Anthony Gillespie

  If you have been living under a rock or don’t read my stuff 🙂 you probably won’t know that we had our inaugural push ups for charity event on Saturday. It was awesome! You know what it’s like when you try and organise a party or something and you have a nagging feeling that no one will show. Hence I have been a little edgy. You know the kind of thoughts I mean. Here I was trying to organise something promoting two no brainers – raising awareness of the importance of  exercise and donating to charity. If I couldn’t pull a crowd with those two trump cards what did it say about my crowd pulling ability??? There is definitely a psych thesis somewhere in that! But as it turned out we had a great roll up of clients, friends and family (over 35 peeps in the end, thank you so much for being there!), beautiful weather, a fantastic amount of pushups performed by 27 people and a whole bunch of generous people donating online. Congratulations to Martina for pushing out the biggest female number of 56 and for Jonathon doing an incredible 120! If you were kind enough to sponsor somebody on the day make sure you ask them about their number and multiply whatever you agreed upon – .50c, $1, $2 or $10 per push up. You can fulfil that right here, right now! You can use it if you just haven’t got round to donating. Your support is very much appreciated. Here is a link to some […]

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I am in the middle of reading a very interesting book on ‘choking’. It is aptly named ‘Choke’. It is written by an American psychologist, Sian Beilock. It is a topic I have a strong interest in since I did plenty of it when I played tennis! It is a subject that almost everyone can relate to as there are times when you felt that you didn’t do the job as well as you know you were capable of which can be very frustrating. It might be the presentation you had to do as part of your job or your weekend golf game or singing in front of friends or showing a group how well you can play the piano. We are all asked to perform in some way everyday and how we deal with those demands  is how we are judged and sometimes a bad performance can have far reaching consequences or maybe we just think they will, which is just as bad. If you dwell on the ‘what if’  too much you can become worried, getting you to think too much about ‘stuff’ that isn’t going to help you do what you have to do, which can of course adversely affect performance. The book talks about what happens mentally when we are feeling pressure and how it affects our movement and ability to think.  If you are doing something that you have learnt well and have done many times, thinking too much about the mechanics can really limit your performance. For example, a free throw in basketball is […]

I came across this article during my readings the other day…. whilst keeping track of your calories is important, it demonstrates the importance of nutritional value. Enjoy!! Apple Vs Doughnut Before you read the below I am glad to say that Krispy Kreme as a franchise struggled in Australia and I am hoping it is because we are starting to realise that we don’t want to try and beat America in everything. Sugar deep fried in fat is not a great daily food choice. All things in moderation of course but ‘eating donuts (sic) and Cwaffeee’ everyday does not a healthy person make! By Paul Taylor The apple, contains water (about 80%), carbohydrate (15%, mainly fructose with some dietary fibre) and a small amount of protein (5% or less) releasing the nutrients contained in the apple. The body uses up energy and nutrients to complete the digestion process, but it is rewarded with an abundance of nutrients from the apple. Firstly, there are amino acids from the protein, which are sent to a pool from which individual cells can access in order to repair themselves and communicate with other cells. Next, we have energy released from the carbohydrate, which goes to fuel our muscles, nervous system and brain. Because most of the sugar is fructose, it is stored in the liver until it is needed, helping blood sugar to remain relatively steady. The humble apple also contains an abundance of nutrients for the body. Just under the skin lies half of the Vitamin C content of the apple. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, Vitamin […]