Energy expenditure, health and fitness
Another recap Total exercise dose can be calculated as MET minutes1 or MET hours. And…
Read moreAnother recap Total exercise dose can be calculated as MET minutes1 or MET hours. And…
Read moreMeasuring exercise dose Last week I explained the various ways of measuring dose of exercise and I gave some reasons…
Read moreUnits of measurement There are many ways of measuring exercise dose and the the best unit of aerobic exercise is…
Read moreVO2 and VO2max A few points from last week’s Blog as a recap: 1. Aerobic exercise means exercise fueled by oxygen.…
Read moreFueling exercise I have described the importance of oxygen for fueling exertion, but it was a long time ago –…
Read moreThe mechanisation of work The inevitable consequence of having machinery take over much of manual work was the reduction of…
Read moreThis week I will take a sprint through the changing demands for exercise over the past two thousand years. Exercise…
Read moreThe Neolithic Agricultural Revolution The development of a structured society, a more settled population and the growth of agriculture changed…
Read moreThe strength and mobility of early man was not developed through structured programmes, methods, or schedules, but rather was forged…
Read moreTo survive we had to be fit Animals need to move to survive and higher life forms, so-called vertebrates, have…
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