Author: Keri McKibbin

I learned a long time ago that food and exercise could either make me or break me.

I know that “party food” at christmas time would make me feel terrible both inside and out. I know that too much rubbish into my body would make me think differently too, and always to the DOWNSIDE.

I knew that no exercise would bring back my asthma, bring low ambition into my life and bring back extreme doubt and lack of confidence.

The bottom line is that exercise and your high quality of food and drink will dictate how far you go in life, and provide you with the fuel to energise you to great heights if you are consistent and surround yourself with a positive environment.

You have never been happier when you feel good. You have never been happier when someone tells you that you are looking damn good!

Tell yourself the truth and keep putting the work in and drop the excuses that stop you doing so.

We all have 168 hours a week, how we prioritise them makes ALL the difference.

A. It will give you sparkle for Christmas, when you exercise you have way more energy, does your family and those closest to you want you to be the slug in the house or a bundle of energy that is a pleasure to be around?

B. You all tell me that not training makes you miserable and irritable. We are all have adults and all have choices. DO things that make you happy, a workout 3 times a week is your guarantee of it.

C. Watch for the flu adverts because they are betting on you getting sick and they are already out in force. Your immune system needs to be super strong. What you eat and drink, how much you exercise builds up your strength to bat away anything. Do the basics, workout hard, get to bed earlier and eat fresh as possible.

TWO weeks to go, you have changed for the better because you workout regularly and eat well. Don’t blow it, this year is different and send out a strong message to yourself that you are bulletproof.

Strengths are usually recognised in conventional terms. You make the sports team of some kind, and you are celebrated as a success and you fit in. I’m all for sports and it’s many huge benefits.

But what about those who do not fit in to society’s so called measure of success?

What about the adults and kids who aren’t so coordinated, are struggling with their knees. ankles, back and shoulders, self-esteem for a time in their lives?

What about those adults and kids who don’t have confidence or have had it knocked out of them from someone who said they were no good at something?

What about the older individuals who have had a couple of falls due to their balance issues and are too afraid to leave the house or climb stairs anymore?

I am 2000% convinced and have everyday REAL WORLD evidence from coaching all kinds of people that literally ANYONE can improve their ability, their balance, their strength, their endurance and their coordination to give themselves not only a better quality of life, but TRUE opportunity in life when they thought there wasn’t opportunity before.

Exercise and eating right is a game-changer, I will stake my career, business and everything I have on this being true.

The everyday transformations we see at the gym make me so proud. The visual changes are great but what you don’t often notice are the people who can now RUN up stairs where in the past they were afraid to go up or down them.

The people who can lift weights heavier than their bodyweight now in certain lifts, whereas before their joints were aching, they felt so weak and even getting up in the morning was a real problem.

The kids and adults who now have the excellent coordination, strength and get up and go to attempt sports for the first time and realise that they CAN do them well, all they needed is someone who believed in them, and made them see the true talent they had inside.

I urge you to support everyone who has a desire to be more active but they feel unable to do so. Start by focusing on their positives, what they CAN do and then work from there.

EVERYONE has ability to do something great even if they can’t see it right now. Their very own inspirational comeback story is waiting to happen. Science in exercise now demonstrates that this time, and with the right support and environment, that the odds are now very much WITH YOU.

That potential MUST be harnessed and brought out of them to give them a life of opportunity, pride and a sense of purpose in themselves, and in the end we can all make a massively positive contribution to society as a whole.