#NeverStopMoving

Hi There  What we do today has an impact in our future. We all know this. We remember this with the "big" things; but it is also true for all the little/small things we do. Like drinking more water, eating better, moving more than usual. It is in the small changes that we make where our big successes comes from. When we think big it overwhelms us, but that is the big picture not the process or journey towards our success.When we reach success; people don't ask about how you got there. You are just seen as successful.But there is ALWAYS a path ,Journey ,Process that was followed and it is NEVER easy or WITHOUT STRUGGLE, FAILURE PLATO's Etc. This Journey is for you and what you can achieve being balanced and healthy throughout your life.  Always keep the big picture in mind;but focus on the process, the journey.  Start Analyzing the small things you do that prevents success? How can you change it? What Small thing can you do to make a big impact on your tomorrow an

Hi There  We are undergoing testing these upcoming weeks. This is the time I love to hate. I still love what I do, but the athletes are angsty about how they perform and what the results would mean for them and the team. The training also get influenced by this, because some try and gain all the components of fitness in that one single session before we test the next day!!  For me personally It means setting up the test and a whole lot of data that needs to be taken, processed, analyzed and reported. In other words a lot of paper work!!!! This is the part I don't like, but is the fundamental part I need to design programmes that really make a difference in my athletes' training. This is also how I not only evaluate them but also my quality of work. So the Pressure is on!! Testing is so important, because the feedback tells us where the programs weakness as well as strength lies and we as supporting staff can brainstorm to produce the best training strategy for our athlete

Hi There  The biggest lie we tell ourselves and everyone who asks is.... I HATE EXERCISE... Yes you read correctly. It is a lie you tell everyone and you begin to believe it. Just hear me out. Firstly, usually you do it wrong... Read my last  blog on this matter. (Click this link)  ... and sometimes injure ourselves or over do it to the point that we do not want to go through the PAIN again... not the exercise... the PAIN.  Secondly, how do we know we are getting old or unfit? Isn't funny that we do not always realise or rather it takes us way longer to realise we are fitter than were but it takes us an instant to realise we are losing it? We only think of "exercise" when we realise we are moving harder or becoming tired more often. It is not the action of movement we hate it is the reaction from it because we usually do it wrong. We as human beings love to move. I believe it is a blessing, because we are the only species that do movement consciously. We literally

Hi There Not everyone can be an athlete or even wants to be an athlete. Now for some clarification. When I talk about Athlete I am referring to a person training for a sport and competing on an international level or at least trying to get in to the international scene, but nationally he/she is on top of the ranks.They are professionals. Before I get into trouble people participating in sport, but that are not as the above mentioned, are amateur athletes and there is nothing with that. They are the people that keep the sport and passion alive. In their pool the Pro athletes emerges.  An Athlete is not a normal person. An Athlete does not eat, sleep, train the same as a normal person. They push their bodies to where normal people usually get uncomfortable and stop. They do this in a controlled fashion and with help from their coaches and sport scientists, sport doctors and physio's. Their whole life revolves around training, training to win, be the best. They eat to tra

Hi There Welcome to the #BeliefSeries! This is where I share my core belief about certain topics. You are welcome to comment and leave a topic to be discussed. The #Belief Series  features Tuesdays and Thursday! Onward to today's topic... Pilates  I love Pilates.I believe that Pilates is a great form of exercise and should be part of every exercise regime. In fact I believe that everyone should at least start with Pilates before they move on to other forms of exercise. I say this because Pilates teaches control over our movement. We consciously do every movement and at the same time learn the correct way to activate and deactivate muscles we were never aware af. We also learn how breathing plays a role in our movement.  Pilates is a great way to teach the body and mind to communicate; talk the same language!  It is very conducive for this process because of the focus that it takes and the environment is also more  relaxed. Thus you can focus on your movement and there will alwa

Hi There  The choice is ours! We decide where we are going and how we move. The only hard part is changing how we think. When it comes to our health and wanting to shed some weight we all of a sudden we think differently. We throw logic out the window and hope for the best. It is a process, a journey. One that we need to prepare for like we do for everything. We just need discipline like for every other important goal or decision we make. If we think it is going to be hard, it is. If we think differently about it and change our motivation for this change it becomes easier. I truly believe we can move to become happy!! Move towards happiness!!! Keep Moving until ne xt time 👋

Hi There  Do you  sometimes feel that no matter what you do everyone and everywhere there are critics!!! Don't get me wrong I belief in good criticism given with love or care and to build you up. But sometimes it feels that nothing is good enough and the world is against you. I know I feel like that too sometimes. Working with the body is not always easy. Every body is different. Every part of the body is different. Every person is different. The body works the same but different factors influences everyone differently. It is a great challenge. One that I love. Keeps me on my toes.But it is not always easy. People put a lot of pressure on me to help them reach their goals; but it stays their goal. They need to DO the work. I am there every step of the way to encourage you!!! My whole belief of what I do is to ENCOURAGE everyone to MOVE. Find the JOY in  MOVEMENT. If you ever feel the world or you have to many critics; remember me!!! Do it for YOU Keep Moving until ne xt time 👋

Hi There After a bit of thought I think I want to share my belief of movement or exercise. I believe that we are all different and that we all have different goals, but that we all need to MOVE. How we move can and probably are very different. That is amazing. It amazes me, it is absolutely awesome. I believe that movement brings us joy. That it physically makes us strong and confident. The problem is we don't move effectively and most of us do not find joy in movement and this saddens me deeply.   Like I said before it is small changes that can help us find joy in movement!    Keep Moving until ne xt time 👋

Hi there We are going to talk about... You have guessed it... Stress. What I am going to tell you might be something different that we don't hear everyday. Your body experiences stress exactly the same way. The problem is that we as beings experience different kinds of stress. We experience emotional stress, work stress, mental stress, physical stress and the list can go on. We understand the difference but the body does not. It experiences all of that stress the exact same way. the same hormones are excreted  every time we stress no matter what type we experience. This is why movement and exercise is so important. While exercise is also seen as stress to the body, the physiological changes within the body to cope with this stress is what is seen to relieve stress. This is why if we don't exercise or move more the stress hormones build up in our bodies over time and this is very bad.It is also why we feel better after a bout of movement or exercise, the feel good hormones c

Hi there If you look back in our human history; you will see that preparation has always been apart of our natural being. We prepare for everything. We prepare for battle, by training soldiers and making weapons ect. We prepare for our futures by studying, and we even prepare to study by learning to write and read. We as beings also prepare for what may happen. Preparation is apart of our daily living. Preparing is living. My question to you is, if we prepare ourselves, mentally, sometimes spiritually, why do we not prepare our bodies? One of today's most active killers is stress. Our bodies can not take the stress we put on it. We don't prepare it to. We just expect it to cope with it. We would never study for something if we can not read or write. In fact it is  impossible. Why expect the body to be different? We need to prepare the body for the stresses that today's society puts on us. This is not impossible. We just need to make this preparation process just as

Hi There What I absolutely love about movement is that it is as unique as you are. Yes there are principles and some structure to movement; but we can truly make it our own and fit it into what our goals are. When media tells us we should fit into a certain box, it is not true. We need our bodies to live and our movement patterns need to embrace this fact. We move more to stay and maintain our health; which improves our daily living.  Why do we want to "box" how we move if it doesn't work towards our goal or unique movement pattern? We were designed unique; why try to "fit" in? Discover how to incorporate movement into YOUR daily living habits. Be healthy, Be You and Believe in Yourself throughout the journey. Keep Moving until ne xt time 👋

Hi There I am sorry for disappearing... This last week was hectic. It reminded me of my humanity... I am going to get personal; but don't get use to it. This is not a "Dear Diary" blog. But I think it might help with what this blogging adventure of mine is about; which is to encourage and change our mindset on movement. I am not what you would call an typical athlete. In fact my body build and background does not "fit" the usual attributes of an athlete. That said, I love running. I do cross country competitively, but I compete only against myself. This last few weeks I trained really hard and I got selected for my Province. I ran in my Provincial clothes  and I have never been so proud to wear the Daisy of AGN. I did not expect to get selected.  It made me think that we think we can not do something, but that we are actually capable. We just need to train. Everything comes with training. We train our kids how to be polite and eat ect. We train our brains

Hi There Everything in life is a choice. We need to make a  conscious decision to move more. No one can do the work for you. YOU need to do it. The problem why we end up quitting is because we try to reach our end goal as soon as possible! We don't look at this decision as the start of a new lifestyle, new journey. We need to plan. Be strategic in all aspects. We all know our weakness so we need to work them in, but not focus on them. Your mindset needs to change and that takes time, effort and understanding. A strong support system helps, but they can't force you toward your goal. Start small, build onto your success, use them to push you further. But do it for you... And #NEVERSTOPMOVING Keep Moving until next time 👋

Hi There  I was having a hard time today during my running training. I run using an app. The app gives me information on my pace and distance etc.  I was really pushing it today; so essentially dying... When all of a sudden I hear the voice guide telling me "Almost there" in the most unmotivated, automated voice ever!!! Now it never changes and I am use to it, but today it killed me... I needed more than that! Plus I was going slower than what I needed to be going to improve my time!! This made me think.  Here we have the most brilliant apps that give us all the information and feedback one can possibly need to better one training. The best thing is it is instant, but  this still does not keep us motivated  to keep on training. It is cool in the beginning  but it wears off. I believe we should remember we are human. We have good days and bad days and we feel weak and strong. It varies between times, days, weeks and so on... It is fine to not always be the best. Just be bett