Monday 16th Feb

Persevere-the ability to stick at something no matter what happens, keep showing up even when things don’t go your way, when you keep having a go you ONLY get better at everything you do.

Overcome-in my book it’s the constant effort that eventually gets you over the line. Keep hammering away at something and you WILL be successful, you will come through and you will overcome the odds.

Join these two powerful traits with optimism and you will never be defeated.

 Optimism is the ability to carry on even when you don’t want to, or circumstances make you not want to, or things not going your way may threaten to derail you, but your optimism will keep the effort going even when everything isn’t perfect, and optimism will help you reach down deep into your resourcefulness to get hard things done.

Monday is the day you need all there of these things to set up a great week-get at it and don’t stop till you get there!!!

Wed 11th Feb

I’ve been riding the bike down the gym for several months now, it’s sometimes been icy, often been wet, very windy and we have a seemingly record amount of storms. A few nice days thrown in!

Sometimes I have taken the car if I’ve had to pick things up I couldn’t carry on the bike, or leave the gym early to go to football, but that’s been about it.

One of the biggest takeaways I’ve taken from all of it is that I feel MUCH better when I’m on the bike, the exercise and fresh air changes my mental state and my wellbeing as a whole.

I am more energised when I cycle and I usually get way more things done, and it’s become MUCH easier cycling up the hill too.

When I take the car I feel sluggish, takes me longer to get going and to be honest I don’t feel right when I drive, or anywhere near as good as when I bike it.

Your own takeaways from your visits to the gym or do an online workout ought to give you an uplift in the way you feel, the way you move and the way you see life.

Takeaways from sitting on the settee all day are usually low energy, often low moods and feeling lethargic. The more you do it the stiffer you will get, and the less you do the less you WANT to do.

Use your workouts as the ultimate lift for your mood and the best way of feeling good over a sustainable period with zero side effects as well as keeping pain OUT of your body.