and then there were three...

Hi guys, how are you? Good I hope! My name is Ben, and I am an advocate of healthy living. okay, so a little about me....When I began my health and fitness journey 25 years ago, I just wanted to be the best I could physically. I was training in TaeKwonDo at this time in my life and I was 14 years old. I trained long and I trained hard. I became better and better at this Martial Art and through continual -and what may have seemed fanatical persistence-  I could hold my own against the 'big boys'.  During this time my knowledge of fitness increased, my training methods diversified and progressed, and what was once a rudimentary knowledge of fitness was now becoming quite thorough. 

Anyway, history aside, I came to realise over time that what we put into our bodies plays just as big -if not a bigger- part in allowing us to achieve our fitness goals. I realised that we need to eat the correct nutrients to fuel our body so it works optimally. 

After a long time i realised that health is not due to one particular thing that we do. It is not a result of how we work out, or what we eat, it is a combination of things. Our overall health depends on the state of our mind also. We need to be mentally healthy also. The triangle of health that we all need to achieve is made up of many things, but essentially it is constructed of three things. Physical health, mental health and spiritual health. Health , and our overall wellness, can be viewed as a triangle with each of these facets of health at a corner. Mind-Body-Spirit.

This blog will be about the connection of these three things, both individually and how each affects the other. It will also be about all things related to any of these areas of health. This will range from juicing to Ayurveda, from yoga to training methods. Nothing is out of bounds. 
These days I train regularly, i practice yoga and meditation. I am a qualified personal trainer, an instructor in TaeKwonDo and a massage therapist. I am currently studying health science at uni. 
I am now 39, and I feel that my knowledge of health is broadening daily, I work with my physical strengths and not against them. Life is a learning curve, and if we are open to the lessons that are given to us, we will learn until the day we die. We create that choice. Leave your ego at the door and move forward with renewed confidence. 

Yours in Health,

Ben.