True Fitness

13/09/2022

3 X FREE 12-WEEK 'PRIME TIME OF LIFE' PROGRAMMES FOR PEOPLE AGED 50-80 YEARS.

Prime Time of Life is a FREE fully funded 12-week evidence-based exercise and health education programme for middle-aged and older adults (aged 50+). There are currently three programmes available. Sign up to the programme that suits you best.

Prime Time of Life ONLINE: https://edufit.ie/prime-time-of-life-online/

Prime Time of Life PORTARLINGTON: https://edufit.ie/prime-time-of-life-portarlington/

Prime Time of Life MOUNTRATH: https://edufit.ie/prime-time-of-life-mountrath/

Prime Time of Life is designed and delivered by EduFit in partnership with Laois Sports Partnership Sport Ireland Laois Connects 2022 Sláintecare. If you have any questions please contact EduFit.

Please share with anyone who may be interested!

09/09/2022

I'm really looking forward to chatting with all of my guests at 7pm this evening on the Health and Fitness Show on Midlands 103.

I'll be speaking with Sylvia Rouget, Coordinator of the Irish Wheelchair Resource and Outreach Centre in Laois, about the wonderful services they provide. I'll also be speaking with Pat Whelan who uses the resource centre and who will be sharing his story with us.

Catherine will be joining me to talk about her experience of our "Prime Time of Life" online 12-week health and fitness programme. She will be telling us all of the health and fitness benefits she has experienced by taking part in the programme.

I'll also be giving details of 3 upcoming fully funded (FREE) "Prime Time of Life" programmes. You can join me and my EduFit team in person in or , or online starting 3rd October. You can sign up here if you would like to join us:

https://edufit.ie/prime-time-of-life-mountrath/

https://edufit.ie/prime-time-of-life-online/

https://edufit.ie/prime-time-of-life-portarlington/

Huge thanks to Laois Sports Partnership, Sport Ireland, of Ireland and Laois Connects 2022 for funding and supporting this programme.

Thanks for tuning in and see you at 7pm!

Diane.

PRIME TIME OF LIFE – PORTARLINGTON How can I sign up? Please fill out the form below to sign up to our Prime Time of Life Portarlington programme.If you have any questions, please email ruth@edufit.ie or kiera@edufit.ie or WhatsApp 083 374 8262. All information provided in the sign up form is priv...

08/09/2022

Don't miss out! Sign up to our new EduFIT newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/h9UkYz

We have exciting news to share very soon....

EduFit

30/08/2022

Hi everyone! Please follow our new company EduFit on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn if you would like to know about our upcoming funded (free) programmes, new EduFIT services and much more.

We will be posting from EduFIT from now on so please join us if you don't want to miss out!

We are very excited to share lots of information with you VERY SOON.

Please share with friends and family.

Thank you.

30/08/2022

Our delicious recipe of the week is Peanut & Chocolate Chip Balls 😍.
Watch the short video below to see just how easy it is to make this nutritious & highly delicious snack (p.s. they are perfect with a cup of tea/coffee *chefs kiss*).

The recipe card is in the comment section below.

You can listen back to episode 4 of 'The Health & Fitness show with Dr Diane Cooper' here: https://www.midlands103.com/podcasts/the-health-and-fitness-show-with-dr-diane-cooper/episode/the-health-and-fitness-show-episode-4/

If you have any nutrition, health or fitness questions please comment below / send us a message / email healthandfitness@midlands103.com

The Health and Fitness Show is in association with
Laois Sports Partnership Westmeath Sport Offaly Sports Partnership

29/08/2022

I had the pleasure of speaking with two amazing and inspirational women on the Health and Fitness Show on Midlands 103 on Friday.

I spoke with Eimear Mathews who recently competed in the Cork Ironman. We had a great discussion about her training, nutrition and preparation in the year leading in to the event, and her strategy for the day. But it was 29 degrees on the day so all did not go to plan! Eimear talks honestly about adjusting to this unforeseen additional stress, the importance of support from her family and Trilogy Triathlon Club - Laois, being a role model for her children, and encouraging women to get out there and go after what they want in life. Well done to you Eimear!

I spoke with Tracey Percy who had a big impact on me in the brief conversation we had about being inclusive in physical activities and sports. Tracey is visually impaired, as are her three wonderful children. Her husband is completely blind. Tracey is involved with Special Olympics Ireland in and Vision Impaired Ireland. She is such a fantastic role model and she has done everything to offer the world to her children who have achieved amazing things in life and in sport. Tracey talked about some of the barriers she has had to overcome, but the strongest message she gives is about the ability that we all have and how important it is that we can access the right support. We (EduFit) are delighted to say that will be working with Tracey in the coming weeks to see how we can do better and be better regarding inclusiveness in our physical activity and health opportunities. Thanks so much Tracey for sharing your story.

If you missed the show you can listen back here. Thanks so much to everyone for tuning in and for all of your well wishes for the show.

https://www.midlands103.com/podcasts/the-health-and-fitness-show-with-dr-diane-cooper/episode/the-health-and-fitness-show-episode-4/?autoplay=1

Its the 4th episode with guests inclusding Tracey Percy, Eimear Mathews and Ruth Kavanagh

23/08/2022

Recipe of the Week: Fruit & Nut Oat Bar.

This is a great option for ️breakfast when served with yoghurt or a glass of milk. It is also a nutritious & delicious snack option 😋.

What recipes would you like to see? Let us know in the comments below.

If you missed Episode 3 of the Health & Fitness Show with Dr Diane Cooper you can listen back here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UpvDMJhqAIA34JVuX4V0i?si=dfc3234377f64c40

If you are enjoying the show please leave us a rating on Spotify/Apple podcasts!

EduFit

22/08/2022

I had the pleasure of having our own Ruth Kavanagh, Registered Associate Nutritionist with EduFit, on the Health and Fitness show on Midlands 103 last Friday to talk about her masters research regarding lifestyle interventions for and the positive impact the True Fitness programme had on farmers , , nutrition habits, blood glucose and cholesterol levels, blood pressure and perceptions of physical health, mental health. Ruth gave lots of excellent evidence-based and practical tips to help all of us improve our nutrition habits, and also left us with a delicious recipe of the week - Fruit and nut oat bars (please see recipe card below). Ruth will feature on the show with a recipe and nutrition tip of the week and we are delighted to have her on board!

I was also delighted to have Finola Colgan Carey B.A LL. B LL.M from Mental Health Ireland join me in studio for the show. Finola spoke about farmer and the 5 ways to well-being that are helpful to all of us in minding our mental health. She also referenced some very helpful resources. Thanks so much Finola. I know you are very committed to and passionate about this area and I appreciate your time and valuable advice.

Finally, I finished with my own health tip of the week which is:
Please don't take your health for granted. Please book in for a health check up if you haven't had one recently, it could be the best thing you ever did!

Thanks for tuning in and see you next Friday from 7pm!

16/08/2022

COMPETITION 🤩 - ENTER ASAP AS ENTERIES CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT (16/08/2022)

Enter this competition by Laois Sports Partnership to be in with the chance of winning a monthly membership to our NEW Edufit online health education and functional fitness service. There are 5 monthly memberships up for grabs!!

Share with friends/family!!

We are very excited to get started next month! More details to be confirmed. Sign up to the Edufit newsletter here: https://edufit.ie/

16/08/2022

Thanks so much to Dr Noel McCaffrey, CEO of ExWell Medical for joining me on the Health and Fitness Show on Midlands 103 last Friday. I have admired and respected the work of Noel and the ExWell team for a long time now and was delighted to have the opportunity to share this wonderful work on the show. Noel spoke about the numerous benefits of multimodal exercise for people living with chronic conditions, and the life changing benefits participants experience by taking part in the ExWell Programme. If you, or someone you know is living with a long term clinical condition, please listen to the podcast below to see how you can get involved in this wonderful programme. ExWell Medical offer classes throughout Ireland, but specifically in the midlands there are many classes in which are funded and FREE to take part in!

Huge thanks also to Paul from Portarlington who joined me in studio to talk about a recent 12 week health, fitness and nutrition journey he undertook while on the Wellness unLAOISed Programme run by True Fitness and Laois Sports Partnership and funded by ireland . Paul talked about the simple and practical changes he made which amounted to great gains in and for him. Thanks so much Paul for your honest and very valuable insights and advice.

You can click on this link to listen back if you missed the show:
https://www.midlands103.com/podcasts/the-health-and-fitness-show-with-dr-diane-cooper/episode/the-health-and-fitness-show-episode-11/

If you would like to get in touch with questions, comments, or indeed join me on the show I'd love to hear from you. You can message me here or email me at healthandfitness@midlands103.com

See you next Friday at 7pm and thanks to everyone who has tuned in to date and sent me so many lovely messaged for support :)

This week Dr Diane Cooper will delve into the benefits of energising exercise for people with chronic Illness.

15/08/2022

*important announcement*

Hi everyone! As many of you know, Dr Diane Cooper has set up a new digital health company called EduFIT. We will continue to deliver evidence-based health, fitness and nutrition information with you via our funded programmes and our new monthly subscription service from EduFIT. From now on we will predominantly post from the Edufit social media accounts and we would love for you to join and support us ❤️. You can subscribe to our EduFIT newsletter if you want to be the first to know about our upcoming programmes and services. Please click here: https://edufit.ie and share with family/friends.

A sincere THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us in True Fitness. We are so grateful for the memories over the past 15 years and we are excited to see what the future holds.

Cheers to new beginnings ✨

Yours in health,
The True Fitness team ❤️

12/08/2022

A sneaky peak into who is joining me on the Health and Fitness show on Midlands 103 at 7pm this evening😊. Paul, my first ever guest in studio 🥳. Thanks so much for travelling over Paul. Paul will be telling us all about his recent health, fitness and nutrition journey on the Wellness unLAOISed programme delivered by True Fitness and Laois Sports Partnership and funded by Sport Ireland. Looking forward to it!!

12/08/2022

Tune in to Midlands 103 at 7pm to listen to the second episode of the Health & Fitness show with Dr Diane Cooper! 😃

Listen live here: https://www.midlands103.com/player/

Listen back here: https://www.midlands103.com/podcasts/the-health-and-fitness-show-with-dr-diane-cooper/

Stay tuned! 📻


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11/08/2022

We had a fabulous line up of speakers for our first Health and Fitness show on Midlands 103 last Friday. It was a pleasure to be on air with all of our speakers and thanks so much for giving us your time.

- Tadhg MacIntyre Associate Professor of environmental psychology at Maynooth University spoke about the benefits of being active in green and blue spaces, and about the GoGreen Routes Project. Thanks so much to Tadhg for sharing his expertise, insights and really great practical advice on this topic.
- Nora Stapleton, women in sport lead with SportIreland joined us to discuss the fantastic initiative driven by Sport Ireland this week encouraging women to get out in to the outdoors and try a new physical activity or sport in this space. What a fantastic ambassador for women in sport you are Nora!
- Denise Coghill, Community Sports Development Officer with Offaly Sports Partnership joined us to talk about the numerous kayaking sessions being offered to women in Offaly to try as part of HerOutdoors week. Amazing weather for it! We also had a chat about her PE background, changes she has noticed in childrens fundamental movement skills post COVID-19, and how engagement in physical activity and sport post COVID is helping to improve these. Thanks so much Denise.

You can listen to the podcast here:
Spotify - https://lnkd.in/dJ3kFTeV

Apple podcasts - https://lnkd.in/d44rJSki

Thanks very much to everyone who tuned in and sent me so many lovey message of support. I'll be with you again this Friday from 7-8pm :)

Every Friday evening on Midlands 103 join Dr Diane Cooper from 7pm as she guides you on a journey to a healthier, fitter and happier you.

05/08/2022

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🎉

Tune in to Midlands 103 at 7pm this evening to listen to Dr Diane Cooper's first radio show 🥳

We would love to hear your questions, feedback, topic suggestions via email healthandfitness@midlands103.com

The Health & Fitness show is proudly supported by Laois, Offlay and Westmeath Sports Partnerships.

Laois Sports Partnership Westmeath Sport Offaly Sports Partnership

NEW SHOW - THE HEALTH AND FITNESS SHOW!

Starting TOMORROW at 7pm -8pm we have a brand new show presented by Dr Diane Cooper.

Diane is a clinical exercise physiologist and researcher who specialises in fitness, health and well-being in all stages of life.
Her passion is to help people be as fit, healthy and happy as possible in all stages of life. The Health and Fitness show will cover all types of nutrition, health and fitness topics with fascinating guests, lots of community involvement and plenty of lifestyle tips and practical support for you.

This show is proudly sponsored by Westmeath Sport
Offaly Sports Partnership
Laois Sports Partnership

04/08/2022

An insight into Dr Diane Cooper's Health & Fitness Show on Midlands 103 ✨

If you have a question for Diane or a topic suggestion please email healthandfitness@midlands103.com - we would love to hear from you! Any feedback after the shows is always greatly appreciated so please let us know what you think 😃.

The Health & Fitness show is proudly supported by Laois, Offlay and Westmeath Sports Partnerships.

Laois Sports Partnership Westmeath Sport Offaly Sports Partnership

03/08/2022

Well done to the Midlands 103 team who did a fantastic job at holding the wall sit 👏. How long can you hold the wall sit for? Try it out and let us know in the comments below (it is harder than it looks!) 😄. It was my first day in fhe office, I'm sure everyone loves me 🤭

Tune in to The Health and Fitness Show with Dr Diane Cooper Friday’s 7pm – 8pm on

02/08/2022

NEW RADIO SHOW 🤩

We are SO excited to share that Dr Diane Cooper will present her new Health and Fitness show this Friday 5th August at 7pm on Midlands 103! 🥳

Tune in every Friday from 7pm-8pm to learn plenty of practical health and fitness tips that will suit people of all ages and fitness abilities!

You can listen live on Midlands 103 or listen back to the episode after the show.

Listen here: https://www.midlands103.com/player/

Stay tuned! 📻



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