My Movement Medicine Turns 3: A Quick Look Back (and What’s Next)

This month marks three years of My Movement Medicine.

No big speech needed — but it does feel like a good moment to reflect on what’s been built, what’s worked, and what we’re focusing on next.

At its core, My Movement Medicine exists to make heart-healthy exercise feel safe, clear, and doable — especially for people who’ve had a cardiac event or for those who are at risk. Three years on, that aim hasn’t changed. The delivery has just become more refined, more consistent, and more community-led.

What we’re celebrating

1) People showing up — especially when it’s not easy

For many people, exercise after a cardiac event isn’t a motivation issue. It’s a confidence issue.

Starting again can feel intimidating. So one of the biggest wins over the last three years has been helping people get from:

• “I’m not sure what’s safe”

  
  

  to

• “I know what I can do, and I can build from here.”

That shift matters.

2) A practical approach that avoids extremes

The focus is repeatable basics:

• warm up, cool down

• Intensity feedback + sensible pacing (talk test + Borg RPE + full session heart rate monitoring)

• progressive strength and aerobic work

• options for different levels

• consistency over intensity

3) A community model that supports long-term habits

A lot of people can follow a plan for a few weeks. The harder part is building a routine that survives:

• travel

• work stress

• illness

• low mood

• winter

• “life stuff”

What’s next

Over the coming year, the focus is on improving access and consistency, not reinventing anything.

Priorities include:

• continuing to strengthen the structure of sessions (safe progressions, clear options, good pacing)

• expanding opportunities for people to stay active between sessions (simple home routines, habit support)

• improving referral pathways so people can find support earlier and more easily

• maintaining a high-quality hybrid option (in person + online) so people aren’t forced to choose

• The long awaited return of our 1-to-1 focussed & personalised sessions

• Last but by no means least - adding more sessions to the weekly programme!

A low-effort “birthday challenge”

If you want something simple to mark the week:

3 days / 10 minutes / keep it easy-moderate

• Day 1: walk

• Day 2: light strength

• Day 3: mobility + breathing

Just a small streak to keep that motivation rolling.

Have a lovely valentines day weekend!

This health guide was written by Jamie Pickett, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Health Facilitator, & Founder of My Movement Medicine.

Buy me a coffee