Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power.

http://www.brainrules.net/exercise/?scene=1 

 Another brilliant but shorter video clip to yet again reinforce the importance of getting off your back side and start moving. Training is for life, this will enhance your body and brain for every day life experiences. It will only get better when you deicide 'your worth it' as that advert keeps saying. 

       So why do so many people not get it? I think it's because some people want somebody else to do it for them the word is lazy. We live in a world of can't do it, won't do it, can someone else do it. 

    I will add to this blog that all my clients yes all my clients are 'I can do it' people which makes it so much nicer when we train together and the results are  ...... better, faster, fitter, and fun, people. because they know they are worth it. Life, bring it on.

Authors@Google: Dr. John Ratey

This is a long clip 49min but well worth it if you are interested in how training is so interlinked to the mind and body and even more important as we get older if you want to know more buy his book 'Spark', enjoy and keep moving...... it make sense your body loves it!

In Spark, John J. Ratey, M.D., embarks upon a fascinating and entertaining journey through the mind-body connection, presenting startling research to prove that exercise is truly our best defense against everything from depression to ADD to addiction to aggression to menopause to Alzheimer's. Filled with amazing case studies), Spark is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. It will change forever the way you think about your morning run--or, for that matter, simply the way you think.

John Ratey, M.D. is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous bestselling and groundbreaking books, including Driven to Distraction and A User's Guide to the Brain. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has a private practice.

This event took place on May 30, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.

Why TRX Suspension Training?

This is the video clip of the TRX

Hill running and my new TRX

Hello to all of you training for life out there. This month I have a new toy the TRX which is fantastic for building in strength but with fun. Pat one of my clients (who I am sure wouldn’t mind me saying) is the fine age of 82yrs had her first try with the TRX last week and loved it. Another client whose identity will remain a secret said it was one of the hardest workouts they had ever had but loved it. So there you have it whether old or young in years the TRX can adapt to whatever your needs.

Another advantage of the TRX is that it is so light I can carry it and then use it for the odd boot camp run and workout as I can strap it to a tree or fixed post, workouts just got more creative

As functional piece of equipment I have a slight unease about it but you can take away some of the support when the move becomes too easy, by not using total upper support, but it is fun and brings smiles on my clients faces so as a tool used every now and then its fine. Have a look at the clip above
 So I am back to my hill running be it slow and I have just invested some Inov8 running shoes. They are very light and give a feeling of running barefoot which as you know I love. Great grip on wet grass and with enough support on tricky rocky surfaces, so again check out the inov8 web site. Joe Browns in Llanberis is the nearest stockist. The clip below is my video of the run enjoy it as the sun came out every now and then. Keep moving you know it makes sense.

The start from Llanberis towards Nant Peris

up the Zig Zags

Coming down the hill too the other lake heading back to Llanberis

Back in Llanberis in time for a cup of coffee, whoopie.!!!!!