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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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Friday, 3rd March

As we are about to go into our next stage of development at the gym, its timely i share with you this story i hardly ever share, for those of you doubting yourselves, doubting whether you can get a promotion, get fit and healthy, be happy, be positive or whatever it may be.

To say this is a long journey would be an understatement, but at more or less the very beginning, i was frustrated that i couldn’t get my fitness journey off the ground and went to see a career’s officer in Coleshill terrace in llanelli.

In this grand office, i went through one of the harshest interviews of my life. I was currently earning £42 (my best week) a week at this stage of my life out of fitness, and the officer tore me to shreds, not only doubted me about having a career but any potential career. Fitness was a “fad” he said that would never last.

“Get a proper job”, “nice effort” he said but promptly gave me a list of job applications such as a “Sludge” company and other jobs that instantly crushed my soul.

To say i was despondent would be an understatement, not only my prospects but to a minus level if possible, of encouragement.

Fast forward to now many years later and you can see its important to take your first step in the right direction, ignore those who try to crush you (and there will be many), and keep on pushing away in small steps but KEEP GOING FORWARD and you will eventually develop momentum.

Once strong momentum happens (and it will if you keep on doing your best), it’s then you and your hopes and dreams will become UNSTOPPABLE. Start today, ignore those who try to destroy your hopes and find a way to keep knocking through doors. Most of the world wants to help you, it’s just they aren’t so vocal as those who want to stop you in the beginning.

Twitt
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Wednesday, 22nd February

I am very proud to announce that our gym has been selected by Sport Wales to take part in a big media campaign film to inspire our nation to become more active. This is a huge honour we appreciate greatly.

They say our gym resonates with the average person, as well as our inspirational stories. A TV company has been commissioned and is coming down at the end of March, will be interviewing and filming our gym in action for the entire day.

This is a huge testimony to the hard work our members put in, and the huge obstacles many of them have overcome to create incredible stories of achievement and recovery, and says monumental things about the power of exercise.

Our gym has been going 60 years this year, a big thank you to my father Ted for leaving such a wonderful legacy, and the vision to open a gym way back in 1957, and to my mother for supporting me throughout.

Thanks to my wife Nicola for contributing so much and putting up with our endless 4am starts, thanks to Dan Smith in his work as a great trainer and developing so well, also his work in helping us expand the gym now and developing us into 10,000 square feet of training space.

Finally, a massive thank you to our community of Burry Port and surrounding area for supporting us all these years.

Keri.

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Wednesday, 1st February

Most often forget the value of showing up and improving. The facts are that if you just show up regularly, your body will respond by giving you a little bit more every time. Often after years of inactivity, your body yearns to get more active and feel better again.

Your body adapts to exercise very well, and naturally accommodates the new demands put on it. You may feel you are initially struggling, but that will soon pass if you start off sensibly.

If you are beginner or not that experienced in exercise, jumping into a programme that is already flat out or trying to copy others way above you in fitness levels is a massive mistake.

You need to be cautious, start off at your own pace and work at your own ability levels, and everyone is different.

Going too fast too soon can lead to feeling overwhelmed, feeling sick and the chances of getting injured go dramatically up. It’s inevitable that individuals will feel like quitting even before they achieve any momentum on their fitness journey.

Don’t always think of the the way you will look after exercise, just as important is the way you feel, the positive feelings that will come through your body and exercise will help make you think life in a completely different way.

This is why committing yourself to showing up three times a week will make all the difference. Don’t put pressure on yourself, join a programme that you can engage with mentally as well as physically, and allow your body to slowly accommodate the big positive changes that will eventually come into your life in all ways.

Twitt
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Friday, 20th January

Is it a bind to try and stay active and stay on top of things when everything else seems to running out of control?

First of all, if you see it as a non-stop challenge that’s tough to keep up, you are looking at it perhaps in the wrong way.

We are very proud obviously of our record of physical transformations, but that you DO NOT see is the improvements of the MIND and WELLBEING that goes on each and every day with us.

Most people tell me quietly about how their regular visit to the gym is THEIR time, the time to recharge mentally as well as physically. “Cleaning house” in your mind is just as important as keeping your mind fit and active.

To relieve stress and to be in a peaceful, positive and supportive environment is a complete contrast to everyday life these days, and we realise the value of this.

Mental health is a subject nobody wants to talk about it, or somehow a taboo but affects a great deal of people, and certainly a high percentage of people i have met and trained over the years, and exercise can be a life-changing way of dealing with the non-stop pressures of life.

So seeing exercise as a non-stop “treadmill” that is hard to stay on is the wrong approach. See exercise as something you GET TO do, rather than something you have to do. You have great opportunities every day.

See exercise as the ultimate stress reliever, the ultimate arena to stay calm and throw all those daily negatives out of your mind as soon as they threaten to come in and stay.

Inner peace, the power to relax, the ability to control the stress coming your way is something we all want to achieve every day, and it all starts with exercise and the environment you choose.

Twitt