Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts
Thursday, March 8, 2012
National Woman's Day - Women in Sport
Woman’s sports are greatly underfunded and hardly supported. Women have struggled for years to have their names recognised in sports. I thought it is time to commemorate some of the great woman in the sporting world. Their stories unique and heart wrenching, these women overcame racial, sexual and unfair treatment to become some of the most inspirational woman some of us may never even have heard of.
Alice Coachman was the first black women to win a gold medal at the Olympics; Alice
Amy Palmeiro-Winters was a runner from a very young age, Amy was lucky to be alive after a motorcycle accident. Although alive the accident had left her left leg crushed. Three years later, after twenty-five surgeries, her left leg was amputated below the knee. She wouldn’t be able to even walk for another three years.
In 2004, she decided to enter into the Silver Strand Marathon. She was equipped with a standard prosthetic leg for walking, and was five months pregnant at the time and yet this magnificent woman finished the marathon taking second in her division. Amy shows us that anything can be accomplished with strength, determination and a love for what you do.
And last but defiantly not least I come to the amazing story Alice Alice Alice
These woman were and are still an example of how much woman have to offer in the sporting world and how there capabilities can be seen as never ending.
Monday, February 6, 2012
My 30 Day Shred - Day 19
Hi All,
So I am now technically on day 20 however, I am actually on day 19... Unfortunately on Friday my day went pear shaped and after a meeting was delayed by 2 hours I didn't have enough time from when I left work and got home to do my exercises before meeting my cousin in the City (London). I also could not delay my cousin since she is over from the US and her phone isn't on roaming so I had no way of contacting her to delay her and to be honest I haven't seen her in ages and didn't want to.... subsequently I didn't feel it was best to partake in exercise when we arrived home at 2:30am in the morning on Saturday so I missed a day.
Rather than make it up on Sat by doing 2 sets I was quite pleased with myself for doing one and the same on Sun since it is so cold and snowy. So there you have it, I am continuing and haven't beat myself up about it, I am just a day behind.
On a slightly disappointing note, my calves have definitely toned up, so much so that I am struggling to zip up my boots..... I may need to incorporate some pilates or callinetics into the programme. I still have only lost a pound but strength wise I feel amazing.
I am very close to being convinced to buy the latest craze in fitness wear which promises the world... Hotpants... have you heard of them? Apparently you can lose weight 4 x faster with hotpants: http://zaggora.com/how-it-works Have a look at the homepage as with all their testimonials it is pretty convincing and I'm thinking that this is the answer to speed up my inch loss.... I think I may buy the flares, I'm not sure why they are called flares as they are the opposite but this may help my calf problem.
I will try and measure myself next week, only 11 days left!
If you have any fitness stories or experience with the 'Hotpants' above, please send me a message on Facebook.
Phillipa :)
So I am now technically on day 20 however, I am actually on day 19... Unfortunately on Friday my day went pear shaped and after a meeting was delayed by 2 hours I didn't have enough time from when I left work and got home to do my exercises before meeting my cousin in the City (London). I also could not delay my cousin since she is over from the US and her phone isn't on roaming so I had no way of contacting her to delay her and to be honest I haven't seen her in ages and didn't want to.... subsequently I didn't feel it was best to partake in exercise when we arrived home at 2:30am in the morning on Saturday so I missed a day.
Rather than make it up on Sat by doing 2 sets I was quite pleased with myself for doing one and the same on Sun since it is so cold and snowy. So there you have it, I am continuing and haven't beat myself up about it, I am just a day behind.
On a slightly disappointing note, my calves have definitely toned up, so much so that I am struggling to zip up my boots..... I may need to incorporate some pilates or callinetics into the programme. I still have only lost a pound but strength wise I feel amazing.
I am very close to being convinced to buy the latest craze in fitness wear which promises the world... Hotpants... have you heard of them? Apparently you can lose weight 4 x faster with hotpants: http://zaggora.com/how-it-works Have a look at the homepage as with all their testimonials it is pretty convincing and I'm thinking that this is the answer to speed up my inch loss.... I think I may buy the flares, I'm not sure why they are called flares as they are the opposite but this may help my calf problem.I will try and measure myself next week, only 11 days left!
If you have any fitness stories or experience with the 'Hotpants' above, please send me a message on Facebook.
Phillipa :)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Round 2 of the 30 day shred
Hi,
So I started again on Weds and it has been going well. Yesterday my knee started to hurt so I couldn't quite lunge properly but I'm trying to keep going! Since feeling better I have been trying to catch up with life so Thurs night I ended up doing the DVD at 9:30 at night. I'm really excited about what is around the corner with this fitness DVD and I am already looking at taking it a step further and maybe starting the p90x or rip60 after. I heard about the rip60 after speaking to a friend in the US. I looked it up and you can buy it here in the UK and Jillian Michaels also is in some of the fitness DVDs that come with it. However, I have a friend doing the p90x programme and in 3 weeks she has lost 1 stone and 13 inches! Let me know your fitness success stories or if you have tried any of the programmes.
So I started again on Weds and it has been going well. Yesterday my knee started to hurt so I couldn't quite lunge properly but I'm trying to keep going! Since feeling better I have been trying to catch up with life so Thurs night I ended up doing the DVD at 9:30 at night. I'm really excited about what is around the corner with this fitness DVD and I am already looking at taking it a step further and maybe starting the p90x or rip60 after. I heard about the rip60 after speaking to a friend in the US. I looked it up and you can buy it here in the UK and Jillian Michaels also is in some of the fitness DVDs that come with it. However, I have a friend doing the p90x programme and in 3 weeks she has lost 1 stone and 13 inches! Let me know your fitness success stories or if you have tried any of the programmes.
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