These last few days I've been tagged on Facebook as it's 4 years since a Kettlebell mile charity challenge.
For a while I was talking to fitness trainers asking about their views and experience of mental health.
There's a good number of people in this industry with a history of mental health issues.
It was their search for answers that lead them to fitness, and eventually becoming a trainer.
I spoke to people who have been diagnosed with mental health illnesses and how they found how fitness helps them.
Fitness.
Training.
Challenging limitations.
Trackable progress.
Stimulating anabolic hormone release
Reduced insulin sensitivity
Better sleep
Better aerobic effeciency
And a want to eat better and fuel the body better.
It might start with "I want to get fit" or "I want to lose weight"
But it morphs into, "I'm enjoying feeling energised and healthy"
Right now, mental health is a real conversation.
Lockdown has put a spotlight on this.
But it's all Health.
Breathe better
Eat better
Sleep better
Exercise better
Not obsessively
Just enough
Regards
Dave Hedges
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