Posts tagged Exercise
Create And Maintain Routine

Is It Time For A Change? At this challenging time in our lives, it is now more important than ever to create and maintain a routine. It does not matter what that routine is, or what it looks like, but by establishing some form of regularity in our lives, means it can go along way to helping our overall mood, mental health and well-being.

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The Benefits Of Regular Walking

Walking is free and can be easily fitted into your daily routine, with doctors recommending 30 to 60 minutes a day. All you will need to start walking is a sturdy pair of walking shoes or trainers, a suitable place to walk outdoors and a desire to enjoy your new-found freedom. Enjoy these great benefits and start walking outside today!

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Coronavirus: Great Ways To Exercise While Staying At Home

Coronavirus has hit us hard and it continues to cause huge problems across the entire globe. As a result, life is now very different and it is now even more important than ever, to follow the advice from the experts and to keep ourselves safe. Keeping safe is paramount and social distancing or lockdowns are now a daily reality and could be here for many months to come. Following a regular exercise routine is also very important if we are to remain healthy in both body and mind. Here are a few ideas you can do at home.

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4 Benefits of Running

There is no doubt that exercise has many great health benefits and running seems to have it all. I run regularly, at least twice a week, and over the year, I have seen plenty of benefits of doing so. To highlight all of them probably isn’t very practical, as there are so many. So, to remain clear, concise and informative, I have narrowed it down to four of my favourite reasons, and those are as follows.

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My Parkrun Adventure

I have always loved running and over the years I have enjoyed competing in all manner of competitive races and simply getting outside and running for pleasure. Parkrun has helped change my view of running and as a new Parkrun adventure begins it continues to serve as inspiration to achieve more and more. Read on to find out more about my latest running adventure.

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4 Benefits Of Leisure And Recreation For Your Everyday Health

The number of leisure and recreation activities among outdoor enthusiasts has definitely snowballed in recent years, and from the relatively subtle, well-established pursuits like walking and cycling, there has been significant growth in activities that demand a more physical and vigorous approach. Read on to find out what the benefits are.

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Why You Should Go For Walks After Work

Why you should go for walks after work is a motivational piece of writing that encourages everyone to get out after work and go for a walk. It doesn’t really matter where you walk, or indeed for how far, by utilising what you have all around you and embracing the fresh air will definitely bring untold benefits to your overall health and well-being. Read on to find out more.

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Cycling tips for staying safe on the road

Cycling tips for staying safe on the road.

Nowadays, it seems like more bicycles are out on the roads rather than simply ageing or gathering dust in the garage or shed. This increase probably has something to do with increased awareness over the worries of climate change, or it is simply due to the fact we all seem on a fitness drive (of sorts) and are continually looking to keep in shape and lead a more healthy and positive lifestyle.

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WOW Park - The perfect day out for any adventurer

WOW Park: A great day out for all would-be adventurers. I recently had the chance to spend the day adventuring in the Danish Woodlands, at an amazing outdoor adventure playground. It was an exhilarating experience, climbing and swinging in the treetops. Rediscovering your childhood, as nature intended.

Read what I thought of this pretty impressive place, in my latest Blog Post.

‘Thoughts and Stories from the Great Outdoors’

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Get Back to Nature - Digital Detox

Time for a Digital Detox

I remember the days when Social Media and electronic devices didn’t exist. I remember the days when I (personally) would spend hours of my day, care free and out in the fresh air.

This new blog post highlights another reason why it is important to ‘get back to nature’and give your body and mind a Digital Detox.

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Get back to Nature - 30 minutes outdoors

Getting back to Nature

Feeding our natural instincts by getting back to nature is vitally important if we are to fulfil and attempt to live a more healthy lifestyle.

I this particular blog post I aim to share some thoughts and ideas on how we can all make a positive change and begin spending just 30 minutes a day in the outdoors.

#30minutesoutdoors


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How to start cycling to work EVERY DAY.

Top Tips from a Cycle Commuter.

Over the last few years, there’s definitely been somewhat of a revolution in the number of people choosing to cycle to work. Maybe it's down to increased traffic on the roads, personal issues relating to health, cost or simply trying something new. Either way, there are many great benefits of riding into work, rather than driving or using public transport. 

In this particular post, I hope to highlight some of my Top Tips, after I decided to ditch all modes of transport, in order to complete a 32 mile/52km cycle commute each and every day.

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Top Tips for Healthy Outdoor Activities

It's time to make the most of the longer days and warmer weather...

With long, dark, cold winter months finally leaving us behind, a new world of opportunity is blossoming just beyond your window. As the seasons change, the weather is starting to improve and the days are getting longer.

To hopefully promote, positive thinking, I would like to encourage my readers to get outside, make the most of what you have, by enjoying some much-needed sunshine and perhaps begin to participate in one of the many healthy active pursuits at your disposal.

As the saying goes... 'hello body, healthy mind.'

 

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Exploring Outdoor Valley

You don't need to travel too far to enjoy a GREAT adventure. To prove this I spent a day exploring Outdoor Valley, and adventurers paradise close to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. 

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Life in the Bike Lane - A day in my life

Life in the Bike Lane

Since moving to the Netherlands around three years ago the majority of my days are spent outside, cycling in the bike lane. To most people out there, this might sound rather mad or perhaps even peculiar, but it is all in fact entirely true. After 'Brexiting' the Motherland and I guess becoming part of Dutch culture I decided to make some changes in my life. Changes that were perhaps easy to consider, but in reality, much harder to actually implement.

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