Get Motivated - Get Moving!

By Craig Goldblatt

How many of us have said at various stages of our lives that we are going to get fit? - in the winter it must be one of the most promised New Year's Resolution, in the summer it is the eternal motivator to making that beach outfit look stunning!

But exercise should not be a focus once or twice a year to be forgotten by the time January ends or by the time we are on the plane on our way home from our summer holiday. As humans we need to move more than we...

...do - even for those who do a couple of exercise sessions a week - sitting down all day at a desk does nothing for our ability to be focussed on our jobs or motivation to be fantastic! We have the need for exercise, and when this need is not fulfilled, we pay a price. We were not made to be inactive, sitting in front of a computer all day. We were made to run after an antelope for lunch, or run away from a lion so that we don't become lunch. We frustrate a physical need when we don't exercise, and when we frustrate a need - of vitamins, proteins, or exercise - we pay a price for it.

It doesn't have to be arduous or formalised (save that for the trips to the swimming pool, aerobic class, gym session etc), but take the obvious choices - walk around every so often - if you work at home and your kids have a trampoline - use it! If they don't or you haven't got kids - buy a trampette.

When you sit back at your desk you will feel better - and you will be... continued on page two >

 

 

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