Train early, eat Paleo and take an hour all for your self!

Through living the life as well as offering the Coaching [Wellness and Paleo Lifestyle coaching] I find it very interesting how my exercise / workout habits have changed over the years.

In the 80’s as a younger fitness professional! as well as an International bodybuilder / powerlifter my routines where all about being able to pull / push more day in and day out, it was all about putting more weight on the bar.

Following my last international competition [over 20 odd years ago] I did a 360 turn and left the gym behind me to find something else that would work me out but not be so compressive on all of my structures.

I wanted my body to be the only workout machine I would ever need and so I worked on developing a system of bodyweight movements that would not only challenge me but would create flow and space in my body as well.

When in the USA I stumbled on Pilates, tried it and was hooked, it so suited how my body wanted to workout it complemented the system I had developed for myself and it definitely gave me the flow that I was looking for – and so my very long love affair began!

I never felt healthier or fitter than when I was tapering down for a competition and so I decided to stay on a similar regime of eating – as it turns out I now know this to be a Paleo lifestyle

Eating Paleo and training daily with my bodyweight and Pilates is a routine far more gentle than anything I ever did in the gym [don’t be fooled there is nothing gentle about doing Pilates with me !!] and here I am over 20 years later and I feel fitter, stronger and much healthier .

The other key factor for me is as I describe it my hour of power in the morning, when I get up I take one hour to myself, no emails, phones etc no interruptions of any kind.

I start my hour with a cup of hot water and lemon, I sit and watch the morning unfold and breathe. I have quite time for my meditation and spiritual practice this gives me the head space to face the rest of the day.

Once that is over I stretch and train – all done before anyone else gets their hands on my time

I find this trinity system the most effect way for me to live a life that is healthy, full of energy and balanced.

By training early you meet your needs in terms of your health check out this article from May’s Time magazine ‘ If exercise stops, then everything else will start falling apart There’s a prevalent attitude among entrepreneurs that the business, whatever that business is, comes first. It is the high priority that trumps everything else, including family, friends and especially health’

full article by Joshua Steimle

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