Penny Golightly

Jump Start January: Healthy Week: Day 7

January 28th, 2012 by Penny Golightly

The last day of Healthy Week is a quick look at work-life balance, and personal priorities. Now, there are loads of different ways to look at priorities and balance in your life, but this is meant to be a brief exercise.

There are various ‘wheel of life’ diagrams, pie charts, mind maps etc to choose from, but for today I’m keeping it as uncomplicated as possible. I tried working it out with a couple of different iPhone apps but frankly they were a waste of time, so I’m going with a fairly fast three step process instead. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jump Start January: Healthy Week: Day 6

January 27th, 2012 by Penny Golightly

Flexibility exercises were scheduled in for today, and I have to say the timing was perfect. I finished the working day at 6pm, did half an hour of stretching and then went off and got ready for a night out.

I’d forgotten how relaxing it is – it’s the sort of stuff most gym bunnies should do more of at the end of a workout, and you should always go at a slow pace. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jump Start January: Healthy Week: Day 5

January 26th, 2012 by Penny Golightly

This is core muscle workout day, and having learnt my lesson from the day before I decided to opt for exercises I could do at home, instead of doing a long round trip on a day when I was busier than usual.

I did half an hour of exercises before lunch, which fitted really well into the working day. It was very manageable and not too tiring at all, and it seemed to improve my slouchy posture a little into the bargain. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jump Start January: Healthy Week: Day 4

January 25th, 2012 by Penny Golightly

After switching the days around yesterday because of weird delivery times and couriers not doing their jobs properly, this was supposed to be ‘go for a swim day‘.