With it being the last day of the year and all I thought it would be a good idea to have a 2012 year in review. 2012 has been one very interesting year. It has been a year of self-discovery, hard work, sweat and tears. One thing is for sure. I have definitely gone outside my comfort […]
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I think the world is trying to tell me something. You see a few days ago I came across this article about over-training. The thing is a part of me already knew that I was in the over-training stage. I just didn’t want to admit it. The article however was my wake-up call. So I’m currently doing
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We live in a world of instant gratification. We see something, and we want it, and we want it now. People just don’t want to put in the hard yards. They want the easy option, the easy way out. But if it were easy then everyone would be doing it. And would you want to
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If you are looking for a run that is: Fun Un-Timed Colourful Then the Colour Run is for you. When I first heard about the colour run, I was bitterly disappointed that it was in America only and not a worldwide thing. Browsing the Colour run Facebook pay I saw an announcement that they were
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If you are after a workout that is like: Boxing | Cheer-Leading | Dancing And is fun to boot. Then Turbofire is for you. Turbofire is one of my soulmate workouts (along with running). Soulmate workout I hear you say? What do you mean? A soulmate workout is a workout that you love to do, and where you look
Back in June I booked myself in to do Tough Mudder. The event not being until January 2013. Well it’s now November and January is not that far away. I had always planned to do Insanity The Asylum as my preparation for the event. The program is only 30 days (1 month) long, but because
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Today marked the last day of my P90x/Turbofire/Running hybrid training plan. Tony Horton’s Beachbody workout p90x has been in my workout collection for a while. There has been a workout done here and there, but never the program in full from beginning to end. There were some workouts that I didn’t care for. Like Kenpo
Time to commit me to the Asylum, because this healthy endeavor has made me a lot more organised. Working on my clarity statement, defying my goals and getting fit and healthy have made me a more organised person. Staying organised and on top of things helps me to stay accountable. Deadlines give me the extra
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I love setting goals. But the best part of setting goals is achieving them. It is truly satisfying. When I started setting goals last year (2011) I had on there to run a 5km race. The goal wasn’t time, it was the distance. 5km seemed far, well from a none runner, it seemed far, but
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Noun 1. accountability – responsibility to someone or for some activity If we really want something we go out an get it. It’s that simple. Well it should be. However we are human and sometimes we like to complicate things. Sometimes we make things harder than they really should be. For some people they need
