10 Tips To Start Feeling Fitter and Performing Better
How To Improve Your Well being..no matter who you are…
1. Taking A Positive Attitude.
Take a positive, calm attitude into each days practice: Don’t force yourself to try and do the movements. Relax into the positions and movements because you have the rest of your life to improve them. Just this first tip can help to heal any immediate tension in the body and create a feeling of being well.
2. Just Stand Still.. You’ve taken responsibility for joining this programme. Give yourself the best chance of getting results by setting out a 30 day plan
to stick by the rules you’ve set yourself. Stick to the time you set for practice:Stick by a promise to practice EVERY DAY:Stick by your decision to do this for your sake.
Give yourself the chance to feel well and understand the various physical tensions in your body and your mind by Standing Still.
Set a alarm for 5 minutes*
Without thinking too much about it and without looking down at your feet: STAND with your feet about shoulder width apart, toes pointing forward,hands by your side and a couple of inches away from your thighs, turn the palms inward and open the fingers
Drop your shoulders
Focus on your feet in contact with the floor. Feel the heels and ball of the foot in contact with the ground and ALL the toes gently gripping the floor.
Breath out slowly and relax your knees. Stand quietly and calmly. Then just do nothing but breath naturally. Don’t let boredom get the better of you.
Set yourself the goal of Standing Still for 5 minutes and JUST DO IT.
At the end of 5 minutes reward yourself.
* I recommend Gymboss as a timer but if you have something that’s not too harsh that will do.See www.warwick-personal-trainer.com
* If you’re not able to stand for any reason these tips will be just as helpful.
3 Breathing..In the Standing Position.
.Focus first on breathing without worrying at all. Place your hands over the abdomen with one thumb over the navel and rest the other hand on top. Keep the mouth gently closed and the tip of the tongue touching the roof of the mouth, just behind the teeth. Only concentrate on Breathing OUT until you have emptied your lungs. Let the In breath be natural.
4. Being Calm..Don’t Try.
.Focus on sinking into the Earth with your legs and feet: and floating with your arms and shoulders. Think of a smile, beginning in
your navel and relaxing the whole of your facial muscles relax. Without too much effort, travel through your body and check where the tension lies..then relax again.
5. DONT GET FRUSTRATED.
.There is a myth that we must empty our minds..for business people, in the beginning. that’s virtually impossible..just
Stand Still..Keep your eyes open, but relaxed and keep your focus on a slow breath out.
6. To really get the benefit of relaxation: Take the time,
TAKE YOUR TIME.. to visit a practitioner or therapy centre: It is very difficult to totally relax yourself and without that, difficult to bring energy back into your body to work better. As a shiatsu therapist I have testimonials about the immediate relief the therapy brings to the workplace..massage improves blood flow and with it energy..any therapy that involves touch,when done professionally, can bring relaxation and vitality to the body..
7. Or MOVE..Walk, Run, Cycle,Swim, Dance.
We were meant to move and even if it’s just taking the stairs, movement is vital. If vigorous exercise is out because
of any reason Tai Chi can be the answer..Slow, controlled and co-ordinated almost everyone can use these movements as a form of exercise from athletes to chair-bound public members: 6 years to 90 years all in the same class. Use music to dance or do studio work but personally I’m not a believer in using it outdoors. The danger of traffic and the fact that you can miss so much else going on around you.
* Again Gymboss is a tremendous item for structuring more efficient workouts..
8.Get good dietary advice.
.it’s no use listening to anyone who says “Eat a balanced diet” because we often have no idea what a balanced diet is..what is or isn’t the best food for you. But, my one piece of advice I can give is that YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU EAT…YOU ARE WHAT YOUR BODY ASSIMILATES..what your body transforms into nutrition. And to get the best results your body must be clean to start with..I can recommend Dax Moy’;s programmes for this*
* again look at www.warwick-personal trainer.com for details of how to get this.
9. Be yourself in as many situations as you can
..in work this can be difficult because we should try to take our teams and clients personality into consideration as often as possible. (I wonder if even Lord Sugar is as abrasive in real life or if he is blunt and direct with his major clients as he is with the Apprentices.)
It helps to have an idea of what success means to you..what it looks and feels like..and what you’re prepared to do to get there. Remember if you make a decision which doesn’t work out as you thought is would… and you feel you’re position has been made worse..WAIT a while..it’s been my experience that there are always positives to be taken from downturns.
10. “it has been my experience..that no great undertaking has been done on your own”
..we could all do with support, networking, working with like-mind people. And
always treat strangers with respect..You never know when the person who can change your life will walk into your sphere. I was introduced to a visitor
to one of my classes, treated him well enough for him to have employed me for the last four years as his personal trainer…If you treat anyone with dis-respect
particularly if they have treated you well, it can have consequences for you down the line.
!0 Ways To Start Feeling Fitter and Performing Better..there’s got to be hundreds more..And if you will take the time to check out my websites and Blogs on
www.balancehealth-fitness.co.uk
www.warwick-personal-trainer.com and leave a comment or reply to us on Facebook/Linkedin
We will send you a voucher for a FREE “Taster” session, and you can take this up with a loved one at a time to suit you for FREE! You see since your helping us get on
our way, we’ll get you on your way as well.** Or an mp3 copy of “Stopping Life Killing You”
* For visitors in Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Coventry and Stratford.
Kind regards
Ernie Boxall
Balance Health and Fitness
www.warwick-personal-trainer.com
Personal Trainer in Warwickshire
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