by Brian | Dec 1, 2018 | Balance, Happiness, Uncategorized
The industrial economy is over. For many reasons, that’s a good thing. Heavy industry is a big polluter. Heavy industry relies on humans behaving like cogs in a wheel. Heavy industry suppresses the earning potential of the workforce. But heavy industry also provided...
by Brian | Aug 1, 2018 | Balance, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Life, Wellness
Is CrossFit for YOU? Could a link between the French Navy of 1902 and today’s CrossFit hold some clues? The CrossFit Games 2018 starts today, August 1st. The “Games” are the culmination of a lifetime of work for many athletes who will participate. The CrossFit Games...
by Brian | May 30, 2018 | Balance, Exercise, Fitness, Happiness, Health, Life, Wellness
Who remembers, makeshift Wimbledon tennis in the back garden whilst RTE televised the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament every Summer? Who remembers football games that went on until it was dark with jumpers for goals and no one remembering the score? Luckily...
by Brian | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
RANT ALERT! “Down with that sort of thing, careful now!” I’d hate to upset what seems to be the status quo in the fitness ‘industry’ at present, but here it goes…. Why is it called the fitness industry first of all? Are we mass manufacturing fitter people?...
by Brian | Mar 24, 2018 | Balance, Exercise, Fitness, Happinness, Health, Workouts
Well done! It’s the end of the Open! “How we do anything is how we do everything.” That’s a motto that we firmly believe and live everyday here at Activate. Ask any of our members, we care about how you move first before talking about loading or increasing...
by Brian | Jan 23, 2018 | Balance, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Life, Nutrition, Wellness
Happy New Year is OVER! We’re almost at the end of January, one month into 2018, 1/12th of the year down, and if you’re at all like us (aka human), it can be super tough to get back into a normal fitness routine after a busy Christmas. Check out our latest blog on how...
by Brian | Jan 2, 2018 | Exercise, Fitness, Workouts
It’s so great to see the emphasis on health and fitness nowadays, with new gyms opening up all the time giving people more opportunity and choice in their fitness endeavours. With all the choice of gyms, should come questions for you as the client spending your hard...
by Brian | Dec 20, 2017 | Balance, Exercise, Happiness, Health, Life, Nutrition, Wellness
I’ve been struck recently by the amounts of posts on social media around Christmas from fitness professionals. Many of these posts contain the words: “Guilt”, “Good food/bad food”, “Overindulgence”, “Regret”,...
by Brian | Dec 17, 2017 | Exercise, Fitness
Be true to you. We’ve said this before, but nothing new has been created in the world of health and fitness in a long long time. Anyone preaching that they’ve found a new revolutionary way of getting stronger, fitter and faster, is probably selling a...
by Brian | Dec 13, 2017 | Balance, Exercise, Fitness, Happiness, Health, Nutrition, Wellness
Want something? Achievement requires consistency. Consistency, consistency, and then more consistency. It’s not sexy, it’s not popular to talk about and it’s not what people want to hear, but consistency trumps talent, genetics, and even hard work (if that hard work...
