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Sunday, 26th March

If this weather doesn’t give you the kickstart to get more active, then you need to have a look at yourself.

Sun on your back means you are being actively encouraged to get out and about and show what your body was meant to do.

No excuse now to shiver indoors, and waste yet more time watching rubbish on TV that will only make you more miserable, more inactive. Superior knowledge of a reality programme gets you nowhere near where you really want to be in your life, unless it’s your chosen subject on Mastermind.

If you get off your behind right now, get down the harbour, beach, mountain-anywhere that looks amazing, then i guarantee that 10 minutes later you feel better, you will feel more hopeful, you will wonder why you didn’t do it earlier, and why you waited to get going in the first place.

Most of the time we worry about wind in our faces, how cold and wet it is, how dark it is, so the time is right now to seize the moment and realise we have everything working on our side for a change.

Please don’t contemplate it, don’t discuss it too much, no need to have a meeting about whether you should do it or not, just take action right now and DO IT no questions asked!!!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 15th March

Post traumatic stress disorder is something you probably know affects many people in the forces, and in this case was referring to US army veterans who had seen many conflicts.

The study started when the soldiers were back in the hospital in the US. Their disorder was so bad that some had failed to talk-for 5 years! That’s quite a thing on its own, quite how much they had withdrawn into themselves was startling and deeply disturbing after witnessing the ravages of war.

A radical experiment got them to be more active. In this case, they were taken out to sea by a surfing instructor. The men were being taught to surf, they didn’t really want to go but they managed to get them in the water.

Within literally 5 waves crashing over them, some men starting smiling and laughing, which according to the nurses and doctors present was the first time they could remember it happening.

Within 30 minutes, many of the group uttered their first words since they had been in the hospital (5 years ago).

The benefits continued to get better the more sessions they spent being in the water, and being active in general.

Most treatment for anything to do with the mind starts with exactly that-treating the mind and often medication.

A growing movement around the world by doctor’s and think tanks to create real change focuses on the subject getting active and moving more first.

There are numerous studies to show that you think more positively when you are exercising, being more active than when you are staying still and contemplating a solution or lack of it.

As the soldiers showed, whilst not completely solving their many problems, they got them on the road to a better future, getting them back “to live life” and hopefully in a place where they can make better and more empowering decisions about their future.

Get active, celebrate your ability to think more clearly and enjoy the opportunities that brings.

Twitt
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Friday, 3rd february

Time is something we all must make the most out of. We all have a certain amount of it, so there’s definitely no time to waste on things that don’t impact us positively.

These 3 weeks of the programme are measured out to give us the maximum out of ourselves. We put everything on the line for it, our health, our results, our wellbeing depends on those 3 weeks. We realise you don’t have any time to waste and those sessions has better be great!

If we get the most out of ourselves, our whole lives improves. Who can’t use more energy in their lives? It is vital for our very existence and so important for our performance, our moods, our happiness and our desire to do more each time.

Keep learning whatever your age, we all must if we want to get better, the days of finishing school and not learning anything else ended a long time ago, most if not all jobs require us to keep learning as we go if we want to excel in what we do.

If we don’t learn and develop a thirst for learning ,we will never get better,

You are in the box seat, you have a well worked out programme always on hand for you, keep demanding more out of us, it’s what drives us harder as coaches to help you in your desire to continually improve.

Don’t take your time for granted, use it wisely and use your week to make a massive positive impact on your health and wellbeing!!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 13th December

Rage against the dying of the light was Dylan Thomas’ message i remember the most from school, and i didn’t quite understand it until i started to get older myself, and although i hope i’m a long way off dying, i want to make the most out of every day because we all have a limited amount left.

Every day i get home from the gym full of adrenalin, full of energy and positivity and i have made it a habit to seize that mindset and great mood to set up new things that will progress us as a gym, to serve you better, to get better as a coach and to do these things without caring what others think.

We are all potentially held back by those who don’t want us to succeed, luckily i left those people a long time ago and none of us should tolerate negativity and basically crap in our lives!

So those great moods you must get at least part of your day, i urge you to take action to get better, to sever better, to get more out of yourself even when the temptations of christmas are looming large.

I really believe once you get to the mindset that you can outwork anyone, you can out help anyone, you can create a better life for others and you can be MORE CONSISTENT at it than anyone else, no matter, then great things are coming your way.

Rage against the dying of the light, cause a ruckus every day, do those things that you are unsure of or you don’t do because so and so might say something negative.

Don’t be held prisoner in chasing down your dreams, you are in control of your efforts, have the courage to unleash them each and every day. Remember each and every day is a golden opportunity, treat them like that and everything changes for you.

Twitt
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Monday, 5th December

Which part of your brain are you going to let win this week?

One side will say “today will be the a great day to improve, to not look back and to do all those things that will do me good”.

The other side will say “leave it it’s christmas, you have done ok this year so give in, eat what you want, don’t exercise and start your holiday now, after all everyone else is”!

Do you remember when you used to tell yourself that this time would be different? How strong is that motivation right now? I know many of you are very happy with your progress, but none of us are perfect so what more can we give to finish the year off strong?

We all need a daily “word with ourselves”. If we don’t, its inevitable we will start the long drag back to where we used to be.

If we don’t have a positive chat with ourselves, then it’s easy to give up, easy to become untrained again, our muscles will become unresponsive, our minds more acceptant of becoming lazier, we can tell ourselves different stories that being inactive is okay because “that’s what everyone does”.

Exercise is a lifetime thing we need in our lives full stop, we need to constantly work on it.

Eating healthy makes us not only perform physically better, its makes us feel better, think better and looks after our long term health.

Progress starts and ends with our minds and what we tell ourselves each and every day.

Talk to ourselves positively, tell ourselves we will handle all the challenges life throws at us, and actively realise that we have to work on ourselves daily makes sure we never take our health and feeling good for granted, we always look to get better and we always fight off the negative part of our brains which is always fighting to win every day.

We all have the power to keep the positive side in charge to make sure we stay happier, healthier, keep growing and become more fulfilled in life.

Twitt