Your Neck – Know Your Body

You think you know your own body, right? But how many times have you said ‘…I don’t know why this hurts…’ or the very common, ‘…I must have slept funny on it…’ and the one that makes me chuckle a little, ‘…that workout is making my muscles hurt, I won’t do that again!’ This week we are taking a quick…

Decrease Your Risk Of Developing Dementia

Another advantage of being physically active your whole life and into your senior years, is that you are at less risk of developing dementia, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, and various cancers. Just reading that, why wouldn’t you want to move? Especially if you have a familial history of any of the above. Obviously, being more active is not a guarantee…

Get Your Kids Started With Healthy Activity

Get your kids started with healthy activity from a young age. They will likely continue being active their whole lives in one way or another. Better yet, join in with them and let their youthful energy give you a boost in your own activities. You’ll never be this young again, nor will your kids. How many times have you already…

Three Planes Of Movement

Last week I mentioned planes of movement and about making sure that you moved well in all of them. But what are planes of movement and how do you make sure that you are moving well in all of them? There are three planes of movement for the body. Coronal, Sagittal, and Transverse. Words which don’t really mean a lot…

Take Advantage Of Your Youth

Take advantage of your youth and get started with a program of strength training this week. And yes, you still have enough youth at any age to have a little fun with new experiences. Such as getting yourself into the gym or starting a new exercise regimen. But what if you don’t like gym environments? That’s ok. Not all strengthening…

You’re the Youngest You’ll Ever be, Right Now

A common theme spoken about at Astral Fitness is about how it is never too late to start improving your fitness or learning something new. Right this moment, you are the youngest you’ll ever be again. You won’t get back your youth. The ease of movement as a teenager or the quick bounce back and recovery of your twenties. That…

Online Digital Courses

April is nearly finished, the weather is getting nicer, and it might finally feel like the time for you to get your health and fitness in hand so that you can enjoy a pain free summer this year. Chloe has been working hard behind the scenes to bring you a new way of working with her with online digital courses…

Mastering Mobility

Exciting news here at Astral Fitness.! Chloe has created a brand-new way to work with her, should your geography or time interfere with your ability to schedule an appointment directly with her. Ever since the lockdowns a few years ago, there was a clear gap in the offerings at Astral Fitness and Chloe has been working hard on finding exactly…

Choose Just One Thing To Focus On

Choose Just One Thing to focus on when changing your health and fitness lifestyle, before adding too much to the mix. Eating healthily is probably the hardest of all the things we’ve looked at over the last month, simply because we live in a junk food culture these days. It has never been easier to think about eating a snack…

Being Faster At Your Chosen Sport

Being faster is a goal often sought after by runners, cyclists, and swimmers, those three activities being the golden trifecta of the triathlete. If being faster at your chosen sport is your Choose Just One Thing to improve health and fitness wise, then there are plenty of things you can do to improve your speed. Improve Your Speed The number…