Tuesday 2nd February 2021 - our first four weeks of Haringey course

Posted 11:30am

We had a fabulous chat with Haringey Well Being yesterday afternoon, discussing our first ever virtual course - our first ever twelve week intervention - and our first course since the Covid pandemic started last March/April.  And we have got a corker planned!!!  Part of that is down to completing so many of these packs, which has provided us with a plethora of new information and knowledge.

Here are our first four weeks for the upcoming course, as we described in an email to Haringey this morning.

Week one:

Mindset - how do we think?  how do we make decisions?

Nutrition - what is nutrition exactly.  We discuss metabolism, and how nutrition is really about providing nutrients for the chemical reactions in our bodies to keep us alive, as well as keeping us fully fuelled and energised, and the dangers of what happens if we do not ingest the right amount of macronutrients and micronutrients.

Exercise - we demonstrate stretches with the whole class - some good basic ones - why we do them - how they affect the body, using our qualified personal trainer - this with static and dynamic stretching involved, but obviously working around any health issues people may have, which we also discuss.

Health/Routine - we give an overview of how miraculous our bodies are, and talk about responsibility, choice, and being proactive in our routines.

Week two:

Mindset - we look at the various types of Mind-set, covering the most important six of them, and how a growth, active, and social mindset are all important.

Nutrition - this week we look at the importance of Protein as a macronutrient, how it becomes amino acids, and what they do for us

Exercise - we have a look at easy, middle, and harder versions of the basic exercises, and how you can do them sitting, standing, using walls and chairs if needs be - with our qualified personal explaining how to do them properly too. (squats, crunches, press ups, plank, cardio)

Health - topically we look at the Immune System - how it works and what we need to do to keep it healthy - we also look at why we sweat, cough, and sneeze. ( we will discuss importance of vaccine too)

Week three:

Mindset - we have our own analogy about life - and we use it as a train journey, with stations, mixing in carriages, etc.

Nutrition - this week we look at the importance of Carbohydrates as a macronutrient, the difference between simple and complex, what happens in the body:  plus fibre

Exercise - using the exercises we covered in week two, we create our very own HMHB HIIT session, accessible for all ages and abilities, that can be done in 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes or beyond.

Health - this week we look at the digestive system, how everything has to work together, how we keep it healthy, and the impact it has on our overall health.

Week four:

Mindset - we cover the great subject of motivation.  how hard it can be. how we can improve our self-motivation. why it is so important.

Nutrition - this week we cover sugars, looking at the four main ways we get it in the body, which are better for us, and the dangers of added sugar and how it affects the body

Exercise - we look at yoga, balance, tai chi, and various stretch type exercises - how they improve our overall health, and what is happening in our bodies when we do them

Health - we cover the Brain this week.  How does it actually function, what do we need to do to keep it healthy and the dangers if we do not use it enough.

Very happy with how that has come out.  I do not mind giving our content away like this, as it is our quite unique delivery style that has garnered so much great feedback, and the way we present the course is different to any I have been on before.  Surely any kind of learning has to be fun?