Saturday, 15 Oct 2022

Guest Blog. Build your own gym.

Dear Reader My mission is to encourage everyone (except the small minority who need no such encouragement) to take more…

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Saturday, 8 Oct 2022

Encouraging exercise Part 3

Enhancing exercise by prescription Telling people to take exercise “for their own good” is largely ineffective unless it is part…

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Saturday, 1 Oct 2022

Encouraging exercise Part 2

Last week I discussed the importance of starting young and also the role of the medical profession in promoting exercise.…

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Saturday, 24 Sep 2022

Encouraging exercise Part 1

Encouraging Exercise  ‘If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise.’ Anon. Every study of exercise behaviour confirms that…

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Saturday, 17 Sep 2022

The costs of inactivity

‘If we had a drug in our therapeutic armamentarium that conferred all the benefits of regular exercise it would be…

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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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Saturday, 8 Jan 2022

Fitness Awareness for Children

For a long and healthy life, starting young is really important. If when you reach your twenties, thirties or forties…

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Sunday, 2 Jan 2022

New Year Resolutions

Now is the accepted time to make your annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving the road to…

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Saturday, 18 Dec 2021

Motivating people to get active

Encouraging exercise taking This is a bit of a rehash of a blog which I wrote about two and a…

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Sunday, 26 Sep 2021

STARTING A SIDE HUSTLE

I am delighted to welcome another guest blogger this week – Sheila Johnson. Her contribution comes with plenty of useful…

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