Regular exercise found to counteract brain degeneration and atrophy.

You don’t have to become an exercise fanatic to reap the brain benefits of moving your body. Moderate intensity aerobic activity—such as walking for 30 minutes most days of the week—can help protect your brain from shrinking and keep you sharp. Full article 🧠 https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-athletes-way/201511/how-does-exercise-protect-your-brain-degeneration

7 Benefits Of Having A Workout Partner

1. Staying Motivated 💪🏼 All we need is a little bit of encouragement to help us push out that last rep, run that bit faster, go the extra mile, or hang in there for another minute, Having a workout partner can help inspire you to keep going and get even better. 2. Friendly Competition  🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️Continue reading “7 Benefits Of Having A Workout Partner”

Feeling The Cold Yet? Winter Blues Coming?

Winter bugs, viruses – exercise boots your immune system Feeling the cold – invigorating workouts keep you warm for hours and strengthens your heart Winter blues – exercise boosts your happy chemicals, naturally Eating more, exercising less? – winter workouts burn more calories Benefits of Training in Cold Weather – full article🤼🏃🏾👏🏼🎄 https://www.aston.ac.uk/sport/news/tips/fitness-exercise/benefits-training-cold-weather

Friends with benefits

Are you a Trainer or Coach? Do you have a referral program? How active is it? Did you know that 72% of physical activity groups get their new participants from referrals. Having an active referral program is a high priority for developing new participants. Having new participants join in means that others can make moreContinue reading “Friends with benefits”

3 Reasons to Escape the Gym

YOU SIMPLY BURN MORE CALORIES OUTDOORS “You burn around 7 percent more calories running outside than indoors on a treadmill” according to  Dr John Porcari, Director of the Clinical Exercise Physiology program at the University of Wisconsin, taking wind resistance, terrain and variations in temperature into account. Plus, when people train outdoors, they tend to spend longerContinue reading “3 Reasons to Escape the Gym”

Personal Trainers – Make A Social Impact

Jōbu helps PTs get new clients & motivates them to keep on coming.Jōbu is a social enterprise on a mission to motivate everyone to get and stay active.Jōbu uses behavioural science to improve physical, mental & social wellbeing.Jōbu uses intrinsic rewards to add more meaning to physical activity.Jōbu supports 10 UK charities.The Jōbu booking appContinue reading “Personal Trainers – Make A Social Impact”

Workout for charity for life

Jōbu is a social enterprise and supports 10 UK charities.Jōbu is on a mission to motivate everyone to get and stay active.Jōbu uses behavioural science to improve physical, mental & social wellbeing.Jōbu helps motivates you and your friends to keep active.Jōbu uses intrinsic rewards to add more meaning to physical activity.The Jōbu booking app isContinue reading “Workout for charity for life”

3 Degrees of Influence

Your behaviour not only influences your direct friend it influences your friends’ friends’ and your friends’, friends’, friends … and their behaviour influences you! Three Degrees of Influence is a theory in social networks, proposed by Nicholas A. Christakis, Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, and James H. Fowler, Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Political ScienceContinue reading “3 Degrees of Influence”

Physical Activity – People first, training second

Requirements for Successful Behaviour Change Help people develop; 1. Desire (want to do it – includes allaying COVID-19 fears, will put in the effort, have made it a priority) 2. Knowledge (know what to do, when, where, how) 3. Skills (can do it properly/effectively) Here are the details 🤹🏽  https://www.ptdirect.com/training-design/exercise-behaviour-and-adherence/the-requirements-for-successful-behaviour-change