What do you want to develop?

Fit2Thrive is all about taking each moment and each day as an opportunity to learn and to grow. This self development section is provided a place to start or continue that daily journey. 

 

What do you want to learn about today?

Theory

There is so much to learn just pick a topic to learn about and see where it leads. What do you want to learn about?

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Ageing well requires staying fit

Ageing is many peoples greatest fear because many believe that to age is to wane, that life doesn’t get any…

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Battling Cancer through exercise

The basic concept in this blog is that ‘fitness is the absence of disease’. It is widely recognised that the…

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Can you reverse insulin resistance

I read an article Insulin resistance and pre diabetes and just had to report the findings of the major study…

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How exercise improves Heart Disease risk

The article challenges the standard explanation that high cholesterol levels are the main cause of heart disease. The author discusses…

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How exercise improves your health

For years we have been told that exercise is good for us. Now the evidence is becoming indisputable.  Being inactive…

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How to help Dementia and Alzheimers

Lack of physical activity is now accepted as a serious health risk and the evidence shows that our brains need as much…

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How to lose weight

It is not how much weight we lose that matters but how we lose weight Fit2Thrive Over the years like…

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Injury: Correcting impaired cells

The pressures of life make us and they break us Fit2Thrive Injury is unfortunately a normal fact of life. Some…

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Low Back Pain

I find Dr Mike Evans presentations excellent. Back problems often come when the infrastructure of the back doesn’t work as…

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Obesity: What you can do

Why is obesity prevalent now compared to 100 years ago or 1,000? and why is it also prevalent in the…

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Rehabilitating a sprained ankle

So I sprained my ankle quite badly way back on August 10th this year. I’ve sprained my ankles a ton…

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Sleep: Natures maintenance cycle

Sleep is fundamental to health and any form of successful happy life yet we neglect it all the time and…

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Tackling Diabetes through exercise

At university, I learnt how much exercise can do for Diabetes, particularly Type II. Since then I have spent a…

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The brain

The brain is just the most fascinating thing in the world, at least it is to me. Carl Sagan famously…

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The effect of Exercise on humans

Exercise done right has so many benefits to the human organism it is impossible to list them all in one…

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Vision

Vision is such a complex and incredibly useful gift and we are still learning so much about how it actually…

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Practice

Life is complicated and our learning is never finished. The fun therefore is in constantly learning new ways to enjoy the journey.

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Days out

Getting out and visiting places is what humans are designed to do which is why we are called hunters and…

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Diet: Food and drink

Daily life revolves around food in every culture yet the menu varies across the world from the Mediterranean to North…

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Hobbies: Passtimes

You mya have heard of the proverb “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” anon Hobbies are…

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Holidays

Enjoy the best holidays ever Are your holidays always the best they can be? Join me on a journey learning…

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I want to be a pilot!!! Duxford Airshow 2015

Today’s adventure is the amazing day we spent at the Battle of Britain air show at Duxford imperial war museum…

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Parent workouts

As a parent, you may feel like you have very little free time, barely any money, and are always exhausted.…

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Parks

Parks are a great place to spend time either on you own or with family and friends. From local, adventure…

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Play: The fun behind good health

Good health is about being happy because being unhappy affects you whether you realise it or not. I say this…

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The Road to Christmas

Have the best Christmas ever while getting healthier at the same time. I know, that sounds impossible but I’ve been…

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Travel: The great migration

Travel is about holidays, days out, hiking, business trips. In nature this is called migration. Travel is good for you,…

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Walking

We all know that walking is good for us yet most people do not walk much and certainly not enough…

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