Take right steps to healthier you
How altering eating and exercise habits can transform your life
after a whirlwind festive season of celebration and indulgence, lofty fitness and exercise goals are usually top of our resolutions list come January. But how many of us have vowed to hit the gym and splashed out on fitness passes and exercise gear only to sink back into our old lethargic ways just months later?
Scots fitness experts, The Kilted Coaches, say the secret is to start the new decade with easy fitness goals that will make a lasting impact on our health and wellbeing. Perth-based personal trainers Stephen Clarke and Rab Shields are well known for their entertaining YouTube exercise videos of them running up mountains, doing push-ups in rivers and lifting boulders dressed in just kilts and trainers.
And while the pair don’t expect all of us to work out in the wild, they tell P.S. that getting out in the fresh air will boost your workout, you’re never too old to reach your fitness goals – and that getting fit is a marathon, not a sprint. During 15 years as personal trainers, the childhood friends have helped thousands of clients achieve their fitness goals through tailored workouts, whether they’re in their 20s or 70s.
“The long-term game plan is to live a healthy life, from today until the day you die,” says Stephen.“Unfortunately, people see a three-month health kick as a way to get healthy. The mentality is that, after three months, you’ll just go back to normal and maintain your fitness but that isn’t what happens in reality.”
Rab adds:“Our key message is health and happiness: eat well, train well, but also relax well because stress can play nightmares on the body, mind and general wellbeing. “We want to promote permanent lifestyle change as opposed to short boot camps, where people aim to get fit for a particular date. We are more about long-term change that’s sustainable.”