Saturday, 15 Aug 2020
EXERCISE TO PREVENT CORONARY DISEASE
Exercise in the prevention of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD): The UK experience Back in the…
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Saturday, 30 May 2020
EXERCISE AND DISEASE
It is time to talk about the health-giving properties of regular exercise and of high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness. Today’s…
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Saturday, 9 May 2020
PHYSICAL TRAINING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
The natural history of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) The basic facts are these. Using VO2max as the measure of physical fitness,…
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Saturday, 2 May 2020
AND HOW FIT ARE WE?
Is it important to know how fit we are? I think so. There is a link between physical activity (PA),…
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Saturday, 25 Apr 2020
THE REAL WORLD – HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO WE TAKE?
In previous Blogs I have given an idea of the recommendations of governments and health organisations for the amount of…
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Saturday, 18 Apr 2020
MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH EXERCISE
My flow of thought has been interrupted by the dreaded virus – My last non-Covid blog went out on 14th…
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Saturday, 4 Apr 2020
STILL MORE EXERCISE IN THE TIME OF CORONA
Last week I discussed walking, running and cycling as ways to keep fit and use your currently surfeit of leisure…
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Saturday, 21 Mar 2020
EXERCISE IN THE TIME OF CORONA
We are living through extraordinary times. Every aspect of our lives will be affected, not least our exercise, our fitness…
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Saturday, 14 Mar 2020
HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO WE NEED?
How much exercise should we take Exercise benefits us in an enormous number of ways – from helping control weight…
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Saturday, 7 Mar 2020
MEASURE YOUR OWN PHYSICAL FITNESS Part 2
A Walk Test For older, less fit people and those with heart or lung diseases the six minute walk (6MWT)…
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Saturday, 29 Feb 2020
MEASURE YOUR OWN FITNESS LEVEL
Why would you want to? You might be interested to see how you compare with your fellow citizens. Considering the…
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Saturday, 22 Feb 2020
MEASURING PHYSICAL FITNESS
I will start with how the professionals do it – in my next blog I will be telling you how…
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