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This King of Squats Makes Your Core Work Overtime To Maintain Balance

30/4/2020

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I Discovered Bulgarian Squats #AtHome For Balance And Strength

When you're over 50 you need to pay attention to exercises which improve your (deteriorating) balance. It's time to forget the split training days and to concentrate on the split squats - in particular the Bulgarian Split Squat.

Some say that the Bulgarian Split Squat (BSS) is the King of single-leg exercises. That's a beautiful thing. All the more so during these #StayAtHome times because it's an exercise that you can easily do at home.

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Stress, And How To Break The Cycle Of Poor Food Choices

29/4/2020

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Be kind to yourself

What we eat affects how we feel, but, unfortunately, how we feel affects what we eat! If we feel stressed, we make poorer food choices, which sets up a circle of feeling bad.

Right now, the number one rule is to be kind to yourself. If you're making poor food choices, then that's a natural outcome of the circumstances. It's not going to kill you. Rest assured you're not alone.

If you'd like to try to break the pattern, I have some suggestions for you.

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Resilience - Four Habits To Get Back In Touch With Your Best Self

27/4/2020

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Just choose 1 or 2 to start thriving again

With our routines having been thrown into chaos, many of us are losing our grasp on our best selves. The cumulative stress of the unknown is slowly pumping up our cortisone level, and we are burning out

Our resilience is drooping. It's time to take a step back, to regroup, and to rebuild our resilience, starting with one of two new habits - and committing to their practice.

Having a good store of resilience helps us cope with life, as it happens - not as we wish it would happen. With enough resilience, instead of feeling as if you are drowning, you will start to enjoy the swim - even if the water is choppy.

Here are four habits which will help you get back in touch with your best self. Just choose 1 or 2 that you are not currently practising - keep things simple.

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Want To Discover The Active, Healthy Person Inside You?

22/4/2020

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How to boost your brain for a better mood and less stress

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In these times it is worth sticking with whatever exercise you can consistently do in the circumstances, as exercising regularly is linked to better eating habits. Conversely, a lack of social contact is linked to poorer eating habits and, over time, poor health outcomes.

A 2019 study published in the International Journal of Obesity, looked at 2,680 young adults who were not exercising regularly or dieting. Scientists found that after exercising  for several weeks, formerly sedentary study participants were more likely to choose foods like lean meats, fruits and vegetables, while preferences for fried foods, sodas and other unhealthy options decreased.

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Why Skip Breakfast When You Can Eat This And Improve Your Health?

21/4/2020

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Improving your heart and vascular health was never so easy

I see a lot of people steering clear of foods like oats and dark chocolate -the former because they fear the carbs, and the latter because it isn't packed with sugar.

What if I told you that oats and dark chocolate are two of the more healthy foods that you can eat? I eat them every day, for breakfast.

Here's how to combine to two into one tasty and healthy breakfast. 

Firstly, let's do a quick update on their health benefits.

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Great News - Your Bone Marrow Retains A Younger Body Age When You Run, Maintaining Increased Immunity

20/4/2020

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If you've thought about running, this is a good reason to try

I believe that the most beneficial goal of exercising when we are older is to lower our body age. That's why I named my Medium Publication "Body Age Buster".

I've studied how to do this, and put in into practice over the last 21 years, with great results. Typically, tests of my body age report ages between 15 and 20 years younger than my physical age (72 this year).

Despite all my years of reading and practising these ideas, I was completely surprised when I found out recently that exercise can lower the body age of our bone marrow.

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Daddy, Is Skipping Better For You Than Running?

17/4/2020

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About twice as good, actually

While watching a Japanese TV show about girls working out at a kick-boxing gym my ten-year-old daughter suddenly asked me if (rope) skipping is better for us than running.

It's a good question because we could all do with more skipping, especially as we get older.  

"Yes", I replied, "because skipping uses more of your muscles and your brain".

That must be why they do lots of skipping but not much running, was her response.

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Eight Photos Show Why Running Is Keeping Me Sane #StayAtHome

15/4/2020

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The Clifftop Running Trail

The wind and sun wash the stress away

Australia is locked-down now, but we are allowed out to exercise - no more than 2 people together. 

Fortunately I live just 500m from a cliff-top running trail. Running that every day - 5km - keeps me sane. Here are eight photos which show why.

​Maybe they'll help you relax a little also.
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Down the ramp to Half Moon Bay - and along the beach.

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Avoid Ankle Injuries And Balance Better With These Four Everyday Simple Exercises

14/4/2020

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Four at-home exercises to strengthen your ankles and avoid injury

During the lockdown, we are allowed (in Australia) to leave our homes for exercise - alone or with one other person. There are many more people walking now than before the lockdown, which is good to see.

As we walk more often and become more ambitious to walk longer distances, it is sensible to pay attention to our foot health.

Conversely, imagine if you injured a foot while walking - you would be deprived of the pleasure and relief of being able to get out of the house each day for exercise.

Although we know that maintaining the flexibility of our feet reduces the chance of injury, we rarely attend to it.

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COVID19 Strategy is Working Three Times Better In One Of These Countries - Australia, Sweden and Switzerland

12/4/2020

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How much do testing strategies explain the differences?

Switzerland, Sweden and Australia are each taking different approaches to the containment of COVID19.

Switzerland is closer to Australia's approach, but not as restrictive, while Sweden is singing to its own tune with a herd immunity approach.


Which country is doing the best at this stage? The results might surprise you.

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