Author: SmallerKnickers

Start your exercise routine with a positive mindset. Making your exercise routine more effective, and supercharging the benefits, can be achieved by thinking positively about it.  According to researchers at the University of Freiburg, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the improvements can be seen and measured. When people believe that exercise will be good for them, then it will be.  The University tested their theory that the belief amplifies health benefits on 76 volunteers…

How many times have you rushed up one flight of stairs and arrived at the top feeling breathless? It’s especially embarrassing if you consider yourself fairly fit and then as you arrive huffing and puffing at the top of the stairs you bump into someone you know! You may question your fitness level and decide that you must work out more, or harder if you already consider yourself a gym bunny. Well, rest assured, even…

Making a decision to commit to a training programme may be one of the best decisions you ever make. Imagine for one moment if exercise were a pill would you take it every day to ensure you remained healthy and fit? I suspect most people would say yes. So how many times do you say to yourself that you are going to go to sign up to a gym or go jogging on Monday and…