Monumental 365.
Been a while since I wrote anything here. I’ve just reread my entry from last December after the first day of working with Tristan Eaglen Coaching (TEC) on my strength and fitness. Looking back a year to the day, my depression was all consuming. My meds had been changed for the 6th time in 9 months, and now consisted of a cocktail of two powerful anti depressants. Through sheer bloody mindedness of having such a crap experience of mental health services, a few arms were twisted to persuade them to back a trial 12 week programme of strength training, devised and delivered by TEC. That meant undergoing a lot of baseline measures, which I won’t bore you with, but suffice to say my mood level match my fitness levels and strength levels, which all bore the resemblance of a slug. Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, we’ve only missed one session in twelve months, having chosen to continue to pay for myself, as I could see and feel the benefits of strength training so quickly.