By 5:30am this morning I was out of the house, without brushing my teeth, big coat, walking boots and audiobook playing. My arms swinging as I raised my pulse, rotated and hydrated my pelvis and spine, while learning something new through my headphones.

Having discovered a ‘health app’ on my phone a few months ago I was horrified to discover it had measured the number of steps I was doing on average daily. Now before you start shouting at the screen I KNOW these apps aren't THAT accurate AND I often don't have my phone on me while I am taking steps BUT it did give me an impression and let me tell you it wasn't a good one.

I pretty much have my phone attached to my hand MOST of the time so I knew it would give me at least a representation of my daily activity.

10,000 is the suggested number for general health right? OK GUESS…..Go on! GUESS….Do you know how many I was doing daily??? C’mon….nope ….less…..closer……ALMOOOOOST!

1,200 Steps on a daily average!!!!

WHAAAAAT!?!?

Wow and this was the daily average of a human movement specialist who preaches ..”<i>we should all move more and teach our clients too…blah blah…” </i>

OMG, I was literally horrified! Not only at the lack steps but also the fact I hadn't realised just how few I was taking until I saw this health app. BUT do you know what it did for me? It proved something to me AND taught me something at the same time.

1). We are ALL at risk of not moving enough

2). THIS lack of awareness might be what happens to our clients

We potentially just don't realise, or even have time, to consider or acknowledge things like this. My job requires several hours a day in front of a computer and 35k miles sitting in a car annually and so while I KNEW this, I was <i>getting away with it </i>because I regularly do exercises that improve my movement but long term I know this isn't enough.

It is our job, as exercise professionals or movement specialists, to pass on ideas (and also measure) how we can improve the way our clients move AND also how much AND how often. It has to relate to the individuals lifestyle because I am quite sure a 5:30am morning walk just wont work for some people!

No one can get away with simply doing an hour or so of exercise a day then expect this to be enough to keep a good blood flow and our intrinsic tissues and structures healthy!

So one of my New Years Resolution’s started 3 weeks ago….walk for 30-60 minutes every day.  My average step count on my health app is now up to 8,000-9,000 a day and I FEEL so much better. Not only physically but also mentally it sets me up for the day AND I get an hour or so of education from my audio book every morning too! BONUS!

Now it takes some planning and I don't even have kids to feed and get to school BUT we must all find ways to do things like this for ourselves in our own circumstances AND also for our clients.

This needs to take a priority if we are to really have healthy pelvic and spine biomechanics, hydrated discs, joints and soft tissue.

So which New Years Resolution are you starting early??

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