Saturday, 6 Apr 2024

Which exercise?

As I repeat ad nauseam, I try not to recommend any particular exercise – the choice is too personal. One…

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Saturday, 4 Nov 2023

Obesity Part 4

This is, I promise, my last blog on this subject for the time being. It takes the form of a…

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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, 24 Jul 2021

Energy expenditure, health and fitness

Another recap Total exercise dose can be calculated as MET minutes1 or MET hours. And one MET, or metabolic equivalent,…

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Saturday, 27 Feb 2021

ENCOURAGING EXERCISE part 3

Getting everyone moving more The British Heart Foundation 2015 publication “Physical activity statistics” includes a number of ideas for increasing…

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Saturday, 20 Feb 2021

ENCOURAGING EXERCISE Part 2

Adults In adult life the main bar to exercise is the lack of time resulting from gainful employment and/or bringing…

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Sunday, 14 Feb 2021

ENCOURAGING EXERCISE Part 1

The need to encourage exercise Every study which has been performed confirms that the level of exercise taking in the…

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Thursday, 31 Dec 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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, 28 Mar 2020

MORE ABOUT EXERCISE IN THE TIME OF CORONA

A bit more about the use and effects of exercise in these dire times. It seems frivolous to consider anything…

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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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