Saturday, 4 Oct 2025

Frailty yet again

I regularly scan the medical literature for articles about all sorts of conditions which relate to physical activity or lack…

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Saturday, 6 Sep 2025

Frailty again

The outcome of all I have been discussing over the past few blogs is the frailty of old age –…

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Saturday, 3 May 2025

Exercise is Medicine Part 5 – The case for running

I do not usually give advice about what particular exercise you should take. I hold that since all exercise is…

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Saturday, 22 Feb 2025

More about strength training

Last time I talked about the Department of Health (DoH) recommendations for the amount of exercise needed to promote good…

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Saturday, 8 Feb 2025

Muscular Strength & Endurance (MSE)

The Department of Health advises us all to perform at least 150 minutes moderate intensity activity, 75 minutes’ vigorous activity,…

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Saturday, 26 Oct 2024

Frailty – what to do next?

Most of what I write is aimed at telling people why they need to be more active – helping (nagging?)…

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Saturday, 24 Feb 2024

Recent advances – Frailty Part 2

Apologies Many more apologies for the false start last weekend – here is the Blog which nearly got sent by…

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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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