Are you doing enough?
As far back as 300,000 years ago in the middle paleolithic era we saw the Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens emerge. These early humans were hunter gatherer’s and so a daily hunt for food was a way of life. It is said they were extremely good at hunting mammoth, this would have been a collective effort involving hours of tracking, sprinting with spears and …
A day at the Olympics feat. Babyface Adams and da crew worldwide
I bought tickets to watch the boxing finals at the Olympics last year, more accurately they were bought for me as everybody knows how much I love boxing. I was so chuffed to be going and that the tickets were for the final of my favourite sport one in which I competed moons ago. But I didn’t actually put it all together in my …
Taking life into my own hands at Bikram
My next instalment comes at day 65 of 84. Spurred to write this by a friend who asked me how I was getting on with my 3 month yoga/joint mobility/body weight circuit program. Her inference was that knowing my personality how in the hell was I lasting the course of such inner strength training rather than my usual full on physical stuff. …
Barefoot running shoes in the gym
So did I mention I am currently training on a 3 month joint mobility/yoga/bodyweight circuits program? No, well it came about after I came out of hospital a couple of months ago (5 days stomach decompression after my small bowel decided to stick itself together). I was feeling pretty crappy; weak, beaten and humbled by life …
Make the change work part II: Understanding the seven stages of change
Once you accept where you are in the process of change and honor the steps you need to take before you can progress, change is no longer frustrating. 1.Disbelief: You are still unconvinced of the need to change Read about the health consequences of inactivity and obesity Read inspirational stories of those who have successfully changed their lives Speak to others who …
Turkish fitness and food exploration
Some of you may be aware of Brightonfit’s first fitness holiday in September. As part of the preperation for this holiday I went to Turkey last month: So I just got back from a whistle stop tour of Turkey’s “turquoise coast”, cupping …
How to make the change work
So you’ve been chugging along for the last 10 years working your way up the corporate ladder in the job of your dreams, your boss is great and your colleagues really supportive. As time has passed you have become more and more absorbed in the process; You wake you rush to the train station you sit or stand like a …
Why do I do it?
When I qualified as a personal trainer I had a wealth of scientific knowledge from my Physiology degree, a great understanding of physical training principles that my training to become a personal fitness instructor had taught me, and an understanding of how the body worked under physical exertion from study and personal competitive sporting training and learning. I was completely unprepared …
Piste off ski
I have a heightened sense of personal space. I know about this, have done for a while, I’m ok with it. I pretty much always accommodate for it in my day to day…but skiing I have noticed does not allow for this. It puts me, as a beginner, in a mild state of panic when I hear the crunch and …
Running with wolves part III
Husky sledding in the Arctic goes down as the purist, most life affirming, soul satisfying combinations of passions rolled into one titanic experience that any dog lover could have. I know dogs, I know dogs well, I know all kinds of dogs, I know dogs alone, in pairs and in packs, Ive run with them all, old and young, for …