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, 11 Jan 2025

Looking good……

Dear Reader The basic message which I would like you to get from my blog is that exercise is good…

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Saturday, 28 Dec 2024

Happy New Year – 2025

If we can make it through to next Tuesday this Blog welcomes you  to 2025 -No exercise nagging this week,…

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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, 12 Oct 2024

Frailty – are we doing enough?

Last time I told you about the current recommendations for how much exercise we should take to  reduce the risk…

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Saturday, 28 Sep 2024

Frailty – prevention

In my last blog I defined (rather imprecisely) frailty but I failed to tell you how you might check yourself…

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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, 4 May 2024

Outdoor gyms

One growing feature of the town landscape is the increasing number of outside multi-station gyms. They seem to be springing…

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Saturday, 23 Mar 2024

Finding a suitable exercise

What exercise? I spend a lot of words trying to persuade you of the importance of exercise for your future…

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