Last month we touched on barriers to maintaining an exercise program, where you are at as your start point, what sort of goals you should be making for that start point and understanding how you like to exercise. This month we will look at components of fitness and break them down into a progressive training plan using our Integrated Fitness Template. Diagram: American Council on Exercise, Integrated Fitness Template. Rehabilitation: Allied Health Professional: Physio, Chiro

This month I want to explore two factors about your body systems. Exercise, and metabolism. We’ve discussed reasons why you should be exercising quite a lot over the last year or more. But here’s some key points for you to remember: 1. Your body was not designed to be stationary, it was designed to move all the time. In previous times daily tasks required a lot of manual and physical labour to achieve, but now we have machines that make those daily tasks simpler and witho