Keri McKibbin Personal Training

At some stage in our lives, we all dream for a life without worry, where we can do what we want and we don’t want/need too much of a challenge in life.

We want to always read a book that is so good we can’t put down (rarely happens but great when it does), we want to eat rich food and not put weight on (rarely/never happens), we want to have one more hour or two in bed and still accomplish lots that day (rarely/never happens), and this is why we can’t always have exactly what we want or live life doing “what we feel” without it coming off the rails a bit.

We wouldn’t know happiness unless we had experienced sadness, we wouldn’t appreciate a pain free body unless we had experienced pain in our bodies through muscle strain/joint aches etc.

So the feeling of contentment, calmness, the ability to have a good night’s sleep, the absence of anxiety and stress all happens because of the WORK we put before it.

We know 100% that workouts crush stress and anxiety, we know that eating good food keeps us internally healthy and fights off disease too, along with workout out, and we know deep down that we would never achieve satisfaction, pride, and have an amazing feeling of wellbeing unless we kept ourselves fit and healthy.

Like cleaning our teeth, unless we clean them they eventually drop out!!

Our habits make us, shape us and keep a sense of reality within us just as we are pretending that doing what the heck we like over a long period of time hasn’t got consequences if we neglect our body, have declining activity levels and eat out/have takeaways way too much.

Life is a balance, have treats but make sure you workout at least 3 times a week, eat well 80% of the time, get plenty of fresh air and choose to mostly hangout with positive people who wish you well, those are the non-negotiables, and these habits  give you more choices than you ever thought because when you have your health, then anything is possible again.

Every morning around 1030am, the funeral cars usually pass the gym, I see them from a distance and don’t often know who’s passed away or think about it muchAs we all get older, we realise we will all eventually be in that situation.

It’s not something we want to think about.BUT it does make our little moments much more important.

When I say to people at the gym “see you tomorrow”, it sounds routine, and we take it for granted. But as we get older we realise that for all us, those goodbyes in terms of numbers get less and less.It makes us realise that there’s no such thing as “special times” to come, every moment is a special time.Teaching someone a new exercise/workout at the gym is a special moment, seeing great results regularly are special moments, watching my kids play football is very special to me, I don’t take 70 days or even 34 days like many of you or even much holidays at all, but I won’t have those games back and kids need someone in their corner so football is always like a special “holiday” moment for me.

Famiy time is important and the more of the family you see, the happier you usually are and a good sense of balance is achieved.You will know your own special moments, and realise even the most “boring” seemingly moments that seem stupid that we all take for granted should be cherished much more because none of them are forever.AND IT COMES DOWN TO THIS-if you aren’t looking after yourself by eating all the wrong stuff, not showing up to exercise and not getting enough fresh air, if you aren’t surrounding yourself with supportive and positive people and are always around stressful influences all the time, then on average, you will have less time on this earth and that’s a fact and that time is much more likely to be spent in pain too as your body inflames due to your diet and seizes up due to lack of movement-i hate to say that but the truth is the truth, any doctor will tell you that however much you dislike thatNONE of us are immune to shocks out of the blue with our health, but load the odds IN YOUR FAVOUR, instead of leading a lifestyle that will literally kill you far earlier than your time is really meant to be!!