Saturday, 11 Jan 2020
EXERCISE AND MUSCLES
The muscles are the body’s engines – all movement depends on muscular contraction and relaxation.…
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Saturday, 4 Jan 2020
EXERCISE – BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES
So far, dear Reader, I have been a bit haphazard in the selection of the exercise based subjects which I…
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Saturday, 28 Dec 2019
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
Yes, you guessed it. Take more exercise.. It is the time to make those resolutions which will hit the fan…
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Saturday, 21 Dec 2019
EXERCISE, WEIGHT CONTROL AND CHRISTMAS
Happy Christmas everyone! But sincere apologies for putting a small dampener on the forthcoming celebrations – most of us will…
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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, 7 Dec 2019
EXERCISE AND INJURIES
I try to make these blogs topical, mostly reporting the results of recent investigations, trials or reports. Sometimes I am…
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Saturday, 30 Nov 2019
EXERCISE AND CHILDREN
WHO Report1 The international recommendations on physical activity are for young people to take an hour of moderate to vigorous…
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Saturday, 23 Nov 2019
HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU TAKE
One way for doctors to uncover a patient’s drinking habits goes like this: ask the patient how much he (it…
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Saturday, 16 Nov 2019
RUNNING, DISEASE AND MORTALITY
I try to be a bit topical in these blogs, writing about recent publications, studies and reports on exercise related…
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Saturday, 9 Nov 2019
DOCTORS AND EXERCISE
When, in the 1960s, the information about the ill effects of smoking became known, the medical profession was the first…
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