Taylor Coaching

Hey guys

As promised my 12 Week Challenge is launching today.

Click below for more information on pricing.

https://www.taylorcoaching.co.nz/12-week-challenge-signup

Over the 12 weeks, you will receive the following
- New Weekly Exercise Program
- Regular check ins with myself to help keep you on track and motivated.
- We will have a couple of video calls throughout the 12 weeks as well, where we will get your measurements etc

I will be available to assist you throughout your whole 12 weeks.

The good thing about my 12 Week Challenge is that you are only challenging yourself. There is no pressure to beat someone else.

Looking forward to helping you on this journey

Hey guys,

I know i have been MIA for a while.

I have had a lot going on in my personal life.

For those that do not know already I am 26 Weeks Pregnant which has meant that my business has taken a back seat to me just keeping well and growing our little baby.

I am here today to announce that on the 1st October I will be launching a 12 Week Exercise Challenge.

This challenge can be completed at home and the only person that you are challenging is yourself.

There is no set start date, this will be when you want to start the challenge.

If you are interested in the challenge, please send me a message and I can give you more information.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Morning all

I know I haven’t updated my blog in awhile, so here you go new blog posted this morning.

https://www.taylorcoaching.co.nz/weight-loss-journey/all-feelings-are-valid

While internal influences are just that, internal. They can affect your journey in a similar way to that of the external influences. Take your thought patterns for example, if you allow your old thought patterns to return, then you will end up falling back into your old habits. Once you return to old habits you end up back at square one and have to start again.

Ask yourself, do you want to start this journey again?

External influences can have a huge effect on your journey. Let's take food prices for example. As the price of food continues to increase, buying healthier foods may become unaffordable for you, so a decision will need to be made about whether to buy less of the more expensive healthier foods or more of the cheaper foods.

Internal and external influences are likely to affect you when you least expect it. While some things you have warning about, ie Holidays. But sometimes both internal and external influences can affect you at random. These are things like a spur of the moment dinner invitation, a random morning tea at work, feeling sad or angry and seeking comfort food.

This is when you need to be able to resist or have a plan in place as to how you will get through these times.

What is an internal influence

Internal influences are things that you can control and can easily influence you and your decisions. These are things like your emotions, beliefs, thought patterns and lifestyle choices.

What is an external influence

External influences are things that are out of your control but can have an impact on your and every journey that you are on. These are things like your community, family and food prices.

What is the ideal cooldown?

There is no hard and fast rule here either.

A good cooldown would involve 5-10 minutes of cardio, starting at a higher intensity and bringing the intensity down, followed by static stretches.

The stretches you do should be planned around the exercises that you did during your workout.

If you train upper body you want to stretch your upper body and vice versa for lower body.

Don't forget to do this as it helps your recovery.

I have just posted my latest update on my blog

Head over and have a read..

https://www.taylorcoaching.co.nz/weight-loss-journey/journeyonhold

Why should you cool down.

A cool down is just as important as a warmup.

A good cool down will lower your heart rate and your breathing slowly. Bringing these down slowly reduces the chances of dizziness after exercise.

Cooling down also helps reduce the lactic acid that has built up in your muscles during exercise. Lactic Acid is the chemical your body produces when you burn carbohydrates for energy. By releasing it from the muscles into the blood, it allows the lactic acid to be transported to the kidneys and liver for filtering back into glucose.

Remember that you want your body to work as efficiently as possible, so cooling down is important

What is the ideal warm up.

What is the ideal warm up.e answer to that one. It really depends on what your workout involves.

If you are planning a heavy leg session, then you will want to prepare your lower body, this would look something like the following:

10 minutes cardio
12 body weight squats
12 leg swings
12 hip circles
12 lunges
12 body weight deadlifts

By doing the above movements you are preparing all your leg muscles for the workout ahead.

When planning a warm up you always want to think about what you are planning to do that session and plan it around that.

Warming up

Why is it so important?
Why should I do it?

Warming up the body before a workout session is important for a number of reasons. Firstly being that it increases your heart rate and in turn increases your blood flow. You want to increase your blood flow before a workout to enable more oxygen to reach your muscles. Increased blood flow helps get the nourishment the muscles need for your more intense workout.

Warming up also helps to reduce injury risk. A good warmup will get all the muscles moving and ready for the more intense lifts and weights. By having the muscles warm and relaxed they are less likely to be injured.

There is also the increase flexibility and more range of motion as the muscles will have limbered up and been ready for the exercise.

Alway remember to warm up before you do any exercise to get your body ready and to prevent injuries.

What is Static Stretching

This is what you do at the end of a session to improve the muscles elasticity which will held reduce any post exercise soreness.

Static Stretches are exercises that you would hold for between 30 seconds to a minute.

When doing static stretches, you ideally want to be stretching the muscles you have just worked out.

Head over to my website to request a copy of my free Static Stretching Pack
https://www.taylorcoaching.co.nz/free-downloads

Dynamic Stretching is what you do in preparation for exercise.

Dynamic stretches are normally moving stretches and it is best to choice stretches that will prepare you for your workout.

If you are doing an upper body workout, do not do lower body dynamic stretches as this would be counter productive to your workout

Head over to my website to request a copy of my free Dynamic Stretching Pack
https://www.taylorcoaching.co.nz/free-downloads

Lets talk about stretching.

Why should you stretch before and after a workout?

There are 2 types of stretching you should be doing. The first is Dynamic Stretching. This is done before your workout. Dynamic stretching is a moving stretch and is important to help prepare the body for the workout.

The second is Static Stretching. This is a stretch that is held for a short period of time. These are important as they help your muscles relax after a workout and also help with a greater Range of Movement

Had a great photo shoot with Ellie from a couple of weeks back.
So happy with how the photos came out and can't wait to start sharing them with you guys.

Pop over and have a look at some of Ellie's other photo shoots as well.

Definition of Stretching

I have just published my next blog post.

Head over and have a look at it.

https://www.taylorcoaching.co.nz/weight-loss-journey/thestruggleisreal

Today is the definition of a cooldown

What strategies do you use to stay on track?

Do you benefit from being able to see your goal written down somewhere so you can be reminded regularly?
Do you need a reminder on your phone of what you need to do, like drink water or go for a walk?

However you keep yourself on track, keep on doing it.

If you need help feel free to reach out in this group to get some ideas.

It is super important to be aware of how you are feeling.

Remember how you are feeling when you are exercising or making healthier choices with your food.

When you have a moment of relapse, look back on these feelings and remember how great it was for you in that moment.

Remind yourself that you have the ability to get yourself back to that feeling by getting back on track.

Today we are looking at the definition of a Warm Up.
This month i want to discuss warming up, cooling down and stretching. These are important on this journey so stay tuned.