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Автор:	Dai Manuel
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Dai Manuel’s Whole Life Fitness Manifesto

financial health in your golden years, but the more financially fit you are now, the more golden those years will be.

Speaking from personal experience, it wasn’t until I commit-ted to a “forced savings” model that I started amassing funds. I set up a savings account with automatic monthly transfers, and in 12 years, I was amazed at how much I had put aside.

Of course, I believe that consulting with a financial plan-ner is the best way to go, as I’m a big believer in working with industry experts for assistance in improving the areas of my life where I know I need help. It’s beyond my area of expertise, or the scope of this book, to offer anyone financial advice. But, as a personal lifestyle coach, I do ask my clients how they think of their future. That’s because you want to increase your ability to live a life full of yes opportunities. (By the way, if you are looking for some great resources to help you with your financial fitness, check out the recommended reading list on my blog.)

Fun

Each strong wall contributes to the fun we experience! That’s why fun is the roof in the “house” of the five Fs. Ensuring your family, faith, finances and fitness involve fun is key to enjoy-ing your life, and moving through life with a fun-loving atti-tude is only possible when all of the other elements are strong and healthy.

Fun can be a great motivator to move your body, too. For example, in Stockholm, Sweden, a public staircase was modified to look and sound like a piano. People “played” the “notes” as they climbed or descended the staircase. In this experiment, more than 60 per cent of participants chose to climb the piano rather than take the escalator, just for the fun of it! And in Moscow, during the Sochi Winter Olympics, commuters were given free rides on the subway if they performed 30 squats. So cool.

No matter what your personal priorities or goals, the five Fs are integral to a richer, happier life. Like the walls of a house, the integrity of the whole structure is compro-mised if any one of the five Fs is weak.

Dan Buettner

Do you want to know the secrets to a long life? It starts with some simple practices, according to research by bestselling author Dan Buettner. In The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, Buettner chronicles his travels to “blue zones” around the world, where there are higher numbers of people who lived to be 100 years old. He found that, generally, people living in blue zones:

Incorporated more physical movement into their daily lives than in other regions of the world

Had a sense of purpose

Practised stress reduction techniques

Didn’t eat beyond feeling 80% full

Opted for largely plant-based diets i.e. less meat

Drank little alcohol

Attended faith-based services

Lived close to their families

Belonged to groups that supported healthy behaviours, such as a running/hiking group, book club, Boy and Girl Scouts, etc.

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whole life fitness

Taking care of the five Fs is about getting more out of your whole life. With a solid platform of underlying health, the body becomes an instrument through which you can achieve everything else. Creating a fitness regime that is focused on daily mainte-nance instead of vanity-based short-term goals will enable you to have the best pos-sible quality of life as you age, and that changes how you approach everything. This is what I mean by holistic fitness. The mind, body and spirit make up a powerful team. Allow them to support each other, and they will take you far.

It’s Up To You!

Most importantly, the Whole Life Fitness Manifesto is about the choices you make, rather than outside forces. As a trainer, I often see habitual externalizing, that is, cli-ents putting the blame on people or situations other than themselves. I hear things like, “I got a flat tire today, so I couldn’t show up for my training session with you. Guess I’m not going to be able to work out today.” That person encountered an

I stumbled onto Dai Manuel’s blog from deep in my couch and got the chance to be a mem-ber of the Whole Life Fitness Manifesto community. Some-times it’s hard to find the motivation to do anything, but Dai pushes, cajoles, and encour-ages you to take a step, then another, and another. It’s never more than you can handle, but he reminds you that there is always room for improve-ment.” —Catherine

Unlike other programs that focus on drastic changes in a short amount of time, the Whole Life Fit-ness Power 30 provides prac-tical and realistic strategies to increase your health, hap-piness, and gratitude, and they all flow into other aspects of my daily life. When you feel happier, stronger, and more energetic, and when you are mindful of how you nourish your body, you natu-rally gain a new sense of self-worth, a desire to try new things, and a commitment to make positive changes in all aspects of your life. You spread joy and happiness because it feels good...you feel good. And if you have a hard day, you don’t feel like you failed, because there are so many ways to be successful in this program.” —Amanda

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