program which has been going for about seven years. I’ve watched this program grow from a small number of interested followers to what it is today – a hugely professional organisation, with an enormous number of participants. I’ve always thought of Sarah […]
