by Andrew Douglas | Nov 18, 2018 | Mind & Body Fitness
Training for Mental Wellbeing Everyone knows that exercise is good for them, but many still view it as something that needs to, should be or ought to be done, rather than as an enjoyable endeavour through which to improve the quality of our lives....
by Andrew Douglas | Jul 9, 2018 | Mind & Body Fitness
Mindful Fitness – Good Training Demands It! Being mindful, living in the moment, aware of the present – essential if you’ve got a 200kg barbell across your back and you’re planning to squat it! Essential also for any exercise that’s to be...
by Andrew Douglas | May 28, 2018 | Mind & Body Fitness
Training Principles – Progressive Overload The key principle to training, if improvement of any kind is desired, is that of progressive overload. To develop, whether it be in strength, endurance, flexibility or muscle tone, some aspect of training must gradually...
by Andrew Douglas | May 10, 2018 | Mind & Body Fitness
Action Through Training Exercise – from a one minute plank during a commercial break to an hour in the gym or three hours running on the road to your first marathon – it’s all action. With so many unknowns amidst the seeming chaos of an increasingly...
by Andrew Douglas | May 1, 2018 | Mind & Body Fitness
Action Before Motivation It’s a common belief that motivation precedes action, and that we must source that motivation from a feeling of inspiration. The problem with this paradigm is that motivation and inspiration are feelings, which are volatile, fleeting and...
