We Need you!

[Realfoodieclub]

Please come over and have a look at the new invigorated Strength and flex forum.

One You (NHS Choices). Would like us to move every day with a variety of cardio, strength and stretches to keep us as fit as we can be.

Running every day is possible but it is so very hard on the body and not recommended for everyone, it doesn’t help us keep our fitness rounded so as we progress we all tend to look for something else. Some (or maybe it is just me 😀) have trouble with the motivation for this.

I will be honest it took me five years and finding a challenge that worked for me to religiously do my strength and stretch work weekly during my endurance training season. I need to work towards something and have motivation to make it work.

For me it was the RED or move every day in January that got me going. I then found I had a fellow motivator in Unfitnomore (the newest administrator/ motivator on S&F) since then we have been supporting each other and are working towards move every day in 2019.

This the scope of things One You/HNS recommends you could try on your days off running.

nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/g...

We are hoping to get little clubs within the S&F forum to support sports like cycling, gym, swimming, yoga, Pilates and a variety of exercises, but we need you!

These forums work because we talk, share, encourage and motivate, we need founding members to get the ball rolling, so please if you could help get us started I would really appreciate some help getting posts up on different spots and activities.

There will be badges and challenges to work towards as well. There s a new challenge starting April 1st.

healthunlocked.com/strength...

Look forward to seeing what other exercises you get up too

Rfc x

[Cosmo501 Graduate]

Hi Rfc. This is just the gentle nudge I needed to start looking for ways to do some strength and flex on the non running days. It’s been a huge change for me to do C25k (wk7 run 2 today) as I didn’t think I was the running type 😂 but I love it. Looking forward to finding new ways to increase my overall fitness now too!

[Realfoodieclub Graduate in reply to Cosmo501]

Brilliant come on over to S&F and get your thinking cap on. Rfc x

[Maddee_6333 Graduate]

You are so not alone. I find it incredibly hard to stay motivated to do Strength and Flex. I think the most I have managed is 10 days.

But I was looking at the exercises someone linked to the other day and they look a lot more interesting.

[Realfoodieclub Graduate in reply to Maddee_6333]

It is good to shake it up a bit I think.

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to Realfoodieclub]

It really is. I hate the monotony of the same thing every day.