The Science of Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolution - You can do it!
Social Cognitive Theory would suggest that our success in our New Year’s Resolutions is largely reliant on our confident we are in doing that particular resolution. If we want to exercise more, we could get a friend to exercise with us giving us social modelling, seeing others successfully going to the gym and getting fitter/stronger (vicarious experience) and getting encouragement from those around us.
Lateral Deltoids - Put Your Hands Up. Put Your Hands Up
The delts are situated around the top of your upper and arm and shoulder. They help us lift and rotate your arm as well as working to stabilise our shoulders. The lateral deltoids are primarily responsible for this. Because of this they are also the muscle primarily responsible for any everyday activity where we push something upward like lifting shopping to a high shelf.
The Science of Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolution - Behaviour Change Theories
If you are one of the many people who have made a New Year’s Resolution to exercise more, congratulations. This is a great goal for your health and wellbeing. Over the next weeks, we will look through theories of behaviour change. These are theories on how we can overcome the obstacles to behaviour change and achieve a significant change and give you the best chance of sticking with your NY resolution!
Anterior Pelvic Tilt - How sitting maybe causing back pain.
The pelvis is a group of bones that connects the back and legs. An anterior tilt means it is tilted forward and is caused by shortened hip flexors and a lengthening of the hip extensors. Our sedentary lives can a major cause of type hip flexors. An anterior tilt forces our lower spine to curve leading to back pain and the leg bones to rotate in causing hip and knee pain.
Get a Jump on Good Health - Working Out
Skipping ropes are portable, cheap, and can improve our fitness, coordination and reduce our risk of injuries. Next week we will look at some ways to use a skipping rope.