Healthy Forever Fitness Motivation

  Challenging yourself to live your best life Rediscover  'you'  by challenging yourself to change. These challenges do not have to take a lifetime. Challenges can take place for just 3 to 5 days to acquire a  'taste' , or you could set yourself a 30 day challenge.......it's your personal growth challenge and for you to decide.  Setting challenges will help to increase your own self-esteem, create belief in yourself and build upon your knowledge for all that interests you.  A challenge can be the motivational tool to set you up for a small change or equally a whole lifestyle change. I have prepared a PDF challenge as an introduction to building healthy habits.  The challenge is for a short period of time, but with a  'lifetime'  change in mind. The challenge is the motivational tool...... the habit changes are aiming for the lifetime goal of improving our health in everyday life.  The support of a group is an additional plus if you are taking part in a chall

 Why are Functional Movements Important? Functional Movements Functional movements will take our joints through their full range of motion, whilst working the stabilising muscles at the same time. This is so important in preventing injury and promoting healthy movement back into our bodies.  Staying active as we age is essential for a happy and healthy life. The general movement patterns of our bodies are push, pull, squat, hinge, walk. Looking at each of these movements individually will help us understand their relevance in our every day lives.  I will show you how implementing these movements back into our daily routines will help regain any loss of mobility and balance. Simplified : Squat  - The action of sitting down - From a standing position to a seated position and back to a standing position Hinge  - The action of a hip movement whereby the hip movement is the prime mover rather than the knee. For example a bow, where the legs are straight while maintaining a flat spine. Push

Changing Bad Habits for Good Why is it so hard to make changes? The intentions are there, but the idea of giving something up or starting something new seems daunting and basically takes just too much effort. We really want to improve ourselves or stop bad habits ruining our way forward, but this seems to remove us from our comfort zone......and we believe we can be happier staying put! You will be pleased to know that this in fact natural human behaviour towards change. Even the most dedicated and focused athletes have to contemplate and plan for any changes made to their current programmes or regimes. There are five stages to successful behavioural change that we all have to go through before we can state we have achieved a complete habit change. Pre-contemplation This stage is where there is no intention of change. We are unaware of any issues or problems that we need to deal with or change. Possibly, at this point we are in a state of denial Contemplation This is the stage where we

Mindful, Relaxing Breathing One of the major goals of mindfulness is to silence the internal chatter that continues inside our heads all day  and every day. Internal silence helps to nurture and restore our inner peace. Mindfulness helps to strengthen our focus to help smooth the pathway towards improved decision making skills. Mindfulness breathing brings us back to the present moment. By focusing on the breath, the mind will remain focused on the action of breathing. The mind has a habit of jumping from one distraction to another.  The discipline of breathing and focus will eventually calm the mind with practice. Mindful breathing is a good way to relax and an antidote to restlessness, anxiety and overthinking. Putting aside a few minutes a day to practice mindful breathing, will give you clarity and the tools to deal with stress and anxiety. With practice it will help to bring you back to the present moment and focus on the task to hand, instead of the internal chatter that sends

  Overeating! Why Can't We Stop this Destruction? Overeating - Why do we do this? We all do it? Eat until we can eat no more. Is this a bad habit or is there more to it than we realise? There can be many reasons that we over-eat.  Food can be a comfort for emotional issues such as a negative body image, stress, anger and boredom so we turn to food for consolation. Overeating can be habitual too.  We tend to live a sedentary lifestyle in our modern day life, working all day (perhaps in an office) and then our evenings are spent in front of the TV snacking . We blame food for being the addiction ......but maybe it's the 'eating' that has become the addiction? Overeating - Thoughts on Food Food .......where does your mind wonder when this word is mentioned? Food has become a profitable  consumer product. There are adverts everywhere you look..... tantalising T.V commercials, teasing magazine articles, tempting pop-up online adverts .....you cannot avoid the sights, sou

  Challenging Yourself Can Lead to Your Own Personal Growth Rediscover 'you' by challenging yourself to change.  These challenges do not have to take a lifetime. Challenges can take place for just 3 to 5 days to acquire a 'taste' , or you could set yourself a 30 day challenge.......it's your personal growth challenge and for you to decide. Setting challenges will help to increase your own self-esteem , create belief in yourself and build upon your knowledge for all that interests you .  Challenge your Habits A challenge can be the  motivational tool to set you up for a small change or equally a whole  lifestyle change .  In my private facebook group  Healthy Forever Fitness Motivation Private Group we are presently in the middle of a '5 Day Challenge' . An introduction to building healthy habits . The challenge is for a short period of time, but with a 'lifetime' change in mind. The challenge is the motivational tool...... the habit changes

  Social Media Social Media is now a big influence in all our lives.....whether it's uniting with friends or posting photos of amazing places we have visited. We all have a least one social media account....even the most 'technophobic ' among us will have at least some form of 'chat' app on their phone. There are many negatives associated with social media.......but lets look at the positive side of communal connection. Support from a 'Like Minded' Group on Social Media Back in the day if you were studying hard or had a great interest in an unusual subject......life could be very lonely. Frustration and lack of information could be very de-motivating and depressing for many. With the rise of 'group' media, like-minded people have found valuable support and knowledge to help them through their most difficult times. The younger generation have a support group to turn to during exam times and those who are retired can fire up their interests and