Getting motivated for exercise is hard work after New Year's celebrations, therefore it's important to acknowledge and respect your emotional self at this time. In order to improve your fitness daily exercise is essential. If 9 minutes is too difficult to...

Body awareness as a concept is subjective; it could mean ones physical appearance or perhaps ones emotional evaluation of their body. Here at Square Box Fitness we are asking you to be aware of your body moving through exercise and challenging your proprioception....

I appreciate New Year’s fitness resolutions hold the potential for great expectations; however, your fitness success is more likely if you decide to start an exercise program this year – before you feel ready. We learn so much about ourselves by doing exercise and...

It is amazing the power of a band aid in helping children improve their mental capacity for recovery. While adults have no doubt of a child’s ability to recover from say; a scraped, skinned knee in time. The child’s perception is different; the injury is painful,...

My most asked question is “What is the best exercise for improving fitness.” The answer isn’t always well received because the best exercise is the one you do on repeat.  Take for example walking; it is often hailed as optimal exercise and it is, providing it is...

Plantar fasciitis (PF) is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes. PF can develop without an obvious cause, however the following...

Hearing your voice for exercise doesn't mean hearing your metaphorical voice. It means hearing your actual voice. Our speaking voice didn't evolve as part of our vocal cords. Our brain developed speech as we began to articulate our conscientious experience of being...

Surrounding yourself with people who will enthusiastically support and join you in exercise, will generate energy for fitness with exhilaration! Here are 3 powerful reasons to have friends in fitness: Motivation: The “fun factor” …..let’s face it, getting up early for...

There we will be times when “it” doesn’t seem fair. Perhaps we become overburdened with family and career demands, suffer unexpected illness or simply are exhausted with the present uncertainly. It is in these times I’m reminded of Reinhold Niebuhr, a theologian, who...

Being continuously too busy for exercise prevents us from doing the one thing [exercise] that will ultimately help us do twice as much with more energy. Exercising is like oiling a car engine, it doesn’t fuel the car – it makes it run smoothly. A "Catch-22" is a term...

Self-talk is our most powerful voice. It will empower or defeat us. Therefore it is essential to be careful what we say to ourselves because our self is listening… This week I found myself questioning my sanity.  I heard voices I couldn't recognise, and I believed my...

It’s natural to fear the unknown; uncertainty prevents many from making the big decision to commit to an exercise program. Knowing what steps to take makes commitment easy and effective. Uncertainty with the “how-to” of exercise may turn to fear, leading to avoiding...