The Power of 30

Sally & Dannii

Women’s health, wellness and fitness topics close to your heart. Including the truth about weight loss, diet culture and health at any size. Motivation to make changes 30 minutes or 30 days at a time.

  1. 04/10/2024

    Body Composition - BMI Vs Body Fat %

    This could be one of the most important episodes we've ever done. Few people understand the importance of body composition, even fewer apply it. We have been indoctrinated with the importance of weight without any consideration for what that weight might consist of. If someone gave you a kilo of money as a gift it would make a huge difference whether it was a kilo of pennies, or a kilo of £20 notes right? Let's apply the same logic to our bodies, and while it may be harder to ascertain our body composition we must at least begin to talk more accurately about them. Of course we will finish with some tips on what actions you can take that will make a positive impact on your body composition, and you probably won't believe how simple they are. There's no silver bullet answer for this stuff, don't expect to be blown away by a magic trick that no-one else knows. When it comes to the care of your body it's the dull, simple stuff repeated over time that counts; Strength Train to build lean muscleEat well, and nutritionallyHydrateLearn about youStop comparing yourself to others.For more information check out our other episodes on BMI and Stop Using Weight to Assess Health Support the show All the details of our Kofi account are below so if you want to be part of our journey to help more women, check it out - we thank you. www.ko-fi.com/thepowerof30 Places to find us; www.thepowerof30.co.uk www.curvesilkeston.co.uk Facebook; @thepowerof30 @curvesilkeston Books & Bones; Motivational Book Club Instagram; @curvesilkeston @3dannii3 @sallpeacock YouTube; Curves Coach Sall Peacock Dannii-Ellie

    32 min
  2. 12/20/2023

    No Pain No Gain! (Including; Exercising with an auto-immune condition)

    Listener Request! Let's talk about pain or discomfort you might experience when working out.  Should you work through it? Is it ever good? What about when you're sick - workout or not? In this episode we cover; Coming to the gym with an injuryAuto-immune conditionsWhen you’re not wellInjuries How injuries occur and types of injuriesHow you can rehabilitate a muscle and make it Stronger by using itMovement is GOOD for our bodiesMovement increases blood flow to an injury helping it to healPhysio Exercises - love them or hate them  - do them as often as you canIf an exercise a physio prescribes seems strange remember it’s about how your body functions, so often a physio exercise may not appear to affect the injured areaWhy do we get sore after a workout - what's normal and what's not? Soreness is caused by overload creating micro-tearsMicro-tears are how Strength Training worksThe main cause of micro-tears are eccentric contractions, which is a lowering of the weight where the muscle if lengthening under loadStretching helps by lengthening and smooth out the muscle fibres and reduce the sorenessSkeletal Pain - if you feel pain in your bones and joints, stop what you are doing, seek advice from a professional. Key take-aways; IT’S OK TO SLOW DOWN!Pain is not the same as discomfort.Pain does not validate your workout as a good or beneficial workout (and neither does sweating btw!)Exercising with an auto-immune condition (E.g. Fibromyalgia, polymyalgia, rhumatoid arthritis) When you are living with a life limiting condition, and you want to be living your best life - go and do your exercise.The most immediate benefit of exercise is your mental health, so exercise is really beneficial for anyone with an auto-immune condition. Moving your body is how it was designed to work best. If you have an auto-immune condition learn how exercise can make your body feel better, not put it under more stress.What about exercising when you feel ill? Don’t workout when you are not very well!There are no benefits of working out if you might be coming down with somethingOnce those critical few days are passed, get back to it, move your body, raise your core temp, get the blood flow goingSupport the show All the details of our Kofi account are below so if you want to be part of our journey to help more women, check it out - we thank you. www.ko-fi.com/thepowerof30 Places to find us; www.thepowerof30.co.uk www.curvesilkeston.co.uk Facebook; @thepowerof30 @curvesilkeston Books & Bones; Motivational Book Club Instagram; @curvesilkeston @3dannii3 @sallpeacock YouTube; Curves Coach Sall Peacock Dannii-Ellie

    38 min
  3. 12/06/2023

    STOP using weight to Assess Health (get married instead!)

    We are a culture obsessed with what people weigh! Weight is a risk factor for many preventable diseases but it doesn’t mean that slim people are necessarily healthy! BMI is a nonsense measure, yet still used by our health care professionals as an assessment of health. If you are very muscular you could have a high BMI as muscle is more dense. Weight also does not indicate the high risk visceral fat held in a body. We did a bit of Googling to get some perspective on these risk factors and how they affect our behaviour. An Oxford study linked marriage with reduced risk of heart disease. But no one has ever judged Coach Sall on not being married and the strain she might be putting on the NHS, so stop judging people on their weight for that same reason! Be cautious when you are reading these kind of articles! It’s not about the losing weight - it’s about the lifestyle. A CNN article reported a reduced risk of dementia if you are married, but an increase for widows. The difference was the lifestyle factors. The message that has to be got across is that your weight is a combination of lifestyle factors. We talk about this Harvard Health article "When dieting doesn’t work". This is what happens in real life - you go to the doctor, they tell you you are high risk and overweight, the final straw so you go home and decide to lose weight. You get great results after 6 months, but after 12 months, worse than disappointing, in fact, back to where you started. So, weight might be a risk factor, but a bigger risk factor are lifestyle factors, dieting doesn’t work because it brings about temporary changes. It has to be about changes you can sustain. You can be fit and healthy even if you are overweight! And, if you make all those changes and it doesn’t reduce your weight, you are getting healthier. But if you diet to lose weight and don’t make those other changes, you might lose weight, but not necessarily getting healthier. In fact, could be a negative impact on your health! Support the show All the details of our Kofi account are below so if you want to be part of our journey to help more women, check it out - we thank you. www.ko-fi.com/thepowerof30 Places to find us; www.thepowerof30.co.uk www.curvesilkeston.co.uk Facebook; @thepowerof30 @curvesilkeston Books & Bones; Motivational Book Club Instagram; @curvesilkeston @3dannii3 @sallpeacock YouTube; Curves Coach Sall Peacock Dannii-Ellie

    34 min
  4. 11/22/2023

    Under Pressure - from your goals! (and what to do about it)

    This episode is for everyone who's ever said... I'm not setting goals right nowI feel too much pressureit's giving me anxietyI just want to... i.e. come for my mental healthI've got too much on right nowI'm happy where I amI can't think of anything... in relation to their goal setting. Goal setting absolutely IS about putting yourself under some kind of pressure, that's why it's such a game changer. BUT It doesn't have to be, and the problem with not having any kind of goal is you just drift, and that will not serve you in any way either. Goal setting can equally be about: Meeting your needs right nowPutting you back in a safe placeRestoring your faith and confidence in yourselfMotivating you towards something biggerKeeping you in the space of the bigger goal (mindset)Preserving that time slot in your dayRecharging you - see episode 6!Starting you simply towards a future goal - See episode 3!Clearing the way for a future goalGiving you the momentum you need for a future goal.Goals can EITHER make us go the extra mile (or step) and do the things we wouldn't normally do... OR They can help us cast votes for that person on a much lower level. Read the newsletter referenced here! Support the show All the details of our Kofi account are below so if you want to be part of our journey to help more women, check it out - we thank you. www.ko-fi.com/thepowerof30 Places to find us; www.thepowerof30.co.uk www.curvesilkeston.co.uk Facebook; @thepowerof30 @curvesilkeston Books & Bones; Motivational Book Club Instagram; @curvesilkeston @3dannii3 @sallpeacock YouTube; Curves Coach Sall Peacock Dannii-Ellie

    33 min

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Women’s health, wellness and fitness topics close to your heart. Including the truth about weight loss, diet culture and health at any size. Motivation to make changes 30 minutes or 30 days at a time.