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, 8 Feb 2020
EXERCISE INTENSITY
To derive health benefits the national guidelines recommend using exercise to burn about 1,000 Calories per week. For weight loss…
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Saturday, 1 Feb 2020
MEASURING EXERCISE DOSE
Why measure exercise dose? You might wonder why it is helpful to regard exercise as a “dose” let alone measure…
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Saturday, 25 Jan 2020
EXERCISE AND OXYGEN
The energy required by muscles to contract is produced by complex biochemical reactions. A critical contributor to the process is…
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Saturday, 18 Jan 2020
MORE ABOUT MUSCLES
There are two broad categories of exercise. Dynamic or isotonic exercise is that which uses the regular, purposeful movement…
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