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These are awareness posts. Nearly all of them will be short and easy to read, probably 1 to 3 minutes.
If you need to discuss anything in more detail please contact me.
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The Blind Men and the Elephant
Morning. I seem to have a thing about parables at the moment and I have a another parable for this week. The Blind Men and the Elephant...
Karen Flawith
Sep 21, 20212 min read
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Non-meditation Meditation:
Meditation does help with mindfulness as it helps to still your mind for a while. However not everyone likes meditation or indeed some,...
Karen Flawith
Sep 15, 20212 min read
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How do you measure Success?
There are so many ways to measure your success without being hung up on numbers. Looking at this from a health and fitness perspective,...
Karen Flawith
Sep 2, 20212 min read
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What is Visceral Fat?
In the past I have talked about the importance of reducing excess visceral fat. It should be noted that you cannot reduce fat from one...
Karen Flawith
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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Weigh in Time!
How often do you weigh yourself? Hey there. Following on from last week and my posts around progress indicators/measures, today I’m going...
Karen Flawith
Aug 31, 20212 min read
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Waist to Hip Ratio - Does it matter?
Oh yes it does! Another indicator of health risk is the Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) Why is the hip-waist ratio important? ... The...
Karen Flawith
Aug 25, 20212 min read
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It's not a waist of time
What's the deal on measuring your waist? Measuring your waist is a good way to check that you're not carrying too much fat (Visceral fat)...
Karen Flawith
Aug 24, 20212 min read
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What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
You've all heard about it but what is it and how useful is it? This week I thought I’d talk about different indicators/ measurements used...
Karen Flawith
Aug 23, 20212 min read
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Sarcopenia - A word that you all need to know
Who has heard the word SARCOPENIA before? For those that haven’t I’ll describe it below. It’s relevant to this weeks’ topics and why...
Karen Flawith
Aug 21, 20212 min read
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Streeeeeeeeetch it out!
One of the secrets to mobility in older age is flexibility. So what are the benefits of Flexibility training? Flexibility training...
Karen Flawith
Aug 19, 20212 min read
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Why strength training is vital
One of the key elements to having a full enjoyable life is staying strong. Now don't get me wrong, I am not expecting you to get as cut...
Karen Flawith
Aug 16, 20212 min read
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Radio Interview on Rock FM
OK so in terms of things that frighten you, snakes and spiders probably spring to mind. For me, it's public speaking. I was terrified!!!...
Karen Flawith
Aug 9, 20211 min read
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Medical Fitness
One of the components of Total Fitness that I mentioned last week is Medical Fitness: The Medical Dictionary describes Medical Fitness as...
Karen Flawith
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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Practising Gratitude
There’s a lot of people talking about, and practicing, gratitude nowadays, so what is it? Practising Gratitude is about pausing to notice...
Karen Flawith
Aug 4, 20212 min read
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It's not only physical health that matters...
After last week and the components of Physical Fitness, I thought I would look briefly at some of the other aspects of total...
Karen Flawith
Aug 4, 20212 min read
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Flexibility .... the secret to old age
Ok the last one of the components of Physical Fitness: Flexibility. Being flexible doesn’t mean being able to do the splits or wrap your...
Karen Flawith
Jul 29, 20212 min read
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Motor Skills - What are they?
The title Motor Fitness or Motor skills includes speed, agility, balance, co-ordination, power and reaction time. Having motor fitness is...
Karen Flawith
Jul 29, 20212 min read
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What is Cardiovascular Endurance?
It’s the ability of the heart and lungs to take in, transport and utilise oxygen. The NHS recommend doing at least 150 minutes of...
Karen Flawith
Jul 28, 20212 min read
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Muscular Fitness - It ain't all about lifting heavy weights ya know.
Hey guys! Hope you all had a good weekend. This week I thought I'd talk about the components that make up physical fitness. When most...
mflawith
Jul 27, 20213 min read
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The Keto Diet
I was so surprised at Dave (our cat) eating Victoria Sponge on Friday that I forgot to post the info below for your info. Dave, as you...
Karen Flawith
Jul 19, 20212 min read
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