women j-lou ladies kickboxing fitness 

Now xmas is out of the way its time to start with our make ourselves feel better plan..

Today i am asking you to write down 3 areas of yourself what you think are your best assets, it doesnt have to be anything to do with your shape or figure, beauty is inside ..

If you have a bubbly personality, feel you have elegance, can sing, dance, ride anything along this line, its this way we can get ourselves feeling in better shape..

For me i started kickboxing around 4 years ago, i went along to help out a friend who didnt have the confidence to go by herself, so i went along expecting nothing, but because there was two of us together it made the class fun.. I was also in a violent relationship years back and wanted to be able to defend myself better.

You dont have to do anything like kickboxing if its not something you dont fancy, but i can tell you its great fun and gets you feeling so fit its untrue, i was 2 away from my black belt and trained 3 nights a week, but because i got so high up the grades they wanted to put me at a sports village in front of hundreds of people and fight in a tournament, i didnt join to do competitions i just wanted to get fit and stay in shape, not be put on parade.. but i still practise my stetches and can do the kicks and moves just as well as i did then, once you learn its like riding a bike it stays with you. 

Many of the celebs have been turning to this, Chrsitina, Pink, Beyonce, Jlo but Nell Mc’andrew is one who inspires me, she is so fit and has done alot of good stuff to get ladies aware of the sport, once you learn its also great for confidence and self defence too.. lol

A couple of years ago i went to a club with a girlfriend of mine and didnt realise she had gone home with a guy leaving me in there on my own, i spent over an hour walking round looking for her before i got the text message to say she was home and safe, i didnt feel quite as good, i was stuck in a club i didnt want to be in and being groped by just about every bloke i walked past.. at the finish the bouncers called me a taxi and i waited just inside the door for it to come, after five mins or so this guy started to really harrass me and kept trying to pull me out of the club doors, he was very drunk but also very strong and my instincts just kicked in, i saw my taxi pull up and he was pulling me back badly so the  next thing i realised was the guy was on the floor out cold ! lol i had hit him once as i was so scared , i am tiny, but it was then i realised that it wasnt just my fitness kickboxing was helping..

Today i also horseride, i started about 5 months ago as i took my daughter but sat there week after week wanting to get on that horse , so eventually i joined up and have never loved anything as much, its a sense of freedom to feel the horse run and feel that wind in your hair, im also jumping and want to learn to showjump, i didnt know how much this pulls in your bum, but soon foun out for weeks as i was walking like john wayne until my butt got stronger..

Theres something for every lady, swimming squash, pilates, yoga, but i would suggest you ask a friend to come with you to start so you both push each other to go each week, if you feel that you are letting someone down, you are more likely to keep going..

Tomorrow i will go through some gentle excercises you can do in the comfort of your own home, so you can help yourself feel a little more better, peeling potatoes, even working on a computer ..where theres a will theres a way to excercise..

Love Jo xxx