Day 3 - Home Workout (Week 1) Friday
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It's Day 3 of the first week of home workouts today and we're going to be using more 'equipment' that would be found in many homes, it's the first step of the garden stairs! Of course, do be careful with this one, as it's going to require a bit of balance and concentration. So, the session itself is 30 seconds 'on' the exercise, 1 minute 'off' recovery between each exercise and 6-10 minutes rest between each set, of which there are 2 in total. Don't forget to do a warm-up to get the body ready for exercise, I often do a 5-10 minute jog on the spot. Using the first step of my garde ..read more
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Day 2 - Home Workout (Week 1) Wednesday
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The home workout for day 2 can be found below! I had good fun writing this training session, as initially I planned for it to be a medicine ball circuit session, aimed at working the core, legs and arms. It was fortunate that I happened to have a med-ball in the house, but appreciate that this might be a bit unusual. In addition to the fact that it's really difficult to get hold of gym equipment and accessories at the moment, due to the apparent rush to buy them. So that got me thinking, what else could be used in place of the med ball? Well, the purpose of the med ball itself is to make t ..read more
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Day 1 - Home Workout (Monday)
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Well, here it is- coming to you straight from my garden, it's my first home workout that I'm doing and sharing with you, as part of the #ActiveDistancing initiative to help promote physical activity, whilst staying at home. This is a circuits based session, which means that it can be adapted to go at someone's own pace and ability. The circuit consists of 6 different exercises, with each exercise that I'll do consecutively for 30 seconds and then rest for 30 seconds. If someone was new to fitness or this type of activity, they might choose to take a longer rest between each exercise, f ..read more
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Staying Active And Active Distancing At Home
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The last few weeks and days have been strange and unusual times, and with the advice regarding the Covid-19 virus being for people to stay at home, especially if they're in vulnerable groups (such as people living with diabetes). Unless, for the specified reasons that the government has documented around getting medical supplies and essential food items, for example. With social isolation being an important part of our immediate future, managing mental and physical wellbeing will likely need additional attention. With this in mind, I asked the question on instagram as to whether people wo ..read more
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Diabetes Week 2019 - #SeeDiabetesDifferently
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The theme for this year's Diabetes Week was all about Seeing Diabetes Differently. What's great about the themes set by Diabetes UK is that they're open to interpretation. So the way that I interpreted the theme was as an opportunity to show people, perhaps who aren't aware of/ have a background knowledge of diabetes, about the thoughts, processes, actions we go through when living with the condition, each day. Day 1 As sport and diabetes are what I get asked most about and of course the topic of my blog, this seemed like a great place to start, as I find that there are quite often tw ..read more
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Input FUSION 2019
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This weekend I had the pleasure of attending my very first Input FUSION event, I believe the first since Input diabetes charity combined with JDRF UK to help support people with diabetes, particularly around information provision and access to technology. The agenda for the day was an interesting one and the event itself was held in the legends lounge of Birmingham City football club, located just outside Birmingham city centre, a location I know well and have found memories of from competing so frequently there as an athlete. Input fusion was introduction by Leslie Jordan, originally of ..read more
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TAD on Tour
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The Talking About Diabetes (TAD) Conference, that I had the pleasure of attending a few weeks ago is going on tour and hopefully coming to a city near you, due to popular demand! The dates and places are as follows; Birmingham- 18th June 2019 Liverpool- 17th June 2019 Bristol- 19th June 2019 (sold out) Oxford- 20th June 2019 I have the honour of being one of the speakers at the Bristol event, which I'm afraid has already sold out. But there are other opportunities to be part of the other diabetes events, that not only offer talks from interesting and engaging speaker, but also give ..read more
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Climbing Mountains With Type 1 Diabetes
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This Sunday I had the pleasure of joining a team of 30 people, made up of families and children with diabetes to climb Pen-y-Fan, a mountain in Wales. Whilst summiting the mountain was a feat in itself, we know as people with diabetes that sometimes there are more mountains for us to climb than just the hilly kind. But that this shouldn’t be a reason not to set off in pursuit of our goals, and this was really the importance of the day, firstly to show that physical activity is possible when done safely, with type 1 diabetes. But also to highlight how resilient people with the condition ca ..read more
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Diabetes Tech Spring Update
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When I went onto my insulin pump 10 years ago, it wasn’t necessarily a choice for me as it was a necessity, because despite being grateful to have the option, it was offered because my diabetes wasn’t behaving in the way it 'should' and I was desperately in need of a new treatment option. Then, when I changed insulin pumps a few months later, to one that suited my diabetes life and training needs better and I got to choose the colour, I started to recognise the importance of making the choices that were mine to make about my diabetes.  In some ways it seems obvious, with the nature ..read more
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TAD Talks Event 2019 - #I'veGotType1&StillHaveFun
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This year I had the absolute pleasure of attending TAD Talks 2019 Event (Talking About Diabetes Conference) which was held in London at the Royal College of Surgeons. I was a speaker when the event was in its 2nd year, so it was excellent to be in the audience to enjoy the 4th year. For those who haven’t had the opportunity of attending yet (I would recommend it), the event involves people with diabetes coming together to listen to a range of different speakers, sharing their own perspectives on life and adventures with the condition. The fact that the event sold out in a matter of minute ..read more
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