by powerx2 | Apr 6, 2024 | physical activity, self-efficacy
The last blog post showed you that when taking up a new sport, or wanting to improve your performance in your chosen sport, or wanting to avoid injury, focusing on something outside of your body can be helpful. As suggested previously, this is also true when simply...
by powerx2 | Mar 23, 2024 | mental health, physical activity, self-efficacy
Nearly April already! It feels like the start of the year has flown by. I am not sure about you, but I feel like I always benefit from resetting my focus every couple of months. Time goes by and we are busy – without taking stock, reflecting and re-focusing, a...
by powerx2 | Mar 9, 2024 | mental health, physical activity, resistance training, self-efficacy
Last time we looked at how different types of exercise can affect how stressed we feel by teaching us to breathe in a specific manner. Another mechanism through which movement can affect stress and anxiety is the serial tensing and relaxing of muscles necessary for...
by powerx2 | Feb 24, 2024 | mental health, physical activity, resistance training
In the past few blog posts, we looked at the benefits of strength training for quite a few areas of life that you might not have automatically thought of when lifting around some heavier bags or hitting the weights room at the gym. One of these areas was managing...
by powerx2 | Feb 10, 2024 | goal setting, physical activity, resistance training, self-efficacy
One of the lesser recognised benefits of strength training is getting practice at setting a specific goal, and chipping away at a systematic plan to get to that goal. In a world where a lot of things can be outside of our control and where, on a daily basis, we are ...
by powerx2 | Jan 27, 2024 | physical activity, resistance training
Having followed along with my last blog posts, you might say that I have convinced you. You now know that lifting can help your mood, it might make you less anxious and it is good for your bones. But you might say that you also have had this knee pain for a long time…...
