Saturday, 27 Jul 2024
Measuring your own fitness level
In my previous blog I explained the importance of measuring physical fitness level – so…
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Sunday, 14 Jul 2024
Measuring physical fitness
The value of knowing physical fitness level The level of an individual’s aerobic or cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) is the best…
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Saturday, 15 Jun 2024
Cancers
It is well known that a number of cancers are less common in those who are physically active and also…
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Saturday, 1 Jun 2024
Bits and pieces
I may seem to believe that exercise is the answer to all the world’s medical problems and then some. This…
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Saturday, 20 Apr 2024
More exercises
A bit more about particular exercises this week. It does not matter which one you hit on. Just choose your…
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Monday, 26 Feb 2024
Frailty Part2
Apologies Many more apologies for the false start last weekend – here is the Blog which nearly got sent by…
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Saturday, 17 Jun 2023
And how fit are we?
How Fit is the General Population? ‘Any casual observer can tell at a glance I’m not the person I think…
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Saturday, 3 Jun 2023
How much exercise do we really take?
Illustration The graph shows the declared level of physical activity as a percentage of the DoH recommended level against increasing…
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Saturday, 20 May 2023
Pedometers
Pedometers are very popular among those wishing to maintain and track their exercise levels. They are used mainly for two…
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Sunday, 7 May 2023
Golf
Very sorry to be a day late with this post – I did not wish to interrupt your enjoyment of…
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Saturday, 22 Apr 2023
Which exercise?
FITT is the acronym for defining the characteristics of exercise. I talk a lot about the F (Frequency), the I…
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Sunday, 26 Mar 2023
Types of exercise
In my last Blog I described the FITT principles of exercise – Frequency, Intensity, Time (duration), T the Type of…
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