LAUNCH OF MY NEW ON-LINE FITNESS MAGAZINE

Latest report from Joan Geraghty, author, 'Anyone can run'

SINCE I LAST WROTE, NOT ONLY HAVE I BECOME A DOUBLE-MARATHONER BUT I HAVE ALSO LAUNCHED MY NEW ON-LINE FITNESS MAGAZINE, ENTITLED fitnessjunkie.ie

My plan with fitnessjunkie.ie is simply to do what I do best - writing and fitness. Basically, I will be filling each monthly edition of the magazine with stories and news around fitness, health, wellbeing and positive living. Of course there will be plenty of stories about running included, but I also want to explore with the readers so many other fitness pursuits, such as weight-training, team sports, swimming, mountain climbing, yoga, martial arts, diets and nutrition, you name it. Anything that involves the body and looking after it and your health for the long-term, will be my focus.

So please check out www.fitnessjunkie.ie as soon as you get a chance. I'll have competitions too with top prizes every month plus expert advice from personal trainers and coaching professionals and just some nice quirky stories regarding the world of fitness.

You don't have to be a fitness junkie to get involved. Anyone with even a passing interest in healthy lifestyle choices should find something here. There will also be some nice chatty interviews with people about their lifestyle and how they might improve it. In the December issue of fitnessjunkie.ie for example, there's a profile of Dave O'Connell, Editor of the Connaught Tribune, in regard to his healthy (or not) lifestyle! It's all just a bit of fun and I want you to enjoy reading the articles as well as take some inspiration from them.

The November launch issue includes articles on Brian O'Driscoll versus George Hook, the Evolutionary Fitness Diet tried and tested, why men are getting too fat, how gyms are taking off in China, why super-hero Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a fitness hero and some celebrity diet and fitness tips.

I am also offering readers the chance to buy a personalised fitness horoscope, for just €30. This is something I've done a lot of research on and basically, it's a report on how your Star Sign influences the person you are or can be, in relation to fitness and sporting prowess. These reports are amazingly accurate and I have drawn up one for every Star Sign in the zodiac.

Here is a sample for a Gemini personality:

PHYSICAL TRAITS
GEMINI people are often slender, wiry people with lots of nervous energy! So exercise is key to expend all of this surplus energy and those racing thoughts that take up so much space in your mind. Fitness pursuits therefore really benefit you Gemini, helping to ground your thoughts and create distance from general life and work preoccupations.
You may suffer with respiratory and nervous system ailments Gemini so to avoid these, you should work on building up internal power in the lungs and nervous system. Resistance training that focuses on core muscles, the abdomen and chest, will all benefit you Gemini in this regard. Often your best physical parts are your hands up to your shoulders, so the upper body should be a real focus in your work-outs. Start pumping those pulley weights up and down at the gym and you’ll see your top half sculpting beautifully.
Your ruling planet, Mercury, God of Communication, which stirs up your natural curiosity, also rules your top body Gemini, which is why you should make sure to do good, lively exercise that makes you breathe deeply into those lungs and that gets your diaphragm working strong and hard. Fortunately Gemini, you love games and having to exert yourself to succeed, so athletics of all kinds could do it for you. Because you like interacting and communicating, expressing yourself won’t be a problem on the football pitch or hockey field either!

OK. I'll leave it at that for now. Please log on to fitnessjunkie.ie when you get the chance and let me know what you think of it.

all the best

Joan