You are reading part four of the harmonising hormones series with a focus on sleep and hormones involved in sleep. Everyone is different and sleep issues can be the result of how your unique environment is interacting with your genes. Take heart! There are some brilliant actions you can take to self-love yourself to goodContinue reading “Specifics of What Drives Sleep Problems”
Category Archives: training performance
Cholesterol
What is it’s role in the body? Why is it important to keep in balance? Read on to feel empowered with knowledge on how to look after yourself with optimized cholesterol levels. The problems associated with high cholesterol are to do with the limit of blood flow. Essentially the arteries become clogged up with fattyContinue reading “Cholesterol”
How Your Cycle Affects Your Mood
Plus! Excellent ways to support your body through nutrition, exercise and self care Navigating the ups and downs of you cycle can be a little overwhelming at times! We all love those days we wake up feeling energised, intimate with our partner, productive and like our sense of humour is well in tact. However, thereContinue reading “How Your Cycle Affects Your Mood”
Strong and Stable. Why You Need to Train Balance.
We often think about cardio and heart health, training lower body or training upper body. We are starting to think about the need to train our balance and stability systems. Why? Real life examples of a failure of the stability system include: non-contact ACL injuries, inability to carry an awkward load or simply, a fall.Continue reading “Strong and Stable. Why You Need to Train Balance.”
Your Metabolism
It happens in every cell of your body. It (base metabolism) keeps you alive. The pace and function of your metabolism is up to the mitochondria. Mitochondira are these incredible little power-packs, the motherboard of each and everyone of your cells! Their function varies hugely by hormonal status, age, genetics and more. Metabolism can slowContinue reading “Your Metabolism”
High Performance Cycling Without The Knee and Hip Pain
Love getting out and about on your bike? When the sun is just right with a cool whisper of atmosphere you’re ready to get the wheels spinning. You don’t want to feel knee pain, you don’t want tight hips and you would love your back to feel absolutely fine the days and weeks after. EitherContinue reading “High Performance Cycling Without The Knee and Hip Pain”
What’s The Go On Breakfast?
Or should you fast? We panic a bit at the thought of missing a meal or the potential to feel hungry. We are told eating frequent meals can “rev up” our metabolism. It doesn’t. We are told breakfast is the most important meal of the day. For primary school aged children; absolutely. A balanced plateContinue reading “What’s The Go On Breakfast?”
Addressing Adrenal Fatigue
Struggling to sleep, a lack of focus, little energy and an over all off kilter feeling that is leaving your depressed and frustrated. Adrenal Fatigue feels horrendous. A quick bio lesson:You produce adrenaline (also called cortisol) in glands. Your perception of the world and how you experience stress and other day-day experiences will determine howContinue reading “Addressing Adrenal Fatigue”
Stand Tall
Avoid Pain with Your Best Posture Train smarter and avoid lifestyle pitfalls: You can support your posture through training the correct muscles such as your upper back (rhomboids, lats, rear delts and trapezius) and being mindful during the day of your posture. This is not limited to the upper body. Strong glutes, core and workingContinue reading “Stand Tall”
Muscle: Your Longevity Organ
Benefit from the feeling that comes with moving and performing everyday tasks better. Jumping out of a car with confident swing in your step, bending to pick something up out without feeling any twinges or aches and putting pants on without tumbling into the nearest solid object. These are the everyday things we can takeContinue reading “Muscle: Your Longevity Organ”
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