There’s no better medicine than exercise!!

The one thing in life we all experience is the death of a loved one, and I’m no exception. July in particular is an emotional time for me, it’s the month in which both my beloved nan & grandad passed away. Now you may be thinking what the heck has this got to do with being fuelled by fun 🤔 well I will tell you .... 

What being active with friends has taught me about life and about death is that there is no better grief counsellor or therapy session that you could ever attend anywhere in the world that is a fact!

I looked after my nan for 5yrs before she passed away, she was my world and my inspiration, she always used to look forward to a Sunday evening and our mini show and tell sessions after either my running, cycling or swimming exploits, she loved looking at the selfies with my friends beaming with pride and there would always be the compulsory marks out of 10 for the medal and T-shirt, she loved the fact that I was fit having fun and most of all happy 😁 So when she passed away I was lost, I become withdrawn, anxious and began suffering from panic attacks, now I know everyone deals with grief in different ways but my way of coping was by exercising and by doing it with friends, the endorphins from the activity coupled with the love, friendship, support and just general chit chat from like minded folk was better than any tablet that any doctor could have ever have prescribed. 

So in a nutshell me keeping active and doing it with friends got me through some of my darkest of days, therefore proving that the benefits of exercise are in fact not just good for your physical fitness but also for your mental health .. FACT 😁 

Nic K