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I Move, Therefore I Am

Healthy Movement at Whole9life.com

A Whole9 guest post by James Murphy, amateur-adventurer and curious thinker, currently living in New Zealand. It’s impossible to talk about health without discussing movement and the increasingly common sedentary behaviour of our species.  Most of us are not really moving a whole lot during the day. How closely does this resemble your daily routine? You lay down to sleep. You sit down for breakfast. You sit down in your car to commute to work where you again sit down for most of the day. … [Read more...]

The Benefits of High Intensity Training

Benefits of HIIT

A Whole9 guest post by Peter Hirsh, a nationally certified personal trainer and kettlebell instructor who has been teaching and training with kettlebells for over ten years Most people like to get their heart rate up when they exercise, and doing so brings about tremendous benefits. In many traditional gyms, an abundance of seated weight lifting machines and exercises has increased the demand for equipment dedicated to cardiovascular exercise. When you sit down to lift weights, the overall … [Read more...]

Slug, Striver or Integrator: Where Are You?

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Whole9 guest post by Coach Rut, who has over a quarter century of fitness coaching experience and holds academic degrees in biology and physical education, and Master’s degrees in exercise physiology and sports biomechanics. Today I would like to put you in a box. As a fitness coach, I like to put you in a particular place on my fitness continuum. By placing you in a particular place on my continuum, I can do a better job of assisting your progress. I don’t ask too much at the wrong time and … [Read more...]

From Exhaustion to Energy with Whole9life

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Whole9 guest post by Hala Saleh, an entrepreneur who changed her life by starting with the food on her plate... and then continued experiencing the benefits of lifestyle improvement with our 9 factors. In the summer of 2011, I had my second child. As with my first bundle of joy, I was immediately smitten, infatuated, and wrapped around his perfect, tiny little pinky finger. Over the next few weeks, I wanted to spend every waking moment with my angel, and could think of nothing else but the … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Human Connection

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A Whole9 guest post by Kate Galliett, creator of Fit for Real Life and The Unbreakable Body, an online strength and mobility program One hundred and fifty. Dunbar’s Number. Named after British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, 150 is the suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. These are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person. Compare the number 150 to how … [Read more...]

When the Goldilocks Zone Isn’t ‘Just Right’

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by Jamie Scott, of Whole9 South Pacific, who thinks you should come to New Zealand this October. Goldilocks first tried Baby Bear's training programme, but it was far too easy and Goldilocks was easily bored. So next she tried Papa Bear's training programme and ‘oof’… it was way too hard. Finally she settled on Mama Bear's programme and BOOM, she eventually blew herself to bits because she spent too much time training in ‘no man’s land’. Punch line first… Performance in intense exercise … [Read more...]

5 Mistakes People Make in Their Exercise Routine

Exercise Routine at Whole9life.com

This is a Whole9 guest post by Peter Hirsh, a nationally certified personal trainer and kettlebell instructor who has been teaching and training with kettlebells for over ten years. Trainers today often disagree about the methods that are the most appropriate for their clients for both exercise and nutrition. Enter into any gym and you can observe people using cardio machines, weight lifting machines and others using medicine balls, kettlebells and sandbags. I have been teaching health and … [Read more...]

Secrets to a Good Night’s Sleep: Advanced Tips – Part 2

Advanced Sleep Tips at Whole9life.com

Whole9 guest post by Emily Deans M.D., a board certified psychiatrist with a practice in Massachusetts and she teaches psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. In Part I of this series, we reviewed the importance of good sleep to brain health (summary: you die without it) and some basic sleep hygiene points managing the sleep cycle and circadian rhythms. But let’s say you try and try, you eliminate caffeine and you only drink a single beer at noon on Sunday while watching the football game.  You … [Read more...]

Pay Now or Pay Later: A Theoretical Approach to the Cost of Medical Care

coach rut pay now pay later

Whole9 guest post by Coach Rut, who has over a quarter century of fitness coaching experience and holds academic degrees in biology and physical education, and Master’s degrees in exercise physiology and sports biomechanics. I was recently in a conversation with other fitness professionals discussing the rising cost of health care and the reluctancy of individuals to pay for high quality health and fitness direction. Today’s lesson is a simple one. We are going to compare the cost of … [Read more...]

Improve Your Mental Health with Sleep – Part 1

Sleep and Mental Health at Whole9life.com

A Whole9 guest post by Emily Deans M.D., a board certified psychiatrist with a practice in Massachusetts and she teaches psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Sleep is incredibly important for good mental health. In my view it comes ahead of exercise and a good diet…if you aren’t sleeping reasonably well, no matter how great your workout habits and how clean your diet, you are shoveling sand against the tide. It’s no coincidence that pretty much every major mental health condition you can … [Read more...]

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