Rebounding for health!

One of the best decisions I ever made was to get my bellicon rebounder. I previously had another rebounder but it was one of the cheap ones from kmart or target. Every time I used my old one my joints and knees would hurt so I wasn't really using it that much.

When I went to the UK last year to finish my Juice Therapist qualification I tried the bellicon and was blown away. The bungees are simply amazing and there is no impact at all. I can do high jumps for longer periods of time and feel wonderful!

The reason why I love to rebound is that in 2 minutes you clean your whole lymphatic system! How cool is that? Honestly I am not sure if any other forms of exercise have the same impact. And they are so much fun! Gosh as children we loved jumping on our beds and we sometimes couldn't stop (well when mum wasn't around otherwise we would get in trouble).

I also have the feeling that through the jumping the body gets a gentle massage and it has a strengthening effect. Most days when I rebound I do shorter workouts around 10 minutes or so. I love short and effective workouts!

Here is the link to one of my absolute favourites; a running workout on the rebounder

And if you are looking for more of a strength/arm workout here is another brilliant one. Be warned though it can be quite a challenge at first but is amazing for the short time it takes!

Here is a picture of this morning's smoothie which was made by blending up organic watermelon, walnuts, apricot kernels, beetroot, raw cacao, spirulina and raw yacon syrup! I felt very energised afterwards!

What are your favourite rebounder workouts?
Please feel free to share your favourite rebounder workouts below!

Fish and Turmeric Soup - Thermomix Recipe

A couple of months ago we discovered on where we could buy fresh turmeric here in Perth (Farmer Jacks in Girrawheen) and since then we have been adding it more and more to our food. In my personal opinion for flavour, taste and of course from a health perspective nothing compares to fresh ingredients.

I also love my turmeric because it is a great anti-inflammatory food and I first started using more turmeric after Manuel and I did our first marathon at the City to Surf in 2011. I am not sure if it came down to the turmeric tea I made for a full week daily after the marathon to help my body recover or all the other health supporting foods that I enjoy, but I was able to fully recover within 3 days! I still remember it like it was yesterday, I was so proud of my body for coping so well after having covered 42.2km!

So last weekend I felt like some fresh turmeric soup, but what to add? I had a look in the freezer and found some frozen fish and oh the combination turned out just perfect!

Ingredients:

• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 finger of turmeric
• 1 onion
• 40g coconut oil
• 1 tomato
• one handful of celery leaves
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• approximately 800g fish
• 80g millet
• 3 tablespoons of homemade vegetable stock
• 600g water

Instructions:

1. First chop the garlic and turmeric on speed 7 for 3 seconds.
2. Next add the onion and chop on speed 5 for 3 seconds.
3. Once you have added the coconut oil into the Thermomix bowl saute the lot for 3 minutes on speed 1 at 100 degrees.
4. Add the tomato, celery leaves and thyme and chop on speed 5 for 5 seconds. Scape down the sides of the bowl.
5. Insert the butterfly and add the fish, millet, vegetable stock and water into the bowl and cook for 30 minutes on reverse speed soft on 100 degrees.

We enjoyed our soup with some homemade bread rolls that I made using ground wheat, so completely wholemeal. If you love your seafood then this soup is definitely for you!

Do you have any favourite recipes using fresh turmeric?