Saturday, 15 Oct 2022
Guest Blog. Build your own gym.
Dear Reader My mission is to encourage everyone (except the small minority who need no…
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Saturday, 8 Oct 2022
Encouraging exercise Part 3
Enhancing exercise by prescription Telling people to take exercise “for their own good” is largely ineffective unless it is part…
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Saturday, 1 Oct 2022
Encouraging exercise Part 2
Last week I discussed the importance of starting young and also the role of the medical profession in promoting exercise.…
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Saturday, 24 Sep 2022
Encouraging exercise Part 1
Encouraging Exercise ‘If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise.’ Anon. Every study of exercise behaviour confirms that…
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Saturday, 17 Sep 2022
The costs of inactivity
‘If we had a drug in our therapeutic armamentarium that conferred all the benefits of regular exercise it would be…
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Saturday, 10 Sep 2022
Strength training
It is time that you had a rest from my weekly diatribe and got a new perspective. I am…
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Saturday, 3 Sep 2022
Exercise and Longevity Part 3
How important is physical fitness for longevity? The Copenhagen study of middle-aged men put figures to the expected years of…
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Saturday, 27 Aug 2022
Exercise and longevity Part 2
Last week I talked about the connection between exercise “volume” and length of life. A bit more on this: What…
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Saturday, 20 Aug 2022
Exercise and longevity – Part 1
‘I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.’ Woody Allen Length of life…
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Saturday, 6 Aug 2022
Frailty Part 5
I thought that I might have exhausted this topic with four blogs on the subject – but i have touched…
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Saturday, 16 Jul 2022
FRAILTY Part 3
Lifespan is the duration of our days on this earth. To my mind it is much less important than Healthspan…
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Saturday, 26 Mar 2022
HEART DISEASE Part 3
Exercise in the treatment of CHD The use of exercise for treating coronary disease preceded its use for treating any…
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