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…
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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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Saturday, 15 Feb 2020
WHAT IS PHYSICAL FITNESS?
There are all sorts of aspects of physical fitness – muscle strength, balance, flexibility to mention a few. The aspect…
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Saturday, 14 Dec 2019
EXERCISE AND CANCER
Cancers form a very large group of conditions which are extremely common causes of disease, disability, suffering and death. Nearly…
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Saturday, 26 Oct 2019
EXERCISE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Even though I am fanatical about the benefits of regular exercise I know I still have much to learn about…
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Saturday, 19 Oct 2019
PREVENTING FRAILTY
Frailty and physical fitness Frailty is mainly the result of an accumulation of long-term physical inactivity and one or more…
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Saturday, 12 Oct 2019
MORE ABOUT FRAILTY
Testing for frailty Here is a test for frailty: Sit in an upright chair. Start your stopwatch, get up and…
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Saturday, 5 Oct 2019
FRAILTY and EXERCISE
We do not stop exercising because we grow old – we grow old because we stop exercising. Kenneth Cooper. …
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Saturday, 28 Sep 2019
PHYSICAL FITNESS, FATNESS AND LIFESPAN
As I said in my previous Blog – “What is physical fitness?” – a recent Mayo Clinic Proceedings editorial discusses…
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