I personally think the Christmas jumpers are wonderful! The invites are flowing, the shelves at the supermarket are enticing, the workplace is filled with cakes and chocolates, the extra cooking at home, the social engagements and busy days can see you put on fat quicker that Santa’s Reindeers move the sleigh…sheesh! Take some advice from…
A tale of two children… Flexing some “transformer” muscles! One thing I’ve realised as a parent is you can lead a kid to healthy food, but you can’t make them eat it!” I have two kids – two kids that have very different nutritional radars! My son Riley is 12 years and he loves some junk in…
When we talk about transformation we talk about our why…why we really want to make a change to improve our lives? It’s the thing that drives us to get to where we want to be. What’s driving you to your goal? Recently I’ve been following closely the “whys” put up on FB and through people’s blogs.…
When you see a gorgeous young woman who has everything going for her struggle to cope with everyday events it is heart-breaking. I first started working with Caitlin at HH a couple of years ago at age 20. At that time she was very shy, lacked strength and hypermobility impeded safe movement. She was…
Shaned Gaffney is our local Exercise Physiologist and a woman I admire. She has helped so many people rehabilitate injuries, increase quality of life and improve health and well being. We talk about everybody needing a coach regardless of knowledge and experience, it just brings out our best, so I was excited to have Shaned join our F.I.R.E. training…
So I asked “When did you first want to do the Molokai Surf Ski Marathon anyway?” His reply “Since about 1989” WT…? So here we are, 26 years later planning the race of a lifetime – a 52 km race across the Kaiwi Channel from Molokai to Oahu. Stubbsy (in the yellow vest) at the recent Freycinet Challenge.…
Since the start of Spring I have had an unbelievable urge to “re-start” my vegie patch. The vegie patch has always been a bit of a failure for me. When I’ve tried before life’s got in the way…the kids; the business; I always felt too tired and too exhausted to add anything else to the already over flowing list. The…
HH had the opportunity to Take 5 with Dave Oulton recently. Dave served in the Gulf War (peacetime operations) and has completed numerous Ironman, marathons and gruelling 24 hour Obstacle races! The guy is possibly crazy but such an inspiration and straight shooter to those who of us who have the privilege to work with him.…
Healthy Horizons was privileged to have the opportunity to Take 5 with Dr Paul Henning recently. Dr Henning is a Army officer and leading researcher in the Military Performance Division at the U.S. Army where he conducts research to enhance/sustain warfighter performance and prevent musculoskeletal injuries. He has completed two combat tours in Iraq. Paul has a bachelors degree in…
Moving you body weight is a great form of resistance exercise. Resistance or weight training has been proven to get results. The benefits include: increased bone density; improved mobility, balance and posture; increased lean body mass and decreased body fat; improved joint function and muscle, tendon and ligament strength; injury prevention; prevention and control of disease;…