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Sticking To Your Goals

I was feeling incredibly excited and energetic at the start of the year. I’d set my fitness and nutrition goals for 2016, chief among them being my target of exercising five times a week. I was ready to hit the ground running from the beginning of January and make 2016 my healthiest year on the planet to date! It all started so well on New Years Day with a tough trek through forest, farmland and mucky trails in the hills outside Florianopolis. Nothing better to shake off the lethargy and mild hangover on the first day of the year.

13 Races in 2015

Happy new year everyone! For my first article of the New Year I’m chatting with a friend of mine, Glenn Redding. Glenn set himself a serious fitness challenge for 2015 and I hope that reading his story here can inspire others to challenge themselves in 2016. I met Glenn on an overnight bus in India a few years ago. We went on to star in a Bollywood movie together on that same trip (seriously) and as Glenn said when I was chatting to him recently “I’m still kind of a big deal in Bollywood, Brian”. Glenn hasn’t let this superstardom go to his head though and in this article he answers my questions on the fitness challenge he set for himself last year. What challenge can you set yourself for 2016?

Healthy New Year Resolutions

Happy New Year to all my followers! I hope you've all had a productive year and have achieved the goals that you set for yourselves throughout 2015 and are enjoying the time off with family and friends.

Exercise and Nutrition, Health Accountability, New Year ResolutionBrian30 December 2015health, fitness goals, nutrition goalsComment

Merry Christmas from Brazil

Hello from Florianopolis everyone! A very short post this week to wish all my family, friends and followers a very Happy Christmas. We flew to Florianopolis on Thursday after an amazing 6 weeks in Rio de Janeiro. I’ve been to Brazil for New Years a few times before and that’s a really big deal but this will be my first time to celebrate Christmas in this part of the world.

Healthy in Brazil, Parental LeaveBrian23 December 2015Brazil, ChristmasComment

New Year New Me

As the year draws to a close, once the merriment and revelry has died down, our thoughts and attention will turn to New Year resolutions. How many of us will have a health and fitness related resolution this time? How many of us will stick to it? I'm a big believer in making your exercises goals public and holding yourself accountable to them. It’s worked for me in the past and it has too for other guest posters on Office Worker Health. This week my colleague Mark Hillen is going public with his exercise goals for the New Year. Can you do the same?

New Year Resolution, Health AccountabilityBrian16 December 2015health, wellbeing, fitness goals, work life balanceComment

Rio de Janeiro Life

It’s been four weeks since we arrived in Rio de Janeiro at the commencement of my parental leave. Upon our arrival I committed to staying as fit as possible while here and not falling into the same unhealthy traps as I had on previous visits to Brazil. So how has it been going? Well not too bad actually. Take a look at these before and after photos for starters:

Confidence is Catching

We’re talking about confidence this week on Office Worker Health. How important is confidence when you’re delivering a message or asking a question? Can your confidence impact on how your communication is received by others? Senior Management Consultant Keelin McNamara shares her thoughts in this week’s article on the role confidence plays in her life, both in and out of the office.

Confidence, CommunicationBrian2 December 2015office habits, Office confidence Comments

Christmas Party Survival Guide

Is it just me or is the real tell-tale sign that we are out of recession the fact that Christmas parties are filling up the diary over the next month just like they used to during the boom? Great news for the economy and the country in general but not such good news for your liver or your belly. Christmas Day and the days surrounding it are often a write off for many of us with food, drinks and extreme laziness top of the agenda for the majority. Not a whole lot wrong with that, it’s Christmas after all. What if we took our foot off the gas just a little in the lead up to it though? Wouldn't that be a big help?

Workplace Wellness, Office Party, Christmas PartyBrian25 November 2015office exercise plan, office partyComment

Enjoying Exercise Again

We first heard from Rob Battigan on Office Worker Health back in August regarding the exercise challenges he was facing at that time. In this weeks blog Rob gives us an update on his progress since he went public with his exercise goals!

Office Fitness, Office HealthBrian18 November 2015find exercise time, exercise planning, office exercise planComment

Going Loco Down in Copacabana

Office Worker Health has gone international. I have taken a four month leave of absence from my employer in Ireland (parental leave) to spend some quality time with my daughter and partner and visit her family in Brazil! We flew out last Tuesday and have made Rio De Janeiro our home for the next six weeks. After that we’ll head down south to Florianopolis to see the in-laws in time for Christmas and New Year.