The Christain Aid Big Christmas Sing

Fun With Fitness has joined forces with Musikate to raise money for poverty relief this Christmas.

We are wanting as many local people as posible to be part of a fun and friendly choir to put on one fundraising performance in Colchester.

We are having four practises starting on 13.11.09 (this Friday) at 8.30pm for one hour and the following three Friday's.

Venue - Hythe community centre.

It does not matter what your voice sounds like. It is a fun, fundraising event!

Come and join in the fun.

Belinda x

With November comes something new for Fun With Fitness. It has been quite a while since Fun With Fitness provided an aerobics class and this has been missed by many of our members. Due to a request from Fun With Fitness regulars I am providing an aerobics class for the month of November as a trial. If it is successful I will continue it.

It is going to be on Thursdays at 6.30pm instead of the circuit training/toning and strengthening. It will last for an hour. This Fun With Fitness aerobics class will be different to most aerobics classes because it will have no difficult steps and is suitable for anyone. You can have a gentle work-out or work-out very hard it is entirely up to you how hard you push yourself and you can watch yourself get fitter week by week.

Aerobics is a great way to keep fit. It is great fun and not much different to dancing. 1 hour just flys by as you concentrate on copying your instructors moves. Being on the go and lifting your arms and legs in different ways and moving about in different directions for 1 hour provides you with a fabulous work-out.
This class will improve your fitness by increasing your stamina, muscle tone, flexibility, energy levels and mood. It is a very good class to burn off calories so can help with weight loss. It will help with high cholesterol, diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

Pop along and see the difference it can make to your life!

Breaking News Today = Obesity Significantly Cuts Life Short

The awful truth was made all the clearer today by the release of this headline news:

Sky news has today released findings from the Harvard School of public health in US and University of Warwick in England: they found that obesity is a significant factor in predicting how long a person will live. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090930/tuk-obesity-significantly-cuts-life-shor-45dbed5.html These findings have been published in the British Medical Journal.

Researchers found that putting on weight in middle age cuts the chance of living a long and healthy life by around 80%.

Obesity was defined as having a body mass index over 30. This brings with it great concern as over half of adults in the UK are overweight or obese.

They also stressed that the most effective way of losing or maintaining a healthy weight is to eat a healthy balanced diet and take regular exercise.

Finding the time to cook a healthy meal and finding time to exercise is becoming more and more difficult in today's busy life. The majority of us do not have time to spare and convenience cooking seems to be our only option and exercise is out of the question with so much more important stuff to do.

However perhaps now is as good a time as any to readjust our thinking and priorities. Working double shifts to keep us in the lifestyles that we favour is perhaps pointless if we will not be healthy long enough to enjoy it into our retirement.

Perhaps instead of putting away for our retirement we should be exercising and eating healthily to make sure we are able enough to enjoy it at all.
For more information about this contact Belinda at http://www.blogger.com/www.funwithfitness.net or for any other help and advice about healthy living and exercise.

Running is an aquired skill!

Most people can run but not many people can run well!

As a running coach I am continually teaching people to run in ways that do not cause them physical pain and in ways that make running enjoyable. Running (if done well) is enjoyable and relaxing. If it is not all of these things for you, then, you are probably not doing it correctly. How many people have stopped running because it hurt? When in reality a large proportion of these people just needed the biomechanics of their running tweaked or a pair of new/different trainers.

Running is a skill that needs to be learned.
The biggest problems that people face tend to be associated with breathing, biomechanics and trainers.

Runners need 'running trainers' - there is no substitute. http://www.53-12.com/ Wearing the right trainers can be the answer to sore/aching joints or sore feet and is definitely the key to protecting joints. You can buy these from specialist sports shops who will fit you for a pair that are specifically suited for you.

It can take a few weeks just to understand how to breath properly to make running easier and yet again - a while to correct your running biomechanics.

It sounds daunting but in fact it all fits together easily - just like the pieces to a jig-saw. And like riding a bike = once you have mastered it = it is easy! Learn to run http://funwithfitness.net/

Learning to run/jog can be a life changing experience! Once you have mastered it you will not want to stop!

Welcome to Fun With Fitness

Hi there, this is the first post detailing the launch of my brand-new website: FunWithFitness.net.

Alongside the new website, I am publishing my first article, titled "The Key to Keeping Fit and Active", which looks at caring for your body for independent longevity. It's a worthwhile read for anyone who wants to remain healthy and independent into older age.

Pop on over to my website to find out more about what I do and how I can help you.