Keri McKibbin Personal Training

I ran every morning of the the three nights I was away because I never want to lose the ability to do that. I am not writing this to be virtuous, I am doing it to remind you how your body works, and it will always act on what it gets used to doing/or not doing.

I have seen many people quit training and over time lose their physical ability to do that they took for granted as kids or young adults, that physical decline hurts our bodies but obviously mentally too and can destroy our confidence.

What I noticed as we get older we must keep challenging ourselves, not only to prove we can still do it, but to fight off physical and mental decline, and get out of the attitude of doing the bare minimum, we must strive to get better and that’s why regular workouts make progress guaranteed instead of the “I’m still hanging in on there” through infrequent and one off exercise efforts.

I love walking and running up steps, they make me feel as if I am still alive, I don’t like doing long boring runs much, I like to see things and there’s no better way to get your bearings in a city than an early morning run.

Never take for granted the fact you are physically very able right now, always work on yourself, do the things that may be a bit uncomfortable today but will pay off in a big way over time.

Your body WANTS to be tested, your mind wants to experience some doubt on whether you can get it done today, a little bit of uncertainty in your life can add excitement, purpose and massive health benefits.

Climb those steps, get up that mountain, slam those hills and do it all in the name of feeling good and letting yourself know you are still very much alive. Remind yourself you are either going forward or sliding backwards in life, make your choice.

Here’s a guaranteed way to feel stiff, achy and feel as if moving would be a struggle-DON’T MOVE MUCH, sit down a lot, and take out of your life anything that requires making a bit of an effort.

You will often find that monday sessions take you longer to get going, because the weekends maybe you don’t move much, you don’t do thaTmuch and you “put your feet up”.

The thought of getting going on a monday is often too challenging, but those of you who did get going are already feeling a LOT better by today Wednesday.

Putting your feet up and having a rest are GREAT as long as you have EARNED it by doing something worthwhile before that, every rest needs a good shift put in before it.

Not only is not moving much TERRIBLE for your joints and encourages you do do even less, it sends a chain reaction to your mental health too, which snowballs into the daily feeling you “can’t be bothered” every day which soon leads to an INACTIVE lifestyle, which can lead to you moaning about life much more, lead to you not wanting to have a go at all, and the famous “maybe someday” approach takes over.

Doing less and less in life is one of the biggest TRAPS you can fall for, use your body regularly or you will lose that capacity over time.