I have this conversation with people I train, and with myself, all the time. What would it take to achieve the level of fitness we desire, and what would that require from us in terms of freeing up the time … Read More
I learn as much as I can about how bodies work, but I’ll never know it all AND the exercise research we have is usually done on populations that don’t represent everyone AND every individual body is a bit different… … Read More
Just because it feels true, doesn’t make it true. Often what makes something feel true is that it’s been repeated and implied all over the background of our lives. For example – “a healthy tan” feels like a thing, and … Read More
Your body doesn’t have to be able to do anything at all in order to justify its existence and the way it is. All bodies deserve to be treated with respect and care, no qualifiers required.
Even if the way … Read More
Being physically active is useful for a lot of different mental and physical health conditions, but sometimes it’s not physically or mentally possible to follow the intensity or volume that’s recommended, and this can get in the way of us … Read More
When you remember that training and being physically active is for your own self care, not an obligation you owe to anyone else or a chore that you “have” to do, it lets you decide what activities would be safest, … Read More
Sure, we all have 24 hours in a day, but we don’t all have the same financial position, health, ability, injuries, responsibilities, jobs, age, priorities, likes and dislikes, people depending on us to care for them, mental health, requirements for … Read More
We tend to look at health and bodies through a collective cultural lens that takes longer to adjust than our scientific understanding does. This means that despite everything we know about sun damage and skin cancer, a suntan still “seems” … Read More
Unfit is a word we usually throw at ourselves as a general judgement rather than an accurate assessment of the capacity we need to build in order to be able to perform specific tasks to specific requirements.
Unfit … Read More
Woo-hoo! Facebook just reminded me that Body Positive Health & Fitness is officially four years old! What a ride it’s been! When I first told people I wanted to start a personal training business that wasn’t about weight loss or … Read More
