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10 Ways to Stay Active

10 ways to stay active. It is recommended that for health benefits each of us perform 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, or a combination of both. These recommendations can still be achieved even at home, with no special equipment and with limited space. The following are some tips on how to stay active and reduce sedentary behaviour while at home Work out while working. Add some healthy activity to your workday. Take walking breaks or walk and talk during your meetings, do some band exercises while sitting at the desk, do some…

Wandering Soul – 20 April 2020

Good Morning When the President announced the first period of the lockdown, most of us made pacts with ourselves. We joined 21 day challenges and decided to become better people in one or more aspects of our lives. The external stimulus of a forced hibernation had us aspiring to do things. It is also very likely that our 21 day challenges ended at about 5-7 days. Don’t despair, you are still breathing and every moment is a chance to recreate oneself. The lockdown was just another trigger for introspection, just as death or any event we consider loss or failure.Goals…

Wandering Soul – 13 April 2020

Good morning. Don’t miss out on your own objectives. Every action builds habit. When you choose to do nothing, you are not static in your quest. You are actually building a habit of doing nothing. This means you are going backwards. Life is never still, it is going one way or another. Let’s get up and do our very best towards our own goals. Have a wonderfilled week.

Wandering Soul – 09 April 2020

Good morning.I hope you are well.In the words of Rainer Maria Rilke ” I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

Warm Up Sequence – Ntatemogolo

While I was thinking up a warm up sequence that anyone could follow, I got some inspiration from 2 sources; 1. Listening to my kids doing “Head, shoulders, knees and toes”2. A song we used to sing in primary school or creche So I decided to spice up this nursery rhyme. I added some other moves to give an all round warm up. Have some fun teaching the kids this one while getting ready for your workout

Wandering Soul – 06 April 2020

Good Morning I hope you are doing well! Today’s motivation comes from one of my favourite artists, Whitney Houston. A song written by Albert Louis Hammond & John Bettis. The theme song for the 1988 summer Olympics, “One Moment in Time” “Give me one moment in time. When I’m more than I thought I could be. When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away, and the answers are all up to me” To elaborate would blunt such powerful words.Have a wonderfilled moment/day/week… You are Love, and You are Loved

8 Shot Roulette (HIIT)

This is a fun workout to do during this or any other time you are stuck in small spaces. It is even more fun with a partner/s. It can be adapted to fit into 15 – 60 minutes Preparation Write down 8 exercises for you or your partner to perform. Fold the papers and place the exercises in a box/hat for each of you. 2 Cardio (Burpees, Star Jumps, Jumping Jacks, Mountain Climber…) 2 Upper Body (Push Up, Crab Touch, Spiderman, Shoulder Press Jack…) 2 Lower Body (Squats, Jump Squats, Squat Pedal, Jumping Lunges…) 2 Abs and Core (V-Ups, Bicycle…

Always Look on the Bright Side

I hope you are well! What a time to be ALIVE, key word being ALIVE. Our world has experienced many attacks. Some by humans on others, others by bacteria, viruses. This latest attack on humans represents for me an opportunity to look at my place in society (Micro and Macro). What is the impact of my creation? Most of us doubt the significance of any of our actions, if this pandemic does not show each of us how significant we are to the planet, they we may need a few more reminders. You matter, your actions matter, your thoughts matter,…

All Work And No Play Makes Me A Dull Daddy!

I am not sure when the venom from the Comrades bug wore off, but it must have been after completing the 3rd one. I have never had the same excitement nor intensity since. I love running, I love the time out with myself, I love the challenge of the route, I love the natural high when the race is done. There is one thing I do know about myself, Monotony is a deal breaker. I find it difficult to continue with anything that does not offer excitement, twists and turns & surprises. Call me an adrenaline junkie. I still find…