Saturday, 21 May 2022
Dementia Part 1
A modern scourge Dementia is an advancing modern scourge and has recently been reported to…
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Saturday, 26 Mar 2022
HEART DISEASE Part 3
Exercise in the treatment of CHD The use of exercise for treating coronary disease preceded its use for treating any…
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Saturday, 22 Jan 2022
High Blood Pressure Pt 2
The medical ill effects of raised BP Persistently raised blood pressure damages the walls of the arteries and this predisposes…
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Saturday, 2 Oct 2021
EXERCISE, FITNESS AND DISEASE
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure,…
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Saturday, 18 Sep 2021
AND HOW FIT ARE YOU?
The Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey The first attempt to assess the nation’s physical fitness was published 1990 – The…
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Saturday, 11 Sep 2021
HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU TAKE?
How much exercise do we take? There are a number of answers to this question depending upon who is making…
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Saturday, 21 Aug 2021
How much exercise?
So how much exercise should you take? The effectiveness of exercise is proportional to its intensity and total dose. From…
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Saturday, 14 Aug 2021
How often, how hard, how long?
How much exercise do we need? Here’s a quick guide – more or less applicable to any endurance exercise. The…
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Saturday, 7 Aug 2021
The meaning of your VO2max
Your VO2max Last week I explained how you could measure your own fitness level as your VO2max. Since you are…
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Saturday, 31 Jul 2021
Measuring Your Own Fitness
Measuring your own fitness There are a number of benefits from being able to measure your own fitness: It can…
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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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