18/03/2026
The body is designed to move. We spend the first of years of our lives learning to move, learning movement patterns that in time become second nature.
We can all look back to when we were younger and recall how we would cycle to a friends, play for the afternoon and then cycle home. I don’t ever remember aching the next day?
We assume it’s because we were young, with young healthy muscles. To a degree this is true! But we only start to age this way because we stop moving so much.
I often look at sports and hobbies I’ve done over the years, bowls, basketball, cycling, running, kayaking.... this list goes on! But the one thing that’s constant across all these sports, is that it was fun. I enjoyed doing all of these!
So maybe as we grow older, we lose the ability to simply ‘play’. When was the last time you stood in a field and kicked or threw a ball about? Most of these movements we try to recreate in gyms with fancy equipment.
Maybe we should carry on having fun and playing, being silly in a park or taking time to play games.
Playing with movement is something I quite often advise clients to do, if there’s a movement that needs improving, find a fun activity that will use that movement! If it’s fun to do, you’re more likely to do it.
Keeping active is so important, we are built to move 👐🏻
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