After working with many women and Mums over the years I see the same mistakes repeated over and over again. It’s blaming. It’s passing the buck. It’s soul destroying. It’s emotionally exhausting. And the effect it has on the next generation is devastating. If you are: • Continually on a diet • Always looking for quick fixes…
Jill celebrating her 69th birthday with her gorgeous granddaughters. For 45 years Jill has struggled with knee pain. YES! 45 years! Osteoarthritis has set in and pain killers to get through the day or sleep at night are “normal”. Jill has seen multiple specialists and has been told ultimately she will need two knee replacements. Jill…
Hannah is a single Mum with 4 girls. Life is ridiculously busy. “I was diagnosed with a condition called adenomyosis shortly after having my fourth baby. The doctors also suspected endometriosis which is a very similar condition, both affecting the reproductive organs. Some of the symptoms can be quite debilitating and include intense pain…
Nikki completing weighted dips… Nikki has almost completed her first FIRE challenge at Healthy Horizons. FIRE is our focussed, intense, resistance, exercise 12 week program. I must admit when she enrolled I was thrilled. As a coach you recognise people who are coachable and who will work hard to get results. Nik had a number…
Spicing things up for any time of the day! I’ve even prepared this the night before and had it for an early get away. If you have friends coming for breakfast or brunch I reckon this is a bit fancy (funny…I’m not that fancy) and you can look like a master chef!! Go forth and get a…
You’ve booked the holiday! You can’t wait! You’ve been so stressed out lately you’ve forgotten who you are. Exercise has become non-existent (there’s just no time) and your eating has been all over the place…But the holiday will get things back in balance again, right? Oh shite about that holiday – think sun, surf and bathers…yep…
With around 40 days until race day I thought it was timely to interview Stubbsy and find out for you all how the training for the Molokai World Championship is going. By sharing this journey with you we truly hope it inspires you to go for something you have always wanted to do…all you need…
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.…