The active health coach

02/12/2021

01/12/2021

Happy December. Do you fancy doing a few of these this month?

23/11/2021

Loving this story.

How a former World War Two pilot came second in a cycling competition for older people.

20/11/2021

The Joy of Walking, the Joy of Exploring.....

15/11/2021

Real food and drink rather than processed …….plus some exercise that’s easy to access in your normal every day life. …. Plus support from others. Active Health.

I was turning 40 and very unfit. Now my super-healthy parents, both in their 70s, have inspired me to exercise and I love it

14/11/2021

Just One Thing - something new.
Yesterday I used the NetGo app on my phone for the first time to buy a tram ticket to take the tram to the Nottingham Hockey Centre opposite the University of Nottingham.
Now it would have been easy enough to have just driven over there. But I felt like challenging myself to use the app without more technologically advanced members of my family showing me how to do it. And I wanted to learn which tram to take to that side of the city and from where. This all sounds really simple doesn't it but we can easily find ourselves doing the same thing, going to the same places in the same way and using other people to sort out things that initially feel a bit challening and so I felt like going it alone and pushing my comfort zone just a little bit wider.
And so I did it and....
I now know how to use the app (really easy).
I now know how to go to the station, the Queens Medical Centre, the hockey centre and the university by tram (really easy and super interesting to see that side of the city unfold from the windows of the tram).
I had a lovely time watching my daughter play hockey at the amazing hockey venue and also wandered round Highfields Park by the university - really beautiful.
What a wonderful afternoon and all started by doing one tiny new thing on my own - the purchase of a tramticket on my phone! Confidence boosting and liberating.....

10/11/2021

Very excited to be a Runner Up in the Pride of Gedling Inspirational Healthy Lifestyle Award this evening. Thank you to all the wonderful people I train with who inspire me every day - this one's for you....

07/11/2021

The Joy of Running - your breathing regulating; your body getting into a rhythm; feeling at one with your surroundings. Gaining perspective and clarity; seeing solutions; ideas tumbling out of your head. The Joy of Running in Autumn - the crunch of leaves under your feet; the crackle of twigs; the honk of Canada Geese flying overhead; the chatter of birds in the trees; the majesty of swans on the lagoons and river; the realisation of the year slipping seamlessly from summer, through autumn into winter; the fields changing as crops have been harvested; the change in the air, oh that lovely fresh air.......The Joy of Running - that wonderful endorphin high feeling you get at the end. Moving medicine.....................

07/11/2021

Just love this time of year with the rich colours and smells. The beautiful tapestry of Autumn in my amble through Blidworth Woods yesterday....

05/11/2021

So another of Dr Michael Mosely's Just One Thing suggestions is exercising less, more often; AKA 'movement snacking'. And that's what I've been up to today. A dip in Colwick Lake this morning; cycled to and from an appointment with a client at lunchtime; and just hurtled round the local streets with Tinker dog. Plus charging up and down stairs in between meetings to get stuff from the printer, refills of drinks etc. Movement snacking - more of it...........

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000zljp

How small chunks of exercise across your day could be better than one long gym session.

05/11/2021

Came across this poem today on the England Athletics Funetics page - love it.....

Country Running
by Roy Saxby (2001)
It’s great to get out surely you see,
To run like the wind so fast and so free.
To blaze a long trail wherever you go,
It just doesn’t matter if you’re fast or you’re slow. A cross country run or a jog in the street,
A couple of miles on fast moving feet
Your arms are pumping, your blood’s in a rush But it’s so much better than taking a bus.
Out with some friends and having some fun
It really is great when you’re out for a run.
No matter the weather, sun, snow or rain
You’ll only get better if you continue to train.
So run with your body, your heart and your mind It’s pleasure and fun, I’m sure you will find. Sometimes it’s hard. “That’s enough!” you will say, At the end of a session, a really tough day.
The next will be better, just wait and see
And again you’ll be running alive and so free.
So never give up wherever you are
The finishing line is not really far.

31/10/2021

Blessed with beautiful green and blue spaces in and around Nottingham