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May 3rd

May 3rd means you should be in the shape you promised yourself way back in January in your new year resolutions! The sad reality for most people is that never happens, and may instead signifies panic instead of satisfaction at the shape you could have been in.

We have also had two big bank holidays in a row, with two Fridays off too, which have made the job of staying in shape that much harder!

So if today means blowing off some cobwebs, then so be it, it has to be done and a process you have to go through to feel as if you’re back to life again!

The way you treat your body every day determines what kind of shape you’re in full stop. If you tell everyone you’re on fish salads all the time and never drink, yet go home and eat fish and chips every night as well as having a couple of glasses of wine every night, then the only person you will be fooling is yourself. Lying to yourself is common and doing it more and more is never going to get you magically in shape.

If a chicken salad is really fried chicken with salad drenched in mayonnaise and heavy dressing, then you may well have had a burger and chips, there really is no excuse for those kind of calories going into your body and you know it. This is one way to get fat, it works every time!

For example, if you went mad and had a good sized easter egg over the holiday, you would need to swim for around 3-4 hours just to work it off! This is heck of a task when you think about it and might deter you next time you have a treat as rich in calories as that.

These are the types of scenarios that stop individuals getting into the kind of shape they REALLY want, its these times when you really need to avoid constant streams of high calories that are so important to being in shape.

The bank holidays are done (at least until the end of may), so now is the perfect time to get your head down and really work hard again, starting right now!!

Twitt
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February 18th 2011

When we measure ourselves against everyone else, there will always be someone better than you if you give yourself enough examples.

If you are training well consistently, you may be training up to 6 days a week, you may be eating smaller nutritious meals, you may be resting and sleeping very well, in short, you are doing extremely well with your health  and fitness programme.

You may cycle a lot, you may swim a lot but perhaps you don’t run because you may have a knee problem.

Despite all of this, an excellent example in anyone’s language, some people may write themselves off or talk themselves down because they may be comparing themselves to a david beckham. They may say that they can’t run up and down the field like him, and therefore not measure their fitness in a very accurate or positive manner.

I have had such conversation with many 50 somethings believe it or not!! In one way it is great that they are comparing themselves with beckham and his amazing fitness levels, on other level though, its not great when you put yourself down when doing it!!

Most 18 year olds would never achieve beckhams fitness levels, and im talking about a lot of gym goers too! To get to beckhams level, a lot of things need to happen along with extreme dedication, which most people are not prepared to give in the pursuit of athletic perfection. In fact, a lot of professional footballer’s aren’t!!!

So when you’re comparing yourself, if you are exercising 3-6 times per week, you are in the upper half of the population, because most of the population doesn’t do this.

If you are eating 5-6 smaller nutritious meals per day, you are in the best half of the population, because most of the population doesn’t really care what they eat, according to recent statistics.

If you drink water throughout the day to keep you hydrated and performing well, then you are definitely in the best half as most people drink tea, coffee or sugary drinks.

So the bottom line is, as long as you are doing the simple things very well, you are much healthier than most people and likely to be that way for the rest of your life, as long as you keep practicing these habits!!

Have a great weekend and stay active!!!!

Twitt