1. Eco & Ethical: 2020 Christmas Gift Guide
2. Fruit Mince Pies – try this recipe for a healthier version of a Christmas favourite!
3. 12 Days of Christmas Workout – great to do anywhere, no equipment needed. All instructions on the page – enjoy! 

Have a healthy Christmas break 🙂

1. Stop Waiting on Motivation: Learning to Lean on Discipline to Build Habits.
2. Get to Know Your Body’s 3 Energy Systems to Become a Stronger, Faster Runner – Learning to prime the right energy systems.
3. 3-2-1: On progress, friendship and how to improve your writing – 3 ideas, 2 quotes and a question!

Have a healthy week 🙂

1. Weight Training May Help Ease Anxiety – another reason to get into the Weights Room for an IF!
2. Trouble Sleeping? Try Meditating – if you are in search of better sleep, give meditation a go!
3. Resistance Training and the ‘After-Burn Effect’ – yet ANOTHER reason to get yourself into the Weights Room!

Have a healthy week 🙂

 We are talking about Mindfulness in Sport this week. Find a quiet spot, take a deep breath and dive in!

1. Mindfulness with the one and only Mr. Rob Ferrin. A great conversation about our brains, the amygdala hijack and how mindfulness can help us all. 

2. Meditation Coaches, the Next Frontier in Major League Sports.

3. The Rush Podcast with Todd Corbin, author of Mindfulness for Student Athletes sharing top tips to help players, coaches, and parents on how to use mindful awareness and focus to build higher energy levels, confidence, resilience, and performance. 

Have a healthy week 🙂

One for the Girls – Another chat with S&C expert Ian Wilson busting myths about girls and strength, Body Image & Sport and the truth about lifting weights and gaining muscle – please enjoy.

1. Why Girls Should Be In Our Weights Room – interview with Ian Wilson.

2. Does Lifting Heavy Make You Bulky? – tackling the issue that lifting heavy weights makes women bulky!

3. Body Image in Sport – Rhona Lloyd (Scottish Rugby player with 28 caps for her country) talks about how being strong is cool!

Have a healthy week 🙂

This week, let’s get physical! Podcast Interview with our resident Strength & Conditioning expert, Ian Wilson, exercise for IF with Phoebe Medeiros and how do we define an ‘athlete’ – please enjoy.

1.‘Return to Play’ with Ian Wilson – one to listen to for all our athletes!

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Yes – you can gain one ‘IF’ for participating! All students welcome to join (via Mrs Wimbush’s PE zoom link) with Phoebe Medeiros taking the lead.

3. Who is an Athlete? How do we define an ‘athlete’?

Have a healthy week 🙂

This week: Podcast Interview with student Lucy Howell, Healthy Habits and a great 10 min ‘Sun Salutation’ Yoga sequence – please enjoy.

1. Interview with Lucy Howell on Wellbeing

2. How to Build Healthy Habits

3. Try this 10 min Sun Salutation Sequence – great for any time of the day!

Have a healthy week 🙂

This week: breathing, sleep and smoothies – please enjoy.

1. Yale Study Says This Simple Technique Is The Key to Reducing Stress

2. 4 Ways Lockdown Changed Sleep, for Better and Worse

3. How (and why) to make the perfect Super Shake (Infographic) – if you are interested, please join Ms Grant on Wednesday morning (on zoom) for a smoothie-making class! 

Have a healthy week 🙂

This week, journalling, connection and a Yoga challenge – please enjoy.

1. How Journaling Can Help You in Hard Times.

2. How to Connect With Your Kids as They Grow Into Teenagers.

3. Try a 30 Day Yoga Challenge – Ease into with Day 1.

Have a healthy week 🙂