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Stuff You Should be Doing But Aren’t!

Stuff You Should be Doing But Aren’t!

While I’d like to sit here and tell you that this is going to be some advanced article about some quasi-functional dynamic eastern bloc programme promoting amazing health benefits and out of this world results – I am not.
Rather the goal here is to give you a heads up and provide you some of the small (yet important) aspects that can, (actually should) be included on a daily basis that you tend to overlook, or worse, ignore altogether.

Five Things you need to start doing today.

Foam Rolling
Our bodies’ fascia system, one of only three systems that are continually connected is what gives us our form and shape. If it were not for facia we would be a blob of bones and flesh. Fascia can along with tendons and ligaments suffer trauma causing adhesions and scaring. Massaging not only relaxes your muscle tension but also opens up your fascia promoting flexibility and mobility.
Get a roller and use it daily, the results will be hugely apparent. Search the internet on this.

Exercise 30 minutes a day
Do I really need to go there? Ok I will, planned activity is key, to do this with a friend or group even better. Look at it this way, there are 168 hours in a week, meeting this means you are exercising 3 ½ hours in total per week. Time is not an excuse. If you can’t do that then I guess your arse just isn’t fat enough yet! They are onto something with the 30 minutes a day campaign.

Five meals per day
You’ve heard this time and time again but you are still not doing it. Eat like this and your metabolism will pick up promoting better recovery and improved results. The majority of the people I deal with are under eating and they think that “if I am not getting results then I will just eat less” - No, no, no... your body is to smart to respond to this - you must eat to lose.
Breakfast like the Queen - lunch like the princess - dinner like the peasant. Include a couple of healthy snacks between that.

Love Yourself
If you were asked to name 3 things you love would you include yourself? What about 5 things? Chances are it is no. It is all not what is seems out there. Perception is not reality but is often perceived as such. Happiness starts with you first and foremost. It is ok to feel and connect with your emotions; all too often this is suppressed. We all need to communicate, open up and be willing to change for the betterment of not only yourself, your family, your friends and your neighbour. Tell someone you love them but start with yourself!

Slow the hell down!
Although it has nothing to do with fitness but everything to do with cortisol, the hormone produced via stress has an adverse effect on your health and fitness, this is for impatient car drivers in general - you know who you are! For what reason do you have to drive so fast and tailgate me when you are driving, am I alone in thinking this, I think not. We all need to slow down give each other time and space when on the road. Every day I see drivers shooting orange or red lights, if you drive the speed limit you get abused. If this is you then you need to slow down take a deep breath and love yourself. The bigger picture is that we can apply this in all aspects of our life but if you identify with this then you will probably need to be doing a lot more than just the five things listed here.

Cool, Roger – OUT!