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Team building in the beautiful Swedish archipelago

Team building in the beautiful Swedish archipelago together with #teamzinzino.

Happy to hear about the development of new blood test.

From now on, I can help people check their levels of the sunshine hormone Vitamin D :-).

Happy Healthy Thursday 21.10.2021. And it’s a ne

Happy Healthy Thursday 21.10.2021. And it’s a new week and it is time to get back to old #routines.

Last Friday was emotional as we said officially goodbye to my father. But if anything, my father would have liked me to push forward and move on in life.   Today, I want to discuss #consistency.

I realised this morning that it is three years ago, since I started showing up with my kettlebell on social media. Since then, I have shown up once per week with a #Thursday-post. It is a promise to myself. Some believe this is way too little for this kind of marketing to pay off. And they may be right but I feel that once per week is sustainable for me.

And this is what I believe in. I believe that small bursts of work done consistently over time gives compounding interest, whether it be our health, wealth or the successes of our businesses.

And speaking of kettlebells, this morning I was exercising together with a good friend of mine over ZOOM. She with her 16-kg kettlebell in Switzerland and me with mine here in Sweden. It felt like we were in the same room hence being in different countries.

Lot’s of fun and maybe something for you to try out if you want to get started with kettlebell training.   Wishing you a beautiful Thursday!

#ilovemykettlebell
#deephealth

Happy Healthy Thursday 14.10.2021   Today, I wan

Happy Healthy Thursday 14.10.2021
 
Today, I want to celebrate my dear #father.
 
Tomorrow, as we say officially goodbye, I have so much to feel thankful for.
 
-Thank you for providing me, my brother, and my mother with a good life.
 
-Thank you for your support in my education, in sports, and in life in general.
 
-Thank you for being an #entrepreneurial role model.
 
-Thank you for being a playful #grandfather to my children.
 
-Thank you for your unconditional #love and for always supporting me in choosing my own life path.
 
Tack, kära pappa.
 
Vi ses i Nangilima!
 
#deephealth

Happy Healthy Thursday 7.10.2021. Let’s Play!
 
The tone in my previous posts has been serious.
 
Today, I want to play.
 
I also want to #celebrate the excellent #exercise tool - The Kettlebell.
 
This tool allows you to put a lot of your body’s muscles into play :-).
 
You can swing, push, pull, squat, lunge, and rotate with the #kettlebell.
 
As you do this, you will engage lots of muscles of your core, upper- and lower body. You will also experience a noticed increase in your heart rate and breathing.
 
You develop #strength and #endurance useful for #everydaylife.
 
If you allow yourself just to play today, maybe you end up feeling refreshed and energied afterwards...
 
Have you ever tried swinging a kettlebell?
 
Wishing you beautiful #Thursday & Enjoy #Life!
 
#ilovemykettlebell
#deephealth

#love #motherhood #kanelbullar

#love
#motherhood
#kanelbullar

Happy Healthy Thursday 30.9.2021. How is your heal

Happy Healthy Thursday 30.9.2021. How is your health?

I believe we are ready to leave the areas of bodyweight and self-optimisation and move into something more important.

How are you doing #health wise?

-How’ your immune system? How often do you have infections?

-How’s your sleep?

-How’s your hormonal cycle?

-How’s your skin, hair, and nails?

I am fascinated and humbled by the complexity of the human body. Experiencing the loss of someone dear due to severe disease has humbled me even more.  
I am a health coach.

How could I possibly help you?

I believe my role is simply to ask you questions and then listen carefully to pick up where you might struggle. I am not a strong believer of pre-written programs and courses when it comes helping someone find their optimal health. We have different bodies and minds and we are on different life paths.

I might be wrong, and that is what I am keen to find out.  Starting next week, I am offering FREE ‘Let’s talk about health’ calls.

Spots are available on Tuesday afternoons at 14.00; 14.30; 15.00; and 15.30.

Enjoy your day & See you next week!
#deephealth

Happy Healthy Thursday 23.9.2021. The inner voice

Happy Healthy Thursday 23.9.2021. The inner voice - what is it telling you?
 This week, I want to continue the discussion about our urge for #selfimprovement.
 I want to talk about the INNER CRITIC and the VOICE that constantly bombards us with harsh reprimands, as this is a common theme in discussions with clients.
 My colleagues @ReThinkPerformance made me aware that some of us are wired to be even harder on ourselves. It is a personality trait and my guess is that many self-help books are written by just these sorts of personalities.
 Here are some examples of my own inner dialogue. I have realized that the VOICE is very harsh and demanding early in the morning. Reflecting on this, it feels like the VOICE has no trust in me getting things done during that day.
 I have also realized that the VOICE is disappointed with me late in the evenings. “Again, you didn't take time to engage in conversations and plays with your children because you were so busy acquiring new knowledge on how to optimize yourself and your business."
 These are common and more or less daily themes of my inner dialouge. As I go to bed, I think to myself. “Tomorrow, I will do better.”
 And the next day, it starts all over again. I fall back to my old #routines.
 One suggested remedy to quiet the harsh inner critic is simply to acknowledge that feeling #anxious is part of being a human.
 When we acknowledge our harsh inner VOICE we might be able to neutralize it and even laugh at it. “Aha, you again. Yeah, I know you want me to get things done, you already told me to yesterday. You know, you can relax, I will get to it.”
 #change
#changeishard
#deephealth

Happy Healthy Thursday 16.9.2021. Why are we never

Happy Healthy Thursday 16.9.2021. Why are we never satisfied?

Why are we constantly seeking to improve and optimize ourselves?

What are the deeper motivations behind this?

This week, I want to continue the discussion we started last Thursday about why so many of us are obsessed with our bodyweight and how our body looks.

Yesterday, I listened to another great podcast where the #habit scientist BJ Fogg was interviewed about our generation’s urge for #self-improvement. He suggests that our urge to improve and optimize ourselves really boils down to basic hard-wired biological and evolutionary human traits.

Things like:

*we want to feel better about ourselves

*we want to look good in the eyes of others and for them to admire us more

*we want to feel secure

Yes, it make sense that it is based in our basic human needs, and yes it makes sense that I could change my behaviour by changing my inner dialoge to say “I am safe”. Still, I find I need some time to pounder on this. I find #change difficult. Changing ones automatic behaviour of wanting to self-optimise requires a change of thought and a change of ones daily schedule.

Again, easier said than done.

#deephealth

#lunchbreak #lifeisgood #davosersee

#lunchbreak
#lifeisgood
#davosersee

Happy Healthy Thursday 9.9.2021. Let’s talk abou

Happy Healthy Thursday 9.9.2021. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room.
 Last week, I spoke from my #heart, and I will continue to.
 This week, I want to start a discussion with you about #WEIGHT and why having a certain bodyweight is so important to some of us.
 I believe I have been giving this matter far too much of my #attention for far too long. However, I am not alone. Many women complain about their bodyweight and few are satisfied with how their #body looks.
 Have you ever thought about WHY you want to be a certain weight? The real deep WHY?
 As I pondered on this question, new ones arrived.

Is my bodyweight coupled to how #beautiful I feel? If then, according to me, or in the eyes of others?
 Is my bodyweight coupled to how well I can #control myself?

Am I a ‘good’ person with high standards and morals when I am showing up in the world slim and muscular?
 Is it really that simple, that by controlling my bodyweight, I am trying to show the world that I am a ‘good’ person?
 But will I ever be able to live life to its fullest potential when I am letting this project ‘perfect body’ eat up my attention and psychic energy year after year?
 What are your thoughts?
 If you find that this is a topic that you battle with and where you want to create more understanding for why you might feel this way, I highly recommend listening to the podcast series that I linked in the comments.
 Wishing you a beautiful Thursday!
 #selfcompassion
#deephealth

#footballtournament #davos #fun

#footballtournament
#davos
#fun

Happy Healthy Thursday 2.9.2021. What is happening

Happy Healthy Thursday 2.9.2021. What is happening?

No kettlebell today, but a talk from the #heart about #health and how its complexity puzzles me.

This week, I have been researching the concept of a ‘Metabolic Flush’. It is a program targeted to women who want to balance the hormonal changes that take place as we chronologically age and as we meet the challenges of mid-life.

As I look at the recipes that are suggested to achieve this 'Metabolic Flush', I realize that this is how I have eaten for years. Still, I am currently experiencing that my hormones are playing me a trick. I wasn’t expecting my monthly ‘thing’ this week but only in two weeks, and suddenly, here it is.

Something must be going on inside of me and it has probably not so much to do with what is on my plate.

This summer has been emotional. I have been dealing with the loss of someone dear and hence me saying that ‘Everything is all right, I am OK', my hidden and subconscious emotions have kept me awake at 4 am. I have probably been worried without realizing it and as a consequence, I have slept poorly.

I have tried to maintain and sustain healthy habits but still, I have sensed that my body has been dealing with #stress. I noticed a rapid weight gain around the belly and signs of aging with dry skin and greying of my hair.

This experience is a true sign to me of the complexity of health.

We shouldn’t oversimplify health because then we might end up feeling even angrier with ourselves because things are just not working. At the same time, we shouldn’t overcomplicate things either. We should seek to meet basic human needs. But sometimes that is easier said than done.

In the comments, I have attached a beautiful podcast episode where Dr. Peter Attia interviews Esther Perel about our deeper emotions and how they affect our relationships.

Wishing you all a beautiful Thursday

#hormonalhealth
#emotional health
#deephealth

Happy Healthy FRIDAY. We have reached Day 5 in thi

Happy Healthy FRIDAY. We have reached Day 5 in this 5-Day Kettlebell #Challenge.

After five days of swinging, pulling, pushing, and squatting the #kettlebell, my muscles feel sore. Today, I want to use the kettlebell as a #tool to stretch and create greater mobility.

Again, I am building an #exercise CIRCUIT of 4 MOVEMENTS. I will repeat each movement 6-12 times and the circuit 3-4 times.

Today’s #workout shouldn’t challenge the muscles too much but help to create greater blood flow and stretch the muscles.

KB-Circuit: HIGH-SWINGS, SLINGS, HIP-STRETCHES with Kettlebell, and RUSSIAN-TWISTS

Mission accomplished. DONE & HAPPY!

Wishing you a beautiful weekend!

*** Curious to learn more what you can do with a kettlebell? I have attached a link to my online course “Get Started With Kettlebell Training” in the comments below. ***

#day5
#5daykettlebellchallenge
#ilovemykettlebell
�#weightloss
#deephealth

Happy Healthy THURSDAY 26.8.2021. Day 4 in this 5-

Happy Healthy THURSDAY 26.8.2021. Day 4 in this 5-Day Kettlebell #Challenge.

Today, I will show you my favorite kettlebell #workout, “The 7-HUMAN MOVEMENTS”. 
Today’s CIRCUIT builds on 7 movements that we can do with our #human #body. We can hinge, press, pull, lunge, squat, rotate, and gait. This is one of the reasons I am so fond of kettlebells because this rather simple exercise #tool allows me to engage in all these different human movements.

Today, I will work with a heavier kettlebell and with a “5x5 PROTOCOL”. I will repeat each movement 5 times and the circuit 5 times.

DONE & HAPPY!

Wishing you a beautiful day and see you tomorrow!

(PS. If you feel a motivation to know more about what to do with a kettlebell, you can learn more in my online course “Get Started With Kettlebell Training”. I have attached a link to the course in the comments below. DS.)

#day4
#thesevenhumanmovements
#5daykettlebellchallenge
#ilovemykettlebell
�#weightloss
#deephealth

Happy Healthy WEDNESDAY. This is Day 3 in this 5-D

Happy Healthy WEDNESDAY. This is Day 3 in this 5-Day Kettlebell #Challenge.
 The previous days, the workouts have been targeting the upper body and the movements PUSH and PULL. Today, I want to give special focus to the #CORE and #HIP musculature.  
Again, I will build a CIRCUIT of 4 different MOVEMENTS.

Today’s KB-Circuit: Single-arm SWINGS, Romanian DEADLIFTS, Russian TWISTS, and Turkish GET-UPS

I will repeat each movement 6-20 times and the circuit 3-4 times. This will give me a workout of 10-15 minutes. DONE & HAPPY!

Wishing you a beautiful day and see you tomorrow!

#day3
#5daykettlebellchallenge
#ilovemykettlebell
�#weightloss
#deephealth

Happy Healthy TUESDAY. This is Day 2 in this 5-Day

Happy Healthy TUESDAY. This is Day 2 in this 5-Day Kettlebell #Challenge.
 Yesterday, my kettlebell circuit involved PRESS movements. Today, I want to focus on PULL movements with a focus on the upper body.  
Again, I will build a CIRCUIT of 4 different MOVEMENTS with my kettlebell. I will repeat each movement 8-12 times and the circuit 3-4 times. That will give me a workout of 10-15 minutes.

Today’s KB-Circuit: Single-arm SWINGS, Single-arm ROWS, SLINGS with distinct arm pulls, PUSH-UPS with kettlebell pulls

DONE & HAPPY!

#day2
#5daykettlebellchallenge
#ilovemykettlebell
�#weightloss
#deephealth

Happy Healthy MONDAY. In the last couple of weeks,

Happy Healthy MONDAY. In the last couple of weeks, I have had an urge to get back to old #routines.
 
Today, I am kicking off a 5-Day Kettlebell Challenge.
 
I am using social media as my #accountability partner to keep me motivated and diligent.
 
Maybe you also want to get back to healthy routines after the summer break? Feel free to join me!
 
Since this is the first day, I will start gently. I will build a CIRCUIT of 4 different MOVEMENTS with my kettlebell. I will repeat each movement 8-12 times and the circuit 3-4 times. That will give me a #workout of 10-15 minutes. DONE & HAPPY!
 
KB-Circuit: Single-Arm Swings, Presses, Russian Twists & Single-Arm Presses
 
#day1
#5daykettlebellchallenge
#ilovemykettlebell
�#weightloss
#deephealth

Good morning #Davos.

Good morning #Davos.

Happy Healthy Thursday 19.8.2021. How do you get s

Happy Healthy Thursday 19.8.2021. How do you get started and back to old (healthy) #habits?

This week, I am installing myself in my new house in #Davos. This may sound funny, but I have the feeling that everything I do around the house and in my new hometown is like doing it for the first time.

Yesterday, I was proud to finally get around to use the washing machine and then organise where to hang the laundry. Yes, it sounds silly but figuring out these basic household activities uses quite a bit of my #mental energy.

Today, I wanted to get started with #weight-training in my home gym. This was my approach to establish this old routine.

My first goal was just to ENTER the room. My second goal was to SET-UP the equipment so that I could move around in sort of a workout. My third goal was to use ONE tool. I choose my barbell and lifted that 5 times. I then rested and repeated the lifts 5 times up to a total of 25 lifts. I felt DONE and left the room after just 10 minutes.   What is your approach to getting started again?

#deephealth

My first race around the Davoser Lake. I have bee

My first race around the Davoser Lake.

I have been looking forward to this for a long time.

#racetime
#davosersee
#running

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