Saturday, 31 Jul 2021
Measuring Your Own Fitness
Measuring your own fitness There are a number of benefits from being able to measure…
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Saturday, 17 Jul 2021
Energy Cost of Different Activities
Measuring exercise dose Last week I explained the various ways of measuring dose of exercise and I gave some reasons…
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Saturday, 3 Jul 2021
OXYGEN UPTAKE AND TRANSPORT
VO2 and VO2max A few points from last week’s Blog as a recap: 1. Aerobic exercise means exercise fueled by oxygen.…
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Saturday, 29 May 2021
EXERCISE – LEARNING FROM OUR ANCESTORS
The strength and mobility of early man was not developed through structured programmes, methods, or schedules, but rather was forged…
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Saturday, 22 May 2021
WHY DO WE EXERCISE?
To survive we had to be fit Animals need to move to survive and higher life forms, so-called vertebrates, have…
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Saturday, 27 Feb 2021
ENCOURAGING EXERCISE part 3
Getting everyone moving more The British Heart Foundation 2015 publication “Physical activity statistics” includes a number of ideas for increasing…
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Sunday, 14 Feb 2021
ENCOURAGING EXERCISE Part 1
The need to encourage exercise Every study which has been performed confirms that the level of exercise taking in the…
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Saturday, 23 Jan 2021
LONGEVITY part 2
Habitual exercise and lifespan I indicated last week that lifelong exercisers live longer than their more sedentary friends. Is it…
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Saturday, 16 Jan 2021
LONGEVITY Part 1
This is the bottom line – how long you live. As I have banged on about in the previous blogs,…
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Friday, 8 Jan 2021
YOGA
Guest Blog This week’s offering is a departure – a guest blog. It has been submitted by Melina at…
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Saturday, 19 Dec 2020
FRAILTY PART 4
Healthspan The desirability of decreasing the period of dependency at the end of life cannot be overstated. We are living…
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Friday, 11 Dec 2020
FRAILTY PART 3
Age and Physical fitness Cardiorespiratory fitness increases through childhood to reach its peak by late teens to early twenties. But…
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