On my way to my first ever handstand..

It’s that time of year again, a time for reflection and for looking forward. At the start of this year, my little blog went virtually unnoticed in a veritable sea of diet & health blogs. Twelve months on and how things have changed!

It all started in January when I turned 50, a pretty huge occasion in itself, then in May of this year I started some basic strength training. I remember clearly trying to do my first pull-up & failing miserably but I was determined not to give up and strength training has since become a firm feature of my life.

August was when my blog caught the attention of DietDoctor and my story was featured on his website both in English & Swedish. Not only that, but my blog is also currently featured on the DD blogs page, here. Without doubt that was a major turning point. It not only put my blog on the map but also the entire subject of inflammation, something which I am deeply passionate about.

As we moved towards the end of the year, I grew stronger & stronger and soon started to make great improvements with my training..

Some ab work..

Hanging out in the kids’ park aged 50!💪 pic.twitter.com/QBFwdmW0ra

— LIHF Living (@LIHF_Living) December 15, 2016

Some light skipping..

@tednaiman just for you dude! 😉
Skipped about 12x my entire life. I do 15mins 1/wk.
Strength trg makes this easy. I’m 50 👊 pic.twitter.com/Pw1RLWpoal

— LIHF Living (@LIHF_Living) December 15, 2016

And finally, culminating on Christmas Eve with this, my first ever unassisted handstand!

At the age of 50 & 3/4 my very first EVER unassisted handstand.. 👊😉👍 pic.twitter.com/A48uS7iqTe

— LIHF Living (@LIHF_Living) December 27, 2016

Looking Forward to 2017..

There are many personal goals that I still want to achieve, not necessarily all in 2017 but certainly at some point in the future, namely:

• walk up/ down a flight of stairs on my hands!
• A human flag (holding a vertical pole with body fully-stretched out horizontally at the same time)
• Muscle ups
• Keep blogging!
• Work towards getting the IIBoC fully up-and-running.

I’m sure others will crop up as time goes by but for now at least this will do nicely!

My one big wish is that my little blog serves as both a creditable resource & inspiration for others who wish to make the same changes to their lifestyles that I have. I hope that I have and will continue to prove that anyone can do this, no matter what age you are! I also hope that you will continue to follow, read & comment on my posts. I read all of them, good or bad, and I always try to provide feedback. It gives me the assurance that someone out there is actually reading my posts, as well as the inspiration to continue blogging..

I wish my readers all the best for 2017!