13/06/2026
Kia ora, tatou katoa, FitforYou Whānau, with us on the edge of Winter, I hope you have some planned structured workout strategies in place for the colder months ahead. Clearly gyms are comprehensively great, offering a wide range of possiblities from cardio to plyometrics, through calisthenics, stretching into weight-based resistance training, but there are many other options for most of these outside the gym, too.
If the weather is kind, nothing beats a walk or a jog with friends at a speed where you can happily talk together or a great bike ride with mates for a cardio fix and seeing the lay of the land at the same time. If you have an E-bike, use it wisely, in ways which meet your individual needs and whatever kind of bike you are on, go carefully, wear that safety gear and BE SAFE. I always have fun interacting with furniture or props out in the natural environment as well, like the post below of the guy doing his push-ups under an overpass. Look for those fun spots which offer potential. You dont need to be a Parkour or Traceur specialist :)
For me, I am teaching 6 classes of Taijiquan a week and training for myself on top of that: Solo Form, weapons practice, partner practice, ball training, meditation. I am also working out in the gym using a range of calisthenics and weight-based routines which align with my Taijiquan philosophy. With the ocean temp now dropping significantly, my 4/3 wettie keeps me toasty for a couple of hours of hard-out bodysurfing and I mountain-bike on top of that, increasingly, now we have the fuel shortage.
As an adjunct to the above, my Myofascial Release Therapy Massage helps to keep me limber and fit too - remember, every physical endeavour is an opportunity for a workout, no matter how small - be aware of those little increments and keep stacking them up, one by one :)
Ngā mihi nui
