During exercise we put extra stresses and strains on our muscles. When we do this we create tiny tears in the muscle fibres, and we often feel this a soreness a day or two later (a phenomenon known as “DOMS”, or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). During rest, between bouts of exercise, our bodies will go…
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Given that we are told to Protect the NHS (agreed as a good thing), fight obesity (agreed as a good thing), and exercise regularly (agreed as a good thing) then why is it that we now have electric scooters laid on for us to get about on? These do away with one of the easiest
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No need to rush A few nights ago I was at an outdoor fitness session run by my ex-swimming coach (super trainer – I didn’t get on with swimming but that’s for another day). In the past I’ve had Personal Trainers and found them to be brilliant when I had specific goals in mind. Now
I was talking to a chap in my HIIT class last night, about the fact that he never seems to miss a single session in the week. “Well, it’s as if I’m missing out on something” he remarked. He says he feels like he’s at a loose end when not out in the park when
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Needless to say these don’t go together all that well. If you have ever tried running or lifting with a banging head the day after a few beers, you’ll know it’s just not a pleasant feeling! But more than that, excess alcohol actually inhibits muscle recovery, so much so that loads of your hard work
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So, when is bedtime? Midnight? 11pm? It depends? When I first started waking early I found this a really hard one to answer. I didn’t want to stay up later then I should, but then I didn’t want to appear antisocial by heading up too early. Over the weeks and months I have settled on
Quite often, if you haven’t been exercising regularly far a while, it’s surprising how quickly you get out of breath. This is genuinely quite an unpleasant feeling, and it can even make us feel inadequate, surprised at how little we can do without breathing heavily This is absolutely normal, we are pushing ourselves beyond what
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4% of your Day One hour – seems a long time doesn’t it? By the time you’ve got changed after work, put the kettle on, made a cuppa, watched half an hour of TV (how many of you watch more than that each day?), faffed about a bit in the kitchen, basically done nothing, an
When asked if I’d cancel a fitness session due to the weather (eg snow/cold) the answer is an unequivocal “NO” (unless and only unless advised to, on safety grounds). There is no reason to cancel at all. Any exercise routine can be adapted, we can dress for the weather. We all know the phrase “There’s
2020 was a terrible year for training, and then doing nothing. Each year I’ll get stuck into plenty of events, like millions of people all over the country. It gives us purpose, drive, determination and direction. But that was simply not the case last year. Virtual events don’t do it for me. I mean, I
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