satisfaction is

I am continually amazed that every day I am in a most fortunate position to assist people in creating positive, life changing habits for themselves. In turn however, the people I get to train also affect me in a most positive way. I am regularly uplifted, inspired and motivated by the journey’s of many individuals and the life altering changes people choose to do, to create a transformation for themselves.

Every aspect of being a trainer is incredibly rewarding. To see someone’s life improve as they make and embrace positive change is very satisfying. And not just because they drop a few kgs or look better in their clothes.

beetroot and quinoa salad

beetroot and quinoa salad with feta and olives - except made mine minus the olives. why?
1 - cos I don't like olives, and 2 - cos I don't like olives ;)

2 cups of water, 1 cup of quinoa
1 small beet, peeled and finely chopped
juice and zest of 1 lemon
1 bunch of chives, finely chopped
1 bunch of parsley, finely chopped
1/2 cup or more of pitted and sliced black olives
1/4 - 1/2 cup of crumbled feta

Soak the quinoa overnight (or a couple of hours) in the water. In a medium-large pot, bring the quinoa, soaking liquid, beet, zest and juice to a boil. Immediately reduce the heat to low and cover and cook undisturbed until the liquid is absorbed - roughly 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes.

reversible illness

One in four Australians aged 18 years and over is classed as obese and unfortunately this number is on a fast increase. Obesity has long surpassed smoking as the biggest killer of Aussies. Are you a part of the statistic?

Overcoming deadly factors such as poor diet, smoking and a lack of exercise should take top priority in the fight against a growing epidemic of chronic disease. Obesity and being overweight has been associated with depression, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, anxiety, high cholesterol, asthma, injuries (back, neck, hip, knee, ankle), certain cancers, arthritis, chronic inflammation, heartburn, kidney stones, gout, and high blood pressure. Does anyone really want to live with illnesses that are preventable? Do we REALLY need to wait until we are so unwell, at the doctors, reeling back in great horror at what we have become and wondering how to fight off the illnesses we have created, before we start making a positive difference for ourselves?

lighten the load program

Introductory session this Saturday 7am (13 July) at Fitness Venue Proserpine :) Then it all begins ... from Saturday 20 July
The 12 week program will consist of two team sessions each week and one personal training session. Plus ‘homework’. Ongoing regular support each week. Starting July 20 it will run until the October 11 with a ‘celebration’ on the October 12.
Saturday morning 7.00 to 8.30am - this is an hour of team consultation followed by a training session.
Wednesday morning 6 to 7am - A mid week catchup plus a training session.
Weekly PT session - One on one personal training times are made individually.

happy half year!

Half the year over! A huge welcome to all new clients over the past couple of months. It takes a few times when new to get into the swing of things but when you do, you always wonder why you never started earlier. J Being active beats sedentary hands down!

Amazing results continually happening for many :) The consistency and dedication so many of you give to being the best you can be is uplifting. When I see the positive changes within everyone, which aren’t always necessarily physical but from the inside also - happier, brighter, more alert, more confident, more - talkative!  – I am incredibly proud. It is all you guys that lift my spirits and keep me on track also!

A few recently have really been cracking down on the diet side of things and really embracing 'clean eating' lately plus being consistent with exercise despite the colder weather and are really feeling the difference.

We tend to focus only on what is happening to us physically because that is what we ‘see’. What others ‘see’. We can’t cut ourselves in half and see what changes we are creating for our internal organs – our hearts, our lungs, etc, bone strength, and our minds, depression levels, mindset, attitudes - which are the best changes of all. If we could, we would be blown away. Being active beats sedentary hands down. And when we listen to our bodies and give them the fuel and activity that they require to function optimally, we thrive. What more could we ask of our bodies than to be able to perform at an optimum for us.

step away from complacency

 

The second month of winter already! It’s freezing in the morning as you snuggle up in your cosy bed, then it’s cold and dark early in the evening. It’s easy to come up with excuses rather than get yourself out of bed or off the couch and into motion and, easy to fill yourself up on stodgy food.
Every day we can all come up with an excuse as to why, instead of right now, we will start exercising and eating healthy - tomorrow... on Monday... next week, when it’s warmer again! Why? Because we have to step outside our comfort zone to get the results we are wanting, whether it be weight loss, or to be fitter and healthier. We all have comfort zones a little too small. We know what we like and what works for us, we know what we believe in, so why do we have to venture out to the unknown? Because the rewards are worth it!
What is it you’re after - comfort or transformation?  Make room for change and you’re making room for excitement and adventure!

change is worth it

Experiencing my own weight loss journey I personally understand what it feels like to be  overweight (read obese!) tired, lethargic, unhealthy and overall not happy with myself.
It’s easy to look at someone else who is overweight and wonder how they ‘let that happen’, vowing we would never allow it to happen to us - or, we subconsciously judge them. At the end of the day we can all often neglect our own health while putting our kids, family, career or other people and ‘things’ ahead of ourselves. However, if you want to take care of others, you have to take care of yourself - first!
If you know you’re not happy with something in your life, then you need to decide what changes you wish to make - if it’s to lose weight then how much? Is it to exercise more frequently? How often? Improve the health of your lifestyle - then in what way? Become fitter? Stronger? Have you preventable illnesses?
When you're sick because of a weight related illness it’s totally in your grasp to change it.

the best step

When I was 120kgs I was petrified to go to a gym, not a hope in hell I would have. It took till I was 90kgs before I finally walked through the door of one, even then confining myself to the corner where the xtrainer sat with never a look to my left or my right. If I didn't look at anyone, noone would be looking at me, no one could see me, right?!
Until that life changing day though, I walked. On the spot in my lounge, in the dark of the evening. anywhere no one could see the 'fat lady' and laugh at me 'exercising'.
I DO wish I had had the courage to join a gym earlier, the benefits are way too many against the cons. We don't (I didnt) see that back then though. would I have listened if anyone had been a guardian angel encouragement? Always a question I can't answer of course.
Over the past couple of years, role reversal - I have had to 'meet' a few 'at the door' who started off with me doing home visits with them. but oh its so exciting when I then see them take those steps of immersing themselves in a brave new mindset and world when they are ready.
How do I now, continue to reach those people? How do we encourage those of us, men and women - who are larger to take that step, explore the benefits and change their lives from it? is there a way to make 'the gym' less intimidating? Show it isn't just for 'the fit people'. Or, is it? Is that really what 'non gym goers' think? What 'gym goer's' think?
Would love thoughts shared. What helped you to join if you were overweight? Even if you weren't were you comfortable when you first came? Did it take a nagging friend to get you in the door? Was it your own initiative?

categories of diet

Eating a healthy diet is of key importance to your weight-loss but we are currently saturated with so much information many people have no idea where to start. There is a substantial market for products which promise to make weight loss easier, quicker, cheaper, more reliable, or less painful. These include books, DVDs, CDs, exercise contraptions, creams, lotions, pills, body wraps, food products and supplements. While some are classified as unhealthy and potentially harmful to general health, others are recommended by specialists. There are endless diet plans and recipes that can be helpful for weight loss, and equally unhelpful.

Head onto Amazon (or any other online book store) and search for ‘diet’ books. The list is endless. Amazon returned 72,748 results. If there is a diet out there, there is a book about it. We certainly don’t have a lack of reading material. But little of it is of value.
Doctor designed! Ultimate diet! Eat more food and lose kgs! Two steps! Boost metabolism! Rapid results! Blast fat! All of them have built in promises that make you think - yes, this one is IT! It’s the answer. We fall for them all but...

the icarus deception

Brilliant read learn how to be unpredictable and brave... how high will you fly?

In Seth Godin’s most inspiring book, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art.
Everyone knows that Icarus’s father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn’t want employees to believe that obedience and conformity are the keys to success?

23 hours

Last weekend I headed down to Brisbane for a weight loss conference and found myself amidst an eclectic group of informed  and savvy speakers - psychologists, nutritionists, fitness specialists, doctors - abreast with up to date information regarding obesity in Australia. Globally, there are approximately 350 million obese people and over one billion overweight people.
Those figures are predicted to increase by a staggering 50% by 2015 and according to the International Obesity Taskforce, by 2025 one in every three adults will be obese if current trends continue.
The growing prevalence of obesity in Australia is really scary with 67% of all adults considered overweight or obese, the percentage continuing to rise - rapidly. If the statistics don’t scare you, they should. It’s easy for us to sit back and think it doesn’t affect us if we aren’t overweight, but the fact is, it does. With a huge cost factor to the nation, obesity will continue to affect us all.
The saddest part is that so many people are dying from obesity related illnesses that could be prevented. That’s really hard to hear first hand! Overall about 2.5 millions deaths are attributed to overweight/obesity worldwide. People are dying - when by simply making changes to the way they eat and move, they have the opportunity to live!? WHAT does it take before someone will take action for themselves?

have a great may

What a fast year it has been already. The beginning of May already! A wonderful healthy welcome to new clients over these past few weeks.
Superb results for so many of you for the first part of the year sitting alongside superb attitudes :) The part of what I do that is SO rewarding - continuing to be inspired by the tenacity that you all bring not only to our sessions, but to all your training. Consistency, is always the key word. And dedication to yourself and your goals.

Our health is so much more beyond what we physically look like - and when we eat cleanly, train regularly and rest sufficiently, we feel simply amazing. What could be a better reward!?

weight loss leaders conference

Yesterday I attended a conference in Brisbane for 'weight loss leaders' – there’s a wordy title! Interesting to say the least, but beyond scary statistically for our futures and the cost of obesity and it’s related illnesses to Australia. There was some amazing, quality speakers and over the next few weeks I will convert all my (comprehensive?! gosh I CAN scribble!) notetaking into useful information to share.

the china study

Principle #02 (from The China Study)
Vitamin supplements are not a panacea for good health.

Because nutrition operates as an infinitely complex biochemical system involving thousands of chemicals and thousands of effects on your health, it makes little or no sense that isolated nutrients taken as supplements can substitute for whole foods. Supplements will not lead to long lasting health and may ...cause unforeseen side effects. The dangers of a Western diet cannot be overcome by consuming nutrient pills.

the moment you don't give up

Many people will eagerly begin a fitness program then give up after a short time, despite initial good intentions. There are countless individual reasons why this happens, a common one being the majority of us are after, and expect, instant results - especially when it comes to weight loss. When planning to lose weight don’t just think about a short term quick fix, as that quick fix will turn into one yoyo diet after another and prolong your weight loss goals for years to come. Small steps over a manageable period of time will greatly increase achieving the results you are after no matter how big or how little they are, as well as keeping excess weight off for good.

Sometimes the changes along the way appear small, which can make progress feel like a long arduous journey at times, but change WILL be established if you simply keep going and don’t quit. Think long term. Think, life! Weight loss happens the moment you don’t give up.

no excuses

Do you have a mindset filled with excuses when it comes to exercising? Excuses are something we all use throughout life for many occasions. We justify them. We live with them. And we certainly have an endless supply of them on hand!
By far the most common excuse I hear is “I don’t have time”. Fact is, we all have the same amount of time allocated to us and we are all ‘busy’ - so the real issue is how we prioritise and utilise the time we each have available. So before you use that excuse, look at your weekly schedule and see where you can make exercise sessions a priority, not an afterthought. Mark them as an appointment in your diary, exactly as you would any other commitment. You’re worth it. Aren’t you?

ultimate refresher

Why not start your day today with a totally refreshing green juice we call The Ultimate Refresher. Juice 2 golden delicious apples, 1/3 cucumber, 1 stick of celery and a handful of spinach and pour over ice.
This fantastic juice is loaded with sodium and potassium which is perfect for anyone doing any form of exercise as it replaces vital stocks that are used up when working out. Also the spinach is loaded with amino acids which are the building blocks to protein so great for repairing and strengthening muscle tissue too!
*Jason Vale Juicemaster*

stay on track

Getting fit through diet and exercise creates big changes in your life - changes you welcome.
But for some family and friends who aren’t in the same mindset, they can be jealous and uncomfortable with your transformation. They can become - your greatest obstacle. Saboteurs! Do you have friends who unwittingly distract you from your goals? Sometimes it’s subtle - an eye-roll or a sarcastic comment. Sometimes it’s more damaging, creating an environment that runs counter to what you’re trying to accomplish. At times they may even appear a tad malicious, but more often than not they can be oblivious and have no idea how they are sabotaging you, or that they even are.

exercise for seniors

Having officially hit senior status recently exercise and its benefits as the years go by have become a rapidly vital interest.
As we age there are some physical changes taking place that, barring cosmetic surgery, we don’t have control over. Our skin becomes thinner and less elastic, wrinkles appear in great numbers and our hair turns wonderful shades of gray! The good news though is that we can control to a greater degree, the aging of our physical aspects such as posture and weight.
In the gym it’s fabulous when seniors come in and utilise the facilities - armed with the knowledge that with exercise life can be made a lot easier through improvements in strength, balance, coordination, and mobility.

what a day!

Following up from the enjoyment of last years wonderful WFE journo day Michelle and I have now set the date for the first day session this year. Join us!

Challenging training followed with a delicious nutritional lunch and guest speaker and finishing with another trail to explore, its going to be as superb as the last!
Contact either myself (0412 753 899) or Michelle (0429 482 023) by text or email if interested in accompanying us for a fit and fabulous day!

Limited places

LTL Fitness Escape

pumpkin quesadilla

                  125g pumpkin, peeled and diced

                  ¼ teaspoon cumin, ground

                  ¼ teaspoon coriander, ground

                  juice of ½ lime

                  4 large wholegrain tortillas

                  40g baby spinach leaves, washed

                  ½ 400g can kidney beans, drained

                  50g reduced-fat tasty cheese

                  2 tbs coriander leaves, chopped

Place the pumpkin in a steamer and steam for 8 - 10 minutes, or until cooked and soft. Add the ground cumin and coriander together with half of the lime juice and mix well.

taking on Emerald

Does running, crawling and wading through five kilometres of mud over, around and through obstacles sound like your idea of an amazingly fun time? An energised group of participants from the Whitsundays including myself thought so this past weekend!
Pink ladies in tutus, flying pig men with capes, babes in bikinis, warriors on the hunt, crime fighting wonder women, a couple of apprentices and fierce SAS soldiers headed in for the mission. Add in one viking bus driver and an errant water bearing volunteer and the adventure was complete.
There were no winners or losers in this event held in Emerald, just lots of excitement, buzz and winning attitudes alongside six hundred other like minded mud loving people in a spectacular array of costumes.

happy Australia day

we had a LOAD of fun this morning - testing our ocker language and mixing our pushups and burpees amongst jelly races, and egg and spoon races :)

happy Australia day everyone
superb start to it!

all photos here

sunday brekky january

what a fabulous start to the new year...
great turnout, great training session, great brekky, great conversation, great fun! :) bring on the next one!

all photos here

want to join us next time? Sunday February 6th at 7am, fitness venue Proserpine :)

banana smoothie

                       Quick and easy shake for breakfast

   
                              1 cup skim milk
                              2 tbs rolled oats
                              2 tbs low-fat yoghurt
                              ½ small banana
                              2 ice cubes
                       Blend all ingredients for a few minutes and serve.

2013 training

Personal training (one on one) starts back today - 7th January.
And starting back next Saturday 12th - Weekend Warriors 6am at Prossy ... we will start a Monday session in Cannonvale if there are enough interested.
Indoor Warriors - starts back Tuesday 15th and Thursday 17th - both 12noon in Prosperine
Sunday breakfasts will continue this year - the first Sunday of every month. 7am at Proserpine Fitness Venue.
Looking forward to a fabulous year with new and continuing clients :)

facebook   Contact 0412 753 899 or email

the year begins

Starting back next Saturday 12th - Weekend Warriors 6am at Prossy ...
Indoor Warriors - starts back Tuesday 15th and Thursday 17th - both 12noon
let me know if you're in :)

Photos on facebook
Contact 0412 753 899 or email

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jaime hughes

Over the past 12 months I have been incredibly fortunate to have witnessed many exciting transformations. SO many people have achieved positive health goals and the journey of Jaime, below, is no exception. Delighted with the way her story has unfolded - here, is Jaime.

Jaime Hughes 94cm gone, 15kg lighter and fitter than ever!
After seeing photos of myself from a night out with friends I realised I had really let myself go and needed to do something about it.
Being very active at school playing in football comps to years of a mining lifestyle and using the excuse “I work to many hours a day to come home and exercise” the weight slowly started piling on.

a dirty weekend

Interested in a different challenge and a road trip? - 5km run/walk/crawl with lots of muddy obstacles
If you would like to join us on the road to Emerald for a dirty weekend adventure then now's the time to put your hand up! Will place you in a team of similar fitness early in the new year once we have numbers for those who are after a 'team' but you can also create your own team or - enter individually if you want a challenge of your own!
We will organise a bus if there is enough interested parties that don't wish to drive - leaving late Saturday morning, camping overnight and returning Sunday afternoon after everyone has completed the event!
Pop your name down here to join in and receive updates, or email me at ann.parrott@optusnet.com.au
Let's get training! What a great new year goal to work towards for the early year :)

did you reach your goals?

How quickly the year has flown. Santa is ho ho ho’ing wherever we go and everyone is frantically shopping as Christmas and the New Year are upon us.
It’s already that time where we theoretically start setting a few fitness or health goals for 2013. But how did you do throughout 2012? Did you achieve what you set out to do at the years beginning? Are you smarter, fitter, healthier, stronger? Yes - then congratulations! If not, what stopped you? Fear? Laziness? Lack of motivation and determination?
Health and fitness are tomorrow problems - people notoriously put them off unless sickness knocks directly on their door with a wake up and they have to face consequences of unhealthy choices.
When it comes to exercise or eating healthily I hear endless excuses why someone can’t, that seem logical to that person as they explain. “Don’t have time, too busy.” Fear of something new. “I can’t do it.” Their reality is, being healthy just isn’t a top priority to them. But what could be more of more important than your health?

sunday brekky

Absolutely sensational  session - huge thanks to Wendy for helping with the food and setup yesterday afternoon, to Jaime - our resident grinch, who smiled, a LOT! - for the pumpkin muffins (YUM!), to kerrin making us a delicious fruit platter, Nicola the champers - cheers, and EVERYONE for dressing the part and bringing such an energy and sense of fun that it created another great memorable session to our 2012 training!
All photos

the festive season

Christmas is just around the corner and we all now find ahead of us a party or three to attend! Life is scattered with plenty of opportunity to overeat - be merry, add in alcohol - and boom, you have over indulged, feel physically ill and mentally drained.

Over the festive season we have brunches, long lunches, late night binges and weekend parties, all fostering refined rubbish and alcohol. And, we feel we have a reason to justify indulging.

All this stuff plays havoc with your metabolism, not to mention your waist and butt! There goes all the hard work you have put in throughout the year to get yourself looking and feeling sensational!

christmas brekky session

Christmas brekky session this Sunday 7am at Fitness Venue in Prossy ... send me a text or email or let me know on facebook if coming along - oh. and dress 'chrismassy' ;)

incentive

message from my daughter "This is my new wallpaper for my phone . So far is helping me to remember to eat healthy"
awesome! maybe we all need the reminder :)

november ramblings

Hi everyone

The year, has flown! Here we are already at its end. There has been some fantastic results and achievements along the way by so many - I have to say I am a super proud and lucky trainer. Everyone has such individual goals and when you see people work towards them and achieve great personal objectives, even with the knocks and bumps we all get along the way, there is nothing more rewarding. Tenacity, has a big wow factor! A big thank you to you all for the trust you put in me for guidance and motivation. I'm in a very fortunate position within Fitness Venue getting the opportunity to meet and chat with so many individuals with such diverse backgrounds and life tales that every day I am inspired by 'someones story'.

Some dates to mark in

Can you believe we have already completed 6 weeks of the latest Weekend Warrior sessions. Only 2 to go!

1st December and 8th December. We will continue on if enough interested for the 15th and 22nd - will get feedback and see. Six keen and we will go for it! No reason we give up now!! J

weekend warriors #21

"twentyone!!'

pioneer park, proserpine

our 21st weekend warrior session - how quickly time flies ... '21' the theme... resulting in two hundred and thirty one pushups and stepups between everything else, before time ran out. wet, wonderful fun

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weekend warriors #20

"great for a saturday!!'

les stagg oval, proserpine

the weather has sure started heating uplready but we proved once again persistance pays off and feel great when it's finished! :)

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weekend warriors

Weekend Warriors - bootcamp - meet at Proserpine Fitness Venue every Saturday at 6am, meet at Cannonvale Fitness Venue every Sunday at 7am (pending on participants)

To join in contact Ann 0412 753 899 ~ you don't need to be a member of the gym to participate.
photos album #04   photos album #03   mud session photos

indoor warriors

Indoor Warriors small group training - Proserpine Fitness Venue every Tuesday at noon, Thursday at 11.30am.

To join in contact Ann 0412 753 899 ~ you don't need to be a member of the gym to participate.
photos

karen dachs

I’m always impressed when someone does something great in the gym - when they lift some crazy amount or achieve an insane time in a run. I’m equally impressed when I watch a person struggle and fight to complete whatever they are doing physically, knowing they want to stop but refuse to quit. Being fit isn’t always about being the fastest. It isn’t always about brute strength. It’s about courage, persistence and determination as well. And this inspirational lady and her family I have been training for a handful of months has all that - plus some.

Karen Dachs - 20kgs lighter and excitedly changing her life
When did you start at the gym/what motivated you to join?

weekend warriors #19

'impetus!!'
pioneer park, proserpine

relentlessly moving - great introduction to the weighted vest :) great going everyone!

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wendy hinschen

The easiest part to any lifestyle change is making the decision to do so. You’re motivated, you’re excited and the concept of a new, healthier you is enough to propel you. The hard part is following through with your plans. People often try to tackle a strenuous program right away thinking it will bring results faster but if it’s been a long time since you have exercised, slow and steady is the most effective and safest way to begin.

Over the next few weeks we are going to explore how some of our Whitsunday locals began their health and fitness journey’s and become inspired by the transformations they have been establishing for themselves.
Wendy Hinschen - regular gymgoer 10 months
What motivated you to begin a regular exercise routine?

hamilton island escape

Only four weeks away!!!

~ Hamilton Island, Whitsundays

Friday 23, Saturday 24, Sunday 25 November 2012
Included in cost:
Accommodation on Hamilton Island - Friday and Saturday night
Return transfers to and from Hamilton Island

october already!

Hi everyone

What a fast paced year it has been. It has been a couple of months since I have sent out a newsletter, ok, maybe three or four? ;) Flying!

Over that time there has been some great new clients starting out on their fitness journey's - always super when someone introduces such a positive step into their lives and we all get to witness their changes, both physical and inwardly as time passes...  I really AM in a most fortunate role where everyday I get to train and smile with so many wonderful people. Welcome to you all.

heading indoors

by request ... 'indoor' warriors - starting this Thursday (25th) at 11.30am. And next Tuesday (30th) at 12.15pm. Fitness Venue in Prossie.
With summer just around the corner there will never be a better time to start than now. And there's no better way to start, than to just start. Stop getting ready, start being ready. Start doing.
Take ACTION towards your goals today.

weekend warriors block 02

The next block of weekend warriors, beginning this weekend...

Saturday - 6am - yes, that bright and early proserpinarians! Meeting at Proserpine Fitness Venue at about quart to 6. This one is definitely going ahead with 7 people booked in, very exciting to have a couple of apprentice warriors starting with us! :D three spaces still available.

Sunday - 7am - Meeting at Cannonvale Fitness Venue - a little sleep in this time! Still after two more participants for this one to go ahead so please share with others if you know anyone who may be keen to explore/increase their fitness capabilities.

warrior MUDders

When we were young we loved to climb, run, jump and swing - to play. It’s part of who we are, yet the majority of us allow it to be absent from our adult lives. We have evolved to expect, and to endure, a little physical hardship every now and then, but we place limitations on what we do and rarely venture out of our comfort zone. The fact is that we feel and act much better when we push ourselves - and play a little too.

Early in the year I was excited when I discovered photos from an obstacle race, Tough Mudder, that included doing these things, as adults - without appearing to be a wally! Since then all the races I have been exposed to have excited me no end - Spartan, Stampede, Kokoda Grunt, Beach Bash, Viking Challenge... plus many others. There is an obstacle race somewhere in Australia nearly every other weekend. Their popularity has grown with thousands of people eagerly lining up to enter each one.
Physically, the running is broken up with with belly crawling, wall climbing, monkey bar traversing, huge slip n’ slides, cargo nets - hills, mud, water, ropes - but moreso, these events are designed to really push your mental toughness. They will leave you exhilarated - great camaraderie and mutual respect brought forth by friendly competition, whether you finish first or last. And an adrenalin rush that will make you soar!

you can’t change your life by sitting on the couch

Six Reasons to Wreck Your Life for Good

Life is often complicated and unpredictable; it’s impossible to control. But of course, that doesn’t stop us from trying. What we need, though, is less smooth sailing and more hardship.

Maybe fulfillment doesn’t come with trying to tame the wild parts of life. Maybe our tidy tales need to get a little unraveled in order to find a larger story. Maybe we need to learn to live more in the tension between what is and what should be.