I’m always getting asked what should be looked at in terms of reliable health markers other than looking, feeling and performing great so here’s a post from Mark Sissons that has plenty of information on the topic…

I’m always getting asked what should be looked at in terms of reliable health markers other than looking, feeling and performing great so here’s a post from Mark Sissons that has plenty of information on the topic…

The Squat- This is an important movement because it’s a movement most of us have to do daily- sitting on a chair, going to the bathroom, picking up objects from the floor. It’s a primal movement (see previous blog about primal movement patterns) meaning it’s essential for optimal movement. At times it’s not a movement at all. It’s a position of rest.

Little things add up over time. Let’s say you put $1 a day in a jar for your child’s savings. It may not seem worth the bother doing just a dollar a day but if you did that consistently each day until they turned 18 years old then they’d have over $6,550 (that’s not including interest). I think they’d be pretty happy about that!

Or if you’re trying to lose weight and you lost half a kilo a month that would be 6 kilos in a year!

With health and wellness I try to focus as much as possible on all the positive things we can do to lead healthy lives with preventative measures but if we were all healthy there’d be no need for these measures. But being the questioner that I am, I’m always asking the question “but what if?”

Falls and injury in the older population is something that needs to be addressed as so much of this issue is preventable through practising better movement.

We’ve all done it at some stage. Out on the beach or park and the kids asking to be swung around in circles. I’m always encouraging parents to play more in addition to or as part of their workouts and playing around with the kids is a win win for all involved.

As with so many health issues, nutrition has a lot to do with it. Heart disease, brain disease, autoimmune disease, cancers, depression. The list goes on. Doctors have been treating patients who suffer from seizures for nearly 100 with a Ketogenic Diet with remarkable success.

Concerns of weight (I prefer using the term body composition as weight isn’t telling the whole story) are common in the modern world.

Here’s an interesting article on the weight loss culture...

The shoulder pain is right up there with other common issues like back and knee pain. This isn’t necessarily because we use the shoulders as much as we do the back and the knees and thus wear them out prematurely.