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Set Yourself Up For Success Using Self-Monitoring In Your Health Journey Self-monitoring involves recording and observing your exercise routine. It is an effective tool in exercise behaviour change for your health journey. We all know it is easy to make a plan, but sticking to it is a whole different story. How often have you planned to exercise more and not followed thr...

Sarcopenia: Muscle loss related to ageing. Do you lift?

Reminder.

Behaviour change through building habits that support your goals Habits are just physiological processes in the brain. Just like lifting weights will create the physiological process of building muscle, learning a new task will create a new pathway in the brain. When these pathways are linked to triggers, they become habits that we are often unaware of. For examp...

How a mantra can help you through the tough moments of exercise As humans, we are wired for short-term motivation. That quick hit of sugar, the fast adrenaline kick, the immediate reward and so on! It's the same with exercise. Long-term goals are essential, but they need to be broken down to work as motivation for everyday workouts. It's usually the "how you fee...

What is something simple you could do today?

Accountability - the way to successfully becoming more active. Research has shown that people adhere better when held accountable, mainly when they are held responsible to people they respect and care about. This is precisely what we offer. Accountability as a service from a skilled health professionals and coaches that truly cares about you! The feedback we ha...

The impact of the menstrual cycle on exercise Can your menstrual cycle become a barrier to getting more active? Since Friday I have been more hungry, I haven't been as motivated to go to the gym and haven't felt as powerful as in the past 2 weeks during my HIIT workouts. Lack of willpower I hear you (and the voices in my head) say. Far from it....

We help to create good habits.

What does science tell us about physical activity We all know that exercise is "good" for us. But what does "good" actually mean? Let's look at the science.

Benefits of being active (according to science):

30 % reduced risk of early death.

30% reduced risk of heart disease (Stroke, heart attack etc.)

40-50% reduced risk of colon cancer.

30-40% reduced risk of breast cancer.

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What does science tell us about physical activity We all know that exercise is "good" for us. But what does "good" actually mean? Let's look at the science.

What do you repeatedly do? Does it aid your goal?

What is the impact of the menstrual cycle on exercise? Can your menstrual cycle become a barrier to getting more active?

Read on to find out how much our hormones can play into our exercise routine and how we can work together with our bodies.

The impact of the menstrual cycle on exercise Can your menstrual cycle become a barrier to getting more active? Since Friday I have been more hungry, I haven't been as motivated to go to the gym and haven't felt as powerful as in the past 2 weeks during my HIIT workouts. Lack of willpower I hear you (and the voices in my head) say. Far from it....

Dream Big, Set Goals & Take Action -Creating an Active Lifestyle You Enjoy "A goal is a dream with a deadline", Napoleon Hill. Make your dream of an active lifestyle reality using science-based strategies. Goal setting is a powerful tool for behaviour change. It is most effective and is most likely to lead to positive changes in exercise behaviour if you monitoring your pr...

She was tired of being sick and tired. So she went for her first walk in a long time. She felt the sun and the wind; she smelled the flowers and chatted with her neighbours. When she got home, she felt content. Maybe it is that simple?

Like daughter, like mother. How to support our children's mental and physical health. I am a mother of 2 young girls. They are our absolute priority, and I hope to show them how to build a healthy, fulfilling life full of love and connection to others, but foremost to themselves. I believe the best way to support mental and physical health in children is by living such a life myself....

🌟 Every Step Counts! 🌟

Did you know that walking just over 2,200 steps a day can help you live longer and reduce your risk of heart disease? And aiming for 9,000 to 10,500 steps a day is even better! 🚶‍♂️❤️

But remember, it's okay to start small and build up your steps over time. Every little bit helps, and staying active is the key to long-term health and happiness.

Pibbot helps you to achieve this with help of health care stragies proven to work and a community of people on the same path.

Let's get moving together! 💪✨

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Habits are physiological processes in the brain. Lifting weights will create the physiological process of building muscle, and learning a new task will create a new pathway in the brain.

Behaviour change through building habits that support your goals Habits are just physiological processes in the brain. Just like lifting weights will create the physiological process of building muscle, learning a new task will create a new pathway in the brain. When these pathways are linked to triggers, they become habits that we are often unaware of. For examp...

Everything counts.

We all have songs from the past that immediately put us in a good mood and make us start singing and dancing in the car. But music also has the power to make or break your workout! So, read on to find out how to use music to increase your outcome and fun and decrease the felt effort and strain of exercise.

Wanting to get fit? Science says putting music on optimises your workout! Music has the power to make or break a workout! Find out scientifically proven facts to optimize your workout with music.

✨ Perspectives on pain ✨

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.
-Angelina Jolie

Thoughts this morning: I agree the ones learning are the ones that find their way forward. Learning how to treat your body respectfully and give it what it needs is powerful and if you don’t listen it’ll make you suffer with pain until you learn how to take care of yourself 🫶🏼

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How stress relates to inactivity and overweight and how to effectively deal with stress instead.

How stress relates to inactivity and overweight and how to effectively deal with it instead. It's human nature to want to avoid uncomfortable feelings. It's probably linked to our primal survival instinct. In times of emotional stress, we seek to comfort or distract ourselves. There are many different strategies to do so. We can numb our pain by distracting ourselves with social media, watc...

Get your steps in and don’t forget to log it or it doesn’t count 😆😆

Walking three times a week ‘nearly halves’ recurrence of low back pain Australian research finds people who walked three to five times weekly stayed pain-free almost twice as long

Body & Mind

A key factor in creating behaviour change is resilience. Accountability partners help to build it. The official dictionary definition says resilience is “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness” or “the ability of substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.” Resilience will get you over the finish line when trying to change habits. On the journey of get...

Use this proven trick to stick to your exercise plan. Is your goal to get more active? Here is a proven trick to building lasting habits! Decide on when and how much exercise you want to do. Be realistic and do not aim for too much in the beginning. You can always build further by increasing intensity or duration later once you have a routine. For exam...

Is it truly impossible?

How to stay motivated when exercise has not shown results yet. Undoubtedly, getting active will give you excellent health and mental health benefits. But some can't be seen; most take a while until they can be felt, measured or seen, and staying motivated without an immediate reward can be frustrating. This can quickly become the end of our attempt to improve o...