Fitness – Page 2 – Team Achieve

July 28, 20250Comments

Perfect problems.

You can have the most detailed training programme in the world and not achieve anything if you don’t follow it. You can spend hundreds of pounds having a diet plan, buying

July 14, 20250Comments

Exposed by tomatoes.

Fran had a rearrange of our pots in the garden at the weekend to try and ripen the tomatoes she had planted. Inconveniently for me, she moved them under the pull

July 9, 20250Comments

Castles, Eagles, Dragons and Wizardry.

We’ve had a really busy week at Dad school. On Friday, we went to Warwick Castle; it was brilliant as always and they have started their summer programme. We started with the

June 23, 20250Comments

Sometimes it takes a little patience.

On Thursday, our friend Terry invited us all to try fishing. Fran and K, joined his wife for a lake swim first while me and A got cracking. I haven’t done any

May 20, 20250Comments

A little wipe was all it took.

There are times when I feel every minute of my age. There are times when I still feel youthful; youthful in mind that is, I’m sure my body didn’t hurt this

May 14, 20250Comments

Difficult is necessary.

At Jiu Jitsu last night, I felt exhausted. I joined in situational sparring, the first sparring I’ve done with any intensity for maybe three months due to my face surgery and

May 12, 20250Comments

We’ve just watched an episode of “Our Welsh Chapel Dream” on catch up - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/our-welsh-chapel-dream In the episode, they were renovating a room in to a Victorian palour style bathroom. They’re

May 9, 20250Comments

Fran beat me to it.

As a regular cold water swimmer, I’ve been pretty irregular. To the extent that I’ve only been in a lake or the sea twice this year; once at the start

May 7, 20250Comments

First Aid.

I’ve been on a first aid course today. The main principle the instructor spoke of was the importance of looking after yourself as the first aider first. At first point of contact,

May 5, 20250Comments

Listen to your body but not too much.

Sometimes when we don’t feel like doing a workout or being active, we should do it anyway. Work on the discipline of consistency. With most injuries, you could still do something to

by Darren Checkley

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