Purpose of Fitness Assessments: General Perspective Assessment of individual fitness should be performed on a regular basis and convention suggests at the beginning and end of training so that meaningful comparisons can be made and improvements quantified. If training is over a longer period then testing in the middle of the training programme will also… Read More
Outdoor Fitness: Female Exercisers
The outdoor fitness market caters for a varied range of clients, including men and women. However, it is important that training providers and fitness professionals’ understand some of the specific issuing relating to female exercisers. There are certain physiological, bio-mechanical, and possibly psychological, differences that may affect a female’s physical performance. Women are generally smaller… Read More
Trust Me: TV to Watch 2Nite
Programme Trust Me I’m a Doctor, Episode 1 (of 3) Channel & Time BBC2 @ 8pm (UK) Synopsis Medical journalist Michael Mosley and a team of doctors offer advice on health, using their expertise and the latest research to investigate the truth behind various claims being made in the media. Surgeon Gabriel Weston takes part… Read More
Social Connections & Health
From an article by David Loxterkamp in the British Medical Journal: “Our social connections also seem to have a strong influence on health. In 2007, Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler tracked the social connections of more than 12 000 residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, over three generations (1). They found that the risk of becoming obese… Read More
Outdoor Fitness: Younger Exercisers
It is important that training providers and fitness professionals’ understand the issues relating to younger exercisers. Young soldiers and officers entering regular service from training should have reached physical maturity. However, there will be those who are still developing both physically and mentally who should be monitored prior to and during physical activities. Factors to… Read More
The Benefits of Consuming Cinnamon!
Did you know that cinnamon was once a spice of great value, imported by the Egyptians 4000 years ago and considered a fit offering for Kings and Gods. Like many spices, cinnamon has been touted as a remedy for several diseases and a recent meta-analysis of 10 randomised controlled trials concluded that cinnamon consumption is associated… Read More
HDL Cholesterol & Cardiovascular Mortality
High density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is a strong predictor of reduced cardiovascular mortality in the general population, and drugs to increase HDL cholesterol have been seen as potential successors to statins – which have been huge profit makes for the pharmaceutical industry. But none developed so far has shown any protective effect. And a new study… Read More
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