Thursday 7 July 2011

July 2011

Well June has passed and July is again upon us which means that for many of us the schools have broken up for the summer so your lives change over this period of time. We will have to take account of having children around us, this seems to mean cooking around the clock, staying up late wondering when the house will return back to an equilibrium and everyone is in the correct place at the correct time giving you the time and space to what you might need to keep you fit.

Gimour Piper

We completed the Great East Swim I had a good swim not my best but I will get better I completed the mile in 1hr 4mins but my hay fever was very bad that day but July started with a flash. This is why the newsletter was a little late this month, later in the month I will be taking part in my in my first Olympic training I hope to be able to pass on some of the things I will be doing. Also at the end of the month I will be taking part in the Culford tri.

Studio news

Some of the news from the studios has been a little strange some of my clients went
to Ascot Particularly Ladies Day. Some of the tales that came back were enough shock the best of us. John is still cycling every week. I have seen Shane Supple and he was looking well a little leaner but looking fit. Gemma is still doing well and enjoying her work, Phil has just returned from the States after working on Sir Cliff's latest record and Adam is about to build himself a studio again this is great news. David and Sandra are getting ready for a competition after a short break, Kyle and Jade are also at the same competition but are at a different grade. Sarah has been unwell but I have been told that she is using all her strength to get herself back to fitness.


Dance East.


Dance east is coming to the end of the term and their will be a short break for the summer I will be running some classes during a few weeks before we break for the summer.


Council Office.


Turn of events this week the ladies over at council office allowed one of the men of the men to join them this made me have to change the conversation around a little but the class did enjoy Kirk be put through his paces.

Woodbridge School.


As with Dance East Woodbridge school has finished for the summer, but last Friday I had a pleasant afternoon with the some of the team leaders for first aid course in the grounds. It was very pleasant teaching them in the garden. It was also strange to say farewell after teaching some of the students for some years. To see them leave is something I thought I would not feel such a strange lose.

Isn’t it amazing how much better we all feel when the weather is good and we have some good sunshine, by that I mean when it is warm not blisteringly hot .
It is a scientific fact that during the summer we suffer from a lot less depression that is unless we suffer from the opposite of what we think of as the normal form of SAD [ seasonal affective disorder] which is caused by too much sunshine.
When the weather is hot it is thought that the body produces less of the thyroid hormone which leads to a lack of energy and the heat also reduces the bodies ability to cope with mental stress. You will often see a decrease in appetite and also start suffering from insomnia. This will means that we have to find more motivation to exercise which in itself will help to increase levels of “happy hormones “, hopefully improve our appetite and also possibly relax us enough to help us to sleep.
It is especially important that you continue to exercise when you are on holiday either at home [ which so many more of us are starting to do !] or away, so here are some guide lines for you :-
Try to find an exercise routine which you can do either outside in a cool, shady area or possibly in an area of your home or where you are staying which is cool and only do an intense workout when the heat is bearable [ see a previous newsletter re heat stroke, not very pleasant which I can testify too !!] . Perhaps look at changing your exercise routine, by that I mean when you do the majority of your more intense workouts. For example do them at the weekend [ knowing the British weather it will probably be raining ] when you can choose the time when it is cooler to workout or try doing your exercises first thing in the morning or later in the day when it gets cooler. Also remember to keep your fluid intake up as if you are working hard you will be loosing more .
I think the most important thing is to find a routine that suits you thus ensuring that you continue your exercises all year round.

The big Swim
The annual Big Deben Swim took place yesterday and saw 33 local triathletes brave the waterway for a 10k challenge between Ramsholt and Woodbridge in aid of the Deben Estuary Partnership.

This event is the brain child of Dr Simon Rudland, a Suffolk GP. Its purpose is to raise the profile of the DEP, through shared enjoyment of the river, whilst also raising funds to support their work.

the swim raised £1000