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November 22, 20210Comments

Day 22 – How are you doing?

3weeks in. How are you getting on? Time for another review of where we are, where we were and where we want to go. We picked our goal on day 1, depending

by Darren Checkley

Fitness

Movember

November 16, 20210Comments

Day 16 – The way that you move

Everything we do affects everything we do, particularly from a movement point of view. Spend most of the day sitting at a desk with poor posture and it’s going to have

November 6, 20210Comments

Day 6 – Be Strong, the truth

Yesterday, I wrote about being strong enough to be weak / vulnerable from a mental health perspective. Today, I want to write about being physically strong. We don’t need to be Atlas and lift

October 30, 20210Comments

Focusing on the in between

During a yoga class yesterday the instructor said to focus on the in between and not just the final movement / posture. Outside of yoga we should do the same, not

October 28, 20210Comments

Fit for purpose

I’ve had a few conversations this week with injury therapy clients about the type of exercise they do and what they want to achieve from it. Some of my clients are

September 10, 20210Comments

There are lots of reasons to …

Lose weight. Get fit. Eat well. Drink less booze. Stop smoking. And none of them should be anything to do with "I'll be happy when I ..." There's a good chance that you won't be. Being lighter,

August 10, 20210Comments

Be the lighthouse

There's a quote that I love by Anne Lamott. "Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining". It perfectly summarises how to

August 5, 20210Comments

Don’t exercise. Train.

I was chatting about the difference between athletes and us normal people earlier in the week. The dedication they show to their sport and the consistency in their training. Everything planned

July 29, 20210Comments

Climbing up the wrong wall

The easiest way to nail the basics consistently is to align them to the right goal. The right goal is something that excites or scares you a little. One that you will

July 27, 20210Comments

Sleep deprivation to rival the SAS

Our kids moved in nearly 5 years ago. In that time we have had less than 20 nights without at least one of them wiggling away in our bed; 7 of

by Darren Checkley

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