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Tuesday 28th December

Hope you have all had a great christmas and you’re ready to go again!! Despite all the snow, the ice and the heavy drinking and eating for some anyway, i’m raring to go into the new year, and probably feel the best i have for some years!!!

I have put in the best workouts over christmas i think ever, and am raring to get right back into it tomorrow in working terms!!

If you’ve had a break, then your mind will be fresh and you’re going to be ready to hit 2011 mighty hard!!! The great news is that om going to be supporting you all the way, whatever your goals. Bottom line is its time to create your new goals/objectives for 2011 and form an action plan to get there!!

Speak tomorrow and the energy is coming back into my body quickly, get some training and decent food in and the same will happen to you!!!

Twitt
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Thursday, 23rd December

Exercising is the best way to keep your brain sharp well into old age according to a study released today in the daily telegraph. We sort of secretly knew that but its always nice to have it confirmed by the doctor’s and researchers finally.

Your brain’s ability to function properly can decline up to 40% if your lifestyle is not that great. For instance, if you smoke and drink a lot, your chances of declining sooner are much increased. Your choice all the way and after all, we live in a democratic society and it’s a free country!

Your brain is your most important thing when you think about it pardon the pun. Being aware of what’s going on around you keeps you in control and allows you to make decisions independently every day. Most of us take this for granted but probably most of us again know people who cannot think independently any more unfortunately.

One of the most important decisions your body will make is the decision to move/exercise. Moving around is vital if you want to stay healthy. If you don’t stay healthy, your brain will become less and less of a factor so they both feed off each other. Exercising is often considered a choice for most people, but when you really analyse its importance, it should really be considered vital!!!

So we have been talking all week about not wanting to put weight on over Christmas, the thought of not being able to function at 100% is pretty scary I’m sure.

This is another reason to do some workouts over Christmas, losing weight is not always the number one reason to train, the ability to live a normal healthy and active life should never be underestimated!

Twitt
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Wednesday 22nd December

So what’s happening today? Maintenance workouts going in? Given up the ghost or is health still pretty important to you?

Got to admit for the first time in ages, given my schedule and the snow and ice, didnt get a workout in myself today which is highly unusual!

I see it as a big positive though. I have a weights session for 4pm tomorrow and aim for one of my best performances of the year. Today’s rest will be a bonus for me and enough motivation to get a massive performance out of me. I will feel hugely energised afterwards now and im very excited about my last weight training workout before christmas!!!

To get going on this, im back to basics tomorrow morning, a good breakfast and plenty of fruit mid-morning and afternoon, with a sizeable lunch too. If i have a good amount of calories throughout the day and make sure they are good quality, then im 99% sure of having a great workout! Nothing’s for sure but im pretty fired up about the whole day tomorrow, and believe it or not, its still busy with most people still very keen to train right up to christmas eve morning!

The party food rubbish is something i definitely havent fallen for this year, i want to feel amazing all the time and my nutrition is absolute key, along with my workouts of course!

Will let you know how it goes tomorrow and hope you have a special performance lined up too!! Let me know about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Twitt
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Tuesday 21st December

One common goal for christmas that is very attainable is not to put weight on over the festive period and not to get that horrible bloated feeling that makes us feel at an all time low straight after christmas, lets not fall for that rubbish and get yourself going right now and be prepared for anything!!!

One way to put weight on is to drink to excess, eat to excess and not do ANY training, that will work every time! Thats a very popular strategy over chrismas apparently!!!

The realistic version is to accept the fact that your eating wont be as tight as normal, you may be drinking a bit more than normal and your motivation won’t be perhaps as up there as it normally is. Getting through some workouts is highly important, and the minimum im talking about this week and next week is 3 meaningful workouts. Im not talking about the walk on the beach with the christmas jumper either, that should be an addition. The same applies to a round of golf, a walk in the park and a long walk around the shops, they don’t really count as a “meaningul workout”!!! I’m talking about “get stuck in” workouts when theres no messing around so lets get out of this rut right now!!!

Big things happen to your mind and body when you make 3 workouts a week count. You will definitely feel better, which is a must during this week and next, then you want your body to feel tighter and harder, which may be a welcome change from past christmases!! You want to create a big bounce going into january to get rid of the oncoming doom and gloom. With rising VAT and job losses, you want to be fired up to have a successful 2011 and you’re going to be at a big disadvantange if you don’t have bucketloads of energy to create big momentum in the very first month of the year!!!!

This is not “big talk” either. Those with the best energy levels are always more ambitious, and therefore likely to create more opportunities. Life can offer a lot or life can be a bitch sometimes according to some, give yourself a big fighting chance by getting your workouts in, eating some decent food still and not destroying yourself by drinking every day, great to have a drink but when it becomes the “12 drinking days in a row over christmas”, then it becomes destructive!!

Four days to go so let’s get two more meaningful workouts in please!!

Twitt
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Monday, 20th December

A weather hit day again for most of us. Had to leave mumbles this morning at 8am to get home, such was the strength of the snow! Managed to get home okay and glad i don’t have to travel much more today thankfully!

So here we are, literally in the last week before christmas and according to statistics, the lowest week for participation in terms of physical activity.

The choice is yours what you end up doing, whether its catching up on shopping and classing that as “exercise”, starting your drinking early every day and writing off the rest of the year, whether its going totally off your diet and literally eating everything in sight, whatever it is, good luck to you, its been a tough year for most so enjoy yourself.

For those of us who still want to get some workouts in and don’t really want to put excess weight on or feel lousy, i think that may be the most important thing, “just getting workouts in” are the key words this week and the key to making us feel better through a time when most people tend to feel bloated and sluggish.

My own workouts include the cemetery hill sprints on the grass, don’t ask me how but your footings are always better uphill on grass so its perfectly safe as long as you have experience in such conditions. Also, i either do an inside workout wether its in the house or at the gym. There is absolutely NO WAY on earth i would/will miss a workout through the snow, no way at all. Getting yourself conditioned to this mindset takes a lot of years and is nearly impossible to get out of. Feeling good is hugely important for me, as well as not wanting to put the weight on. I put on weight faster than most people so i always have to work on it!!!

I also concentrate on eating a lot of protein in meals, to keep me feeling fuller because now the weather is bad, i spend more time in the house, which leads us into big temptation with food!! Eating salmon, turkey, chicken, cottage cheese, eggs etc keeps my appetite in control and means i don’t splurge too often!!!

Have a great day in the snow, unless you’re travelling of course!

Twitt