Episode 106 – Your cellphone addiction could make you healthy Feeling guilty about your cell phone addiction? Want to work on your health and fitness but get distracted looking at your phone screen all the time? Here’s quite possibly the most remarkable and positive use of your mobile phone that I’ve come to notice and ironically it centres around both your cell phone and this magical number: 150. What’s Continue reading
Episode 105 – Rhythm – the new way to think about health and fitness Have you ever been known to be “too extreme?” How does this happen? Well, maybe for a moment you’ve forgotten the big picture – the rhythm of your life. Health and fitness is really about stepping back and looking at the big picture and finding the right puzzle pieces that work, ie. the healthy habits Continue reading
Episode 104 – Why no rhythm in your health and fitness will make you fat and sick Why would I say something like this? Well, there’s a good analogy to explain it. Alan Watts was a professor and philosopher who was regarded as one of the first people to bring the eastern philosophy to the western world (Suzuki was another). One of his famous lectures was about the beauty Continue reading
Episode 103 – Why your fitness community is even more important today You live in tribes. You need to in order to live. No one person can successfully have what they have achieved without the help of others – nor achieve anything substantial. While this seems like an ancient idea, it’s truer today than ever – this is the importance of fitness community! And the two factors that are Continue reading
Episode 102 – 3 ways to contribute to your fitness community What is that saying again? You are the average of the 5 closest people around you. While originally this was a business maxim for determining your net financial worth, there was groundbreaking research in the Lancet medical journal that highlighted the significance of social networks on your health (or specifically, being overweight and obese). So, in short… The only Continue reading
Episode 101 – Here’s an idea to boost your nutrition goals Too busy for healthy cooking? Running out of healthy meal and snack ideas? Need to step up your nutrition and diet game? Well, it’s time to skyrocket your healthy living through the clouds! And you want to know how to do it? Boost your nutrition goals with food sharing! Simply set up a food swapping and sharing group Continue reading
Episode 100 – 4 reasons why you need a fitness buddy To all those who are on their health and fitness journey and are: Lonely Fearful Lazy Easily distracted You need to find a fitness buddy. A fitness buddy is a friend, colleague, workmate, or coach who is with you on your health and fitness journey. Your fitness buddy is one of the best ways to: sustain your health and Continue reading
Episode 99 – Feelin’ busy? Ask yourself these 2 questions “Everyone has the same amount of time, it’s what do we do with it that counts…“ It’s a popular quote but what does it mean? Let’s go deep for a New York minute, shall we and discuss goal setting for busy people. First off, Time as its conventionally known is an illusion*. Time is simply a sequence of events or Continue reading
Episode 98 – Why most people fail in their health and fitness I often get the old, “I’m just too busy!” excuse I love this one because it’s a BS non-excuse. That’s right. NON-excuse. Everyone has the same amount of time, but why most people fail in their health and fitness and, more importantly, why are some people more successful than you? It’s not fair, right?! Simple solution: Forget Continue reading
Episode 97 – The perfect time to build your health and fitness program This is a classic excuse. Wait for it. Excuse: “I never have enough time…to sit down and plan my health and fitness” Me: “Really.” *insert sarcastic facial expression here* What about now? Now is a good time to build your health and fitness program. AND that’s why I don’t get it. Humans run around Continue reading