Miles Redway-Maiden
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I am a Sports Therapist and Fitness Professional looking to help share knowledge on everything health and fitness related. See my articles first on thependulumfitness.co.uk
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6 Considerations for New Years Resolutions
The new year is coming up so its that time where most people will now reflect on this past year. What was positive, negative, what would you have done differently if you could do it again, what do you need to keep doing, and what are you going to start next year to make 2021 better than 2020. The year 2020 has created many trials and tribulations from the coronavirus pandemic, the multiple lockdowns, riots, protests, Brexit, and those are just the topics that have had a universal effect. I am sure everyone who reads this will have had their challenges this year on top of all of that. Given all of the external environment factors which made the year 2020 so tricky, theoretically, making 2021 a better year should be the easiest thing in the world. However, some may find there is a harsh reality. There have been many changes that have come about this year and it is essential to realise and be aware of how the changes you have experienced this year have affected your physical and mental health. Restricted socialising, vices like the gyms, shops, bars, and clubs, being closed, and not being able to see family members, may all of impacted your wellbeing, both physically and psychologically. As this year comes to a close, and people are being vaccinated, it is vital to have an idea of how you want the next year to go and how you will make it happen for yourself. Even if there are still some tight restrictions in the new year we need to be able to work around them and set targets for ourselves to keep pushing forwards. This is something people do every year and we call it our “New Years Resolutions”. The problem is that even in easier years, by comparison, in most cases, they are never stuck to. A reason for this is that the resolutions people may have set for themselves may not have been thought through enough for them to be actionable and capable to the individual. Another reason is that they may have just not made the target a priority and it just faded away over time due to not having someone to keep them accountable and on target. This is why in this post, I will talk through 6 things to do when making resolutions for the new year.
By Miles Redway-Maiden5 years ago in Motivation
17 Facts on Exercise, Depression and other Mental Health Disorders
In my previous post, I wrote about the different nutrients which can affect a person's mental health and how you can eat to reduce risk or symptoms of depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions. In this post, we are going to focus on another aspect of daily life which can benefit mental health and doesn't have to cost a penny. This post is going to discuss exercise and how it can benefit your mental health. The physical benefits of exercise such as lower risk and prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and Alzheimer's, are well known but the real evidence behind the effects of exercise on a person’s mental health may be less clear [1]. After reading this post, and my previous, I hope you all will have a better understanding of the small changes you can make to increase your mood and feel better within yourself.
By Miles Redway-Maiden5 years ago in Longevity
Nutrition, Depression, Anxiety and other Mental Health Disorders
Our mental health plays a massive part in all our lives and as time goes on, we are learning more and more about what affects our mental health and how we can improve it. A major complication of not being in an optimal mental state is the risk of depression increasing which can lead to suicide; the cause of death for 788,000 in 2015 [6]. In addition to the talk therapies I mentioned in my previous post on PTSD, there are other, most likely more accessible, avenues to improving your mental health. It was postulated at the 2016 Nutrition Society Winter Meeting that food and nutrient-based approaches by being able to curtail the burden of neurological and mental disease [7]. Other studies have found micronutrient treatment to alleviate psychological systems like depression, anxiety, rage, irritability, and attention problems [8]. In this post, we will talk about how the nutrients in your diet can affect and improve your mental health.
By Miles Redway-Maiden5 years ago in Longevity
25 Facts on PTSD
During the first lockdown, there was a 25 push up challenge aimed at raising awareness for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A friend from university challenged me on my Instagram @pendulum_fitness I thought I would do something different. I decided every day, along with my 25 push-ups, I would also post a fact I had researched about PTSD to further increase awareness and understanding of the condition. I didn’t realize the frequency of the occurrence of this condition as I had previously associated it mainly with war veterans. From the research I have done I have come to realize that this condition is very prominent in all populations and has the potential to affect everybody. With this list of facts on the condition, I hope to bring some clarity to what PTSD is, how it affects people, and some of the signs and symptoms to look out for, and what can affect it.
By Miles Redway-Maiden5 years ago in Psyche
