Science is enhancing performance ---but injuries are on the rise...

Astonishing is it not? Sport has never had as much research as now! From blood transfusion, to oxygen delivery, to genetic engineering... It's all happening! But it might win you an Olympic gold, but death 3 years after as stated by the research bodies themselves. So it would be fair to say that sport is not necessarily fitness? 

Let's talk about lower level sport performance in the form of supplements we get over the counter,  pre workout , post workout, pills, powders.. The whole lot! How healthy are they? 

Well in my opinion, long term they are not, especially as most of them are synthetic. And if you thought protein powder was "natural" think again! The dehydration process is it self pushed through a host of chemicals... But yes there are a few natural ones there and they would be the safest . 

Moving onto kids/ adolescents foods and diets! What are they exposed to for performance? A coloured drink boasting of enhanced performance? Really? With the amount of sugar and colours they add the only thing that will be enhanced is the break down of ligament and tendon tensile strength. In my opinion that along with the enhanced breakfast cereals and foods are equally on my list of enhanced injury substances ..think about it.. If the foods our kids are eating and drinking, would be healthy, would we have the rates of obesity we have? 

The above thoughts are not to dissuade you from enjoying the unearthly sins, but just to make you aware, just like low fat ( high sugar) is really worse for you...so find the balance and enhance your life.. Remember inner health , mental and spiritual are important too... 

Philosophy in religion is what Research is to science... it gives one hope...

Each time a research paper comes up with how a certain diet, food, way of exercise, thinking or living benefits a person, it gives one hope that by following that research one might get the results...remember the time when swinging your arms allows for more fat burning? 

Philosophy in a way is similar, most people use it when they are down in the dumps , and it gives them hope and a false sense of belief, especially when a project has turned on its head and the cop out is" well it must have happened for the best" ..  

Everything that happens happens as a result of a choice one has made, either consciously or unconsciously ... Once the heart and mind are in sync success is inevitable.... 

We love our trends in the fitness industry...

Yoga, air yoga, functional training, animal movement, mindfulness , guided meditation.... How about going back to the self? 

The answers to all movement and wellbeing lies within, one simply needs to understand what works for them, then put into practice what works for them... Each one is an individual ... Each one is unique, without finding an excuse .. Do what one must... 

The more I look within the more I discover myself....