How to optimize your health for our challenges 🧡👟

Do you want to become the best version of yourself? Does the thought of completely changing your lifestyle overwhelm you?  Do you want to get fit but don’t know where to start? If so, this is for you!

In this blog, We will speak of ways you can incorporate healthy habits into your life that will benefit you not only physically, but also mentally. 

We care about your wellbeing and want you to push yourself to become the best version of you. 🫂

Take it step by step, and suddenly you will be converted! You will never know how you lived without these habits in your life. 

There's no better time to start than now! 

TOP 5 TIPS TO STAY ACTIVE

1. Set clear goals for yourself! 🥅

Start off your fitness journey by writing down your goals. Don’t make them impossible targets otherwise you might get overwhelmed and feel like you can't achieve them.

 Start off with small, simple goals. For example, a 5k run or a week of eating healthy foods only. When you are further down the line in your fitness journey, then you can start to set yourself the trickier, challenging goals.                                     

 If you look on our website you will see numerous charity challenges you can participate in. From visiting Everest BC all the way to the UK National 3 Peaks. Setting yourself a challenge like this will give you that extra boost to maintain your fitness. 

2. Having a balanced diet! 🍅 

Food is such a big factor. It is one of the main reasons you may/ may not be seeing and feeling results. Sticking to non-processed foods, lean protein, veggies, nuts and berries will enhance your journey to becoming fit and make you feel 10x better in the long run!

Of course you can still treat yourself to a cheeky takeaway or a sweet treat- just be mindful of your eating habits.

3. Stay active! 👟 

This is an obvious one! Staying active is one of the most important parts to maintaining health. It can be something as simple as going on walks or doing a HIIT workout.

4. Stretch! 🧘

Stretching is such an underrated factor to staying fit. Not only does it clear your mind it also gets you feeling fresh and ready to conquer the day ahead.                             

5. Plan! 📝

Having some sort of structure in your life is an easy way to help you stick to plans and goals for yourself. If you have a set out plan of what you are going to do in your day it will be a whole lot easier to follow along.

If you follow these 5 tips and slowly absorb them in your day-to-day life, you will naturally fall into a pattern of including them into your daily routine.

If you want even further information then click here to look on the official NHS website.

3 MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES

Motivation… we are all guilty of losing motivation, giving up all progress and subsequently facing the consequences. 

There are 3 handy techniques you can apply to your life to maintain your motivation. They are: SMART goals, Accountability Buddy and Self-Reflection Sunday.

SMART goals:

🎯Specific

📏Measurable

🏅Achievable

🧍Realistic

⏳Time-bound

SMART goals can be used to set up short-term or long-term goals. If you want to learn more on how to use SMART goals click here . 

Accountability buddy: 

This is where you partner up with a 'buddy' to stay motivated. You each have to set challenges for each other and if you fail then the other gets a reward.  This helps you both stay motivated and makes exercise fun for both of you. 

For example, say that you have to both do 10,000 steps per day for a week in preparation for one of our challenges, if one of you fails then they have to buy dinner for the other as a consequence for not completing the task. 

Self-reflection Sunday: 

Every Sunday set yourself a task to write 5 things in the week that you have accomplished that you are proud of. Big or small. Then, write down 5 things you wish to complete in the next week. 

This technique will help put you into a positive mindset as it indicates that you are possible of taking on new tasks and making purpose of your life. 

If you incorporate these 3 techniques into your life, you will be motivated and clear minded to smash anything coming your way! 

EXERCISES YOU CAN DO

There are a range of different exercises you can participate in. It can be long, low intensity workouts such as an 8,000 steps walk or high intensity workouts such as a 20 minute run. 

Or it could be any sort of extracurricular exercise activities, such as:

• Gymnastics

• Dancing

• Football

• Rugby

• Tennis

And that's only naming a few! 😲

Any range of exercises that appeal to you the most should be the exercises you take part in. If you enjoy the form of exercise you do it will be easier to maintain your fitness.

Overall, making sure you are staying active and pushing yourself to be the healthiest you are is crucial. It provides a clearer, longer, healthier life. You will feel better about yourself. 🏋️

There are several ways you can achieve an active lifestyle. If you have no clue where to start then look through our website and apply yourself to one of our adventures. 🦙

We hope you take in the information above and do something with it! And remember, there is no better time than today!