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…
Liz on one of her adventures – Northern Turkey I seriously have the best job because I get to train people who motivate me, make me want to achieve more and just do better. Whilst some people focus on age, others ignore it and continue to life to the fullest. Determined and focussed, Liz, now 63 years…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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;…
Working with so many clients over the years there is one thing that I am continually saying…”the scales lie. Don’t weigh yourself, we’ll do that when we need to, if you have an addiction pass your scales in.” We at HH call it “scales anonymous”. I seriously have a collection in my office. I know people who…