As we get older some tasks become harder. My first indication was the need to wear reading glasses because I was holding pages further and further away to read them! I am sure many of you are familiar with this. I also felt myself slowing down a little in my late-fifties, that is quite commonContinue reading “Getting up from the floor and other things…”
Tag Archives: strength-training
What’s in it for me? Why should I read this anyway!
I spent ten years of my teaching career in one of the toughest areas of the country. Many children were not self -motivated, they were not sure what school was for. In those areas teachers quickly learn to adapt teaching to address the question ‘What’s in it for me?’, ‘Why should I sit quietly?’ orContinue reading “What’s in it for me? Why should I read this anyway!”
Walk and Lift – keeping it simple.
I have just been out in the garden harvesting some of this year’s crop, which set me thinking, exercise and gardening have a number of things in common. A friend of mine came to me for advice because he had been told to lose some weight and exercise, but he didn’t want to join aContinue reading “Walk and Lift – keeping it simple.”
Skeats Strength 