THE RIGHT EXERCISES TO HELP YOU KEEP FIT AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE

The health benefits of regular exercise can never be over emphasized, that is why I keep banging on about you engaging in some fitness regime or the other. Exercise has physical and mental health benefits, and we keep on discovering more benefits every day. Exercise can help protect you from a range of conditions including heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Exercise also improves mental cognition and coordination as well as improves your mood. So far so good, we need to exercise, but what are the most appropriate forms of exercise for you?

WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT? YOU NEED DISCIPLINE NOT MOTIVATION!

“I really want to work out and lose weight but I am just not feeling motivated enough” and with those infamous words you gave yourself another excuse as to why you still aren’t in shape and why you might never be!

It’s an annual ritual, people wake up every New Year’s Day with their resolutions made up (I hate that word!) one of the most common resolutions is “I will get in shape this year” and guess what? Six months later, nothing has changed, it was the same last year and the year before and the year before that!

The problem with motivation is that it comes and goes, some days you feel so invisible that you could beat up King Kong, some other days; you can’t even get out of bed.  The truth is nobody feels motivated all the time, so focus less on your motivation and concentrate on building discipline instead.

WANT TO BE STRONGER THIS YEAR? DO PUSH UPS!

If you are a guy you have probably been doing pushups since you were a kid, all men and some women have always used the push up as a measure of strength, including you, don’t lie! There’s something about this simple, ancient bodyweight exercise that just appeals to us. Conversely we all hate it! I included!  Why do we love and hate this quaint exercise so much? Well we love it for its simplicity and hate it because it tires you out so fast. Apart from being a muscle building exercise, it turns out the humble pushup is also a cardio workout in disguise. Lastly, many of us just do not know how to execute a proper pushup or pressup (they are the same thing folks).

NOW THAT THE PARTY IS OVER!

Its January 2019, all the leftovers in the freezer are finally gone, the booze, soft drinks, cakes etc. you look in the mirror and you’ve gained like 5kg over the past few weeks due to all those end of year parties. You have wrecked you nutrition, discipline has gone out the window and you feel totally out of shape, don’t worry just get back on the wagon and start again. Like you I have a weakness for Christmas and really let myself go this year, I haven’t worked out in 3 weeks and I am dreading my first Saturday morning jog tomorrow! Let me confess, this piece is to inspire myself as much as it is to inspire you.  As far as inspiration goes, this line from a not too old movie comes to mind.