Don't let your age define you!

I am on my soap box (surely not I hear you say!) – I was listening to Ian Wright (the footballer) talking on the Steve Wright show on Radio 2 the other day. He was telling us how accessible he was as a footballer and he talked to ‘little old ladies’. I wondered how it ever became acceptable to talk about people in terms of their age and size? I don’t even want to think about the response if I were to describe Ian according to his physical characteristics.

Let’s stop letting ourselves be defined by age or shape. Your age is a tally of how long you have lived, it’s not a marker of physical competence, mental agility or anything else. Some 80 year olds are incredibly smart, some 40 year olds lack a modicum of common sense. Some 20 year olds wouldn’t even know how far a marathon is but we all know men in their 70’s who run apparently effortless marathons.

You are what you are and it’s up to us all to make the most of us. That little voice in your head that says ‘I can’t do this because….’ needs challenging. If you let your age define you you might miss out on lots of fun and many challenges. I do things because I am 62 not despite. We are all more than a number. Today I am going to be ………..

Monitoring your steps

Any idea how many steps you do every day?  The recommendation is 10,000 every day – great for your heart, your weight and to keep you generally active.  We have a great, easy way for you to monitor your steps.

A new wearable, BuddyBand is available in our gyms.  Really easy to set up but we can help – just link to your smartphone and off you go.  

The great thing is that you can see the time, the number of steps you have done, distance travelled and calories burnt at the push of a button on your wrist.  You can be reminded to ‘move it’ if you have been too still for a pre-set period of time and you can set it to alert you to texts, incoming phone calls and more! 

With a push of another button you can upload all your info onto graphs on your computer and review whenever you want.  Link this to the special blue tooth enabled scales and you can collect all the data you need!  

The scales will help you to monitor much more than your weight; looking at BMI, body fat,  visceral fat levels and muscle composition and bone density .
  
Buy both from us for less than the price on Amazon.

BuddyBands £58.00
 

Scales £58.00

Update on Leslie

Leslie has had a great week –she (pictured here with her twin sister) has been to the UK blessing of the marriage of her son Tom to Miho.  Tom & Miho got married in Japan last year.

The weddings have taken a lot of Leslie’s time and focus so now, she says, its time to get back on plan

Her plan this week is really simple;

• Healthy, local food
• Fresh air
• Exercise

We can all do this – its not complicated!  The tricky bit is staying focussed and doing what you say you are going to do.

If you see Leslie in the gym – please tell her you are gunning for her (and then ask to see some fantastic wedding photos)!

 

 

July Newsletter

Welcome to your July Newsletter, containing the latest news from Forefront Fitness View this email in your browser July Newsletter Steve's Bucket Birthday Bash 2nd July at 7:30pm   We hope to see as many of you as possible at this event. No presents, we are raising money for Hunts Community Cancer Network.   Donations can be made through JustGiving at https://www.justgiving.com/Stephen-Foreman1 Introducing Debbie I have always had an interest in health and fitness and spent a number  of years working as a finance manager in gyms and health clubs. I have always exercised, swimming, aerobics or running. Three years ago I completed the London Marathon with the support of Marion and Steve to achieve this particular fitness goal. I perceived that the benefits I had experienced as part of the process had improved my life experience so significantly that I wanted to join the team and support others to be the best they can be. I qualified as a Personal Trainer and have completed a number of nutritional courses including sports nutrition,  detox and weight management. I am also a qualified NLP practitioner. The combination of these disciplines as well as a science background degree in psychology and biology allow me to support clients with their fitness goals in a complete and holistic way. I provide exclusive one to one personal training in clients own homes as well as within the gyms at Bluntisham and  Willingham. I am working with Marion to develop a special weight management programme for Forefront and I am completing training in the Autumn with Les Mills GRIT HITT training. I would be delighted to discuss your fitness goals with you and really love working in partnership with clients to achieve these as part of the Forefront team. July Gym Challenge How Long Can You Hold The Crucifix Position For? Use 2kg - 4kg dumbbells Compare your time to last years to see how much you have (hopefully) improved.   Marion is currently trialling a new wearable fitness tracker. It's waterproof to a depth of 2m for 30 minutes and robust enough for your wrist. It has a 3D Sensor, 24-hour time, upgradable firmware, notifications for emails, social media calls and more. This simple yet powerful actvity tracker measures physical activity and calculates energy expenditure in calories, the distance  walked or run and the total active time during each day — it's especially useful as part of an exercise schedule, overall health and wellbeing or weight loss programme - sleep patterns and Custom Trackers are also present so that you can record anything you like with two taps of the touch sensor. It  has several innovative notification features which include: Text, Email, Voice, Calendar, Social Media, and Incoming Phone call; an Inactivity Alarm to alert the wearer by vibration to get up and get moving after a chosen amount of time and programmable Alarm reminders of other routine events during your day. Initial impressions are great, more news next month. Exercise Of The Month Dead Bugs   Lay flat on your back with your hands extended above you toward the ceiling. Bend your knees in 90 degree angle and raise your thighs until they are perpendicular to the floor. Now deeply exhale and embrace your abs to bring your ribcage down and flatten you back onto the floor. To initiate the exercise slowly lower the right arm and the left leg down to the floor simultaneously. Lower them down until just before the lower back starts to rise off the ground (starts to arch). Then slowly return to the starting position while inhaling. Alternating sides and continue the movement as required. Recipe Of The Month Sweet & Sour Salmon   2 good sized salmon filets Chilli sauce Honey Light soy sauce Coconut oil Root ginger – peeled and sliced Heat oven Place salmon on a large square of foil Put slices of ginger on top of foil Add drizzle of chilli sauce and teaspoon of honey to each salmon parcel Add a dollop of coconut oil and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce to each parcel and wrap foil round each piece of salmon Cook in pre heated oven for about 30 mins or until cooked through – serve and pour sauce over salmon   Struggling to reach your goals? Need extra motivation? We now offer 'one-off' PT sessions Let one of our PTs get you back on track. Prices start from £35* for a one hour session. * payment must be made at time of booking Has anything changed since you completed our Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) when you joined? If so please let a member of staff know on your next visit. If you enjoy what we offer, please leave us your feedback at: http://bst.bz/UnvBSb You could win £100 to spend with a great local business just for telling us what you think.

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Leslie

It was PT day again for Leslie and we had to make a new plan.  Despite thinking she is eating healthily and keeping to plan, Leslie has put on a little weight and is feeling it in her clothes.   Clearly her body is doing something different to what her head is saying.  This isn’t unusual and is one of the main reasons that we ask people to keep a food diary.  Leslie is going to do the Forever Living Clean 9 programme to lose a few pounds and to get a bit of order into her life around food.  She will have a couple of days of protein shakes and Aloe Vera juice, followed by the addition of a small daily meal.  This has been used thousands of times all round the world and works really well – frequent measuring and weighing will demonstrate this. Part of this programme is to be really mindful of what you are eating and to jot it down.

Leslie is also going to get outside for a proper walk every day.  She is aiming for 10,000 steps a day – so her walk should give her at least half of these steps straight away. 

This is a tough journey and it requires a great deal of personal strength to persist – so well done Leslie.  Lets hope next week brings great results

Leslie this week

Well, it’s interesting isn’t it?  We have a plan and Leslie thinks she’s sticking to it.  She knows what ‘healthy eating’ means and can reel off lists of healthy meals that she’s had.  But she’s not losing any weight.  Now Leslie is still large enough to be losing weight and losing it at a decent rate (around 2 lbs a week) so what is going on?

Well, she thought she might have had a bit of this and a little of that.  She’s got the dentist again this week – so is very stressed and her mind set is such that mindlessly eating a piece of cake is the only thing that can calm her down.    We know that cake tastes good but it doesn’t actually solve anything – and we wonder if rather more stress events have caused even more slices of cake to disappear.    

So Leslie is going to write down (or record on ‘myfitnesspal’) everything that she eats for a full week.  She knows she needs to eat ‘mindfully’ and that this will help.  This is Leslie’s accountability for this week – to notice what she is eating and to focus on that eating – not just absentmindedly eat something because its there (or because it needs ‘finishing up’!)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Calling all students

Are you at home for a few weeks?  Missing studying ?  (thought not) – Missing working out?  (thought so)

Come along to one of  gyms – we have all the kit you need to get a really decent work out.  We would love to see you for the weeks you are around here.  We have even put together a special deal for you.

Student Summer Special

Membership from now until you go back to uni - £50  (12 weeks)

Alternatively – just £25 a month

Free induction (and a programme if you need one)

Use the gym as much as you want between 09.00 and 17.00 weekdays and 08.00 to 20.00 weekends (Willingham) and 08.00 to 12.00 weekends (Bluntisham)

You never know – we might even play your choice of music!