Category Archives: Exercise

Are You A January Gym Person?

Are you the kind of person that decides that the New Year is the time to get in shape? Do you say to yourself “this year will be the year I will lose weight and get healthy”? People rarely follow … Continue reading

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Getting The Right Balance of Exercise & Rest Pay Huge Dividends

Rest is as crucial as exercise in keeping fit: Breaks allow muscles to recover and makes the body get fitter faster. Research suggests that short rest periods are just as important as the exercise itself. Research at Stirling University was … Continue reading

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A Beginners Guide To Counting Calories and Exercising

Reducing calories and increasing the amount of exercise you do won’t work for long-term weight loss and fat loss. It isn’t practical or healthy to keep reducing calories or to increase exercise volume to unsustainable levels when results grind to … Continue reading

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Advice For Beginners: How To Stick With Going To The Gym

It is easy to get disheartened when we don’t get what we want with exercise. Many people quit going to the gym in February and March because they haven’t seen any results. This is common with people who exercise on … Continue reading

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How To Tackle The Gym For Beginners

If you’re just starting out with exercise, it’s best to take it slow. Build up your endurance for at least a month before you get into anything more intense. That means going at a rate where you can easily talk … Continue reading

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Radio Interview

I was in the BBC Radio Sheffield studio today talking about exercise and diets. BBC Radio Sheffield interview. Starts around 1:35.

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More Essential Health & Fitness Tips You May Have Missed or Neglected in 2012

Choose One New Healthy Habit At A Time – Not 10 or 20 Small, simple changes can help you reap large results. Decide to do one small thing each day, such as drinking more water first thing in the morning … Continue reading

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Some Essential Health & Fitness Tips You May Have Missed or Neglected in 2012

Metabolic Finishers A metabolic finisher is an intense way to burn more calories and fat at the end of a workout. Recommendations For Beer Bellies & Man Boobs If you don’t drink beer and still have what looks like a … Continue reading

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Don’t Make Excuses!

When you set out on a plan to lose weight, reduce fat, tone up and get fitter your actions and habits need to be congruent with your goal. If you make excuses for not reaching your health and fitness targets … Continue reading

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How To Stay Fit During Christmas

Schedule appointments with yourself to exercise or you may find yourself going in directions you didn’t intend. Be prepared. Keep a gym bag in your car. Park your car far away from the shops and try to do more walking. … Continue reading

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