Strategies for Weight Loss
Life can be busy. Work, family, shopping, cooking, exercise, appointments and everything else that fills our days, can make it difficult to find the time, or motivation, to focus on weight loss. Losing weight doesn’t necessarily mean making huge changes overnight. Often, small changes that you can maintain consistently, are more useful than trying to […]
To Stretch OR Not to Stretch?
Stretching involves deliberately lengthening a muscle, or group of muscles, usually by moving a joint into a position that gently stretches the surrounding tissues. The main purpose of stretching is to maintain or improve flexibility, and range of motion, so helping your joints to move comfortably, through a greater range. There are several types of […]
The Benefits of Outdoor Exercise
Before we start to discuss the benefits of exercising outdoors, it’s important to note that the benefits of exercise are the same, whether you exercise indoors or outdoors. Exercise can help to prevent, or manage, certain illnesses, such as, stroke, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, depression, anxiety, arthritis, and many types of […]
The Benefits of Resistance Exercise
Resistance exercise is any activity where your muscles work against an external resistance. That resistance can come from: Dumbbells Weights2Go Weighted Bottles Your own body weight Resistance bands Weight machines Kettlebells Other forms of external load The muscles have to produce force against the resistance, which stimulates adaptations in the muscles and nervous system. So, […]
The Importance of Hydration
💧 Why is hydration so important? Water is essential for virtually every process in the body. During exercise, its importance becomes even more obvious because, our muscles generate heat and our bodies use sweating to help us to cool down. Depending on how much you sweat, and how heavy you breath during exercise, in addition […]
Walking to Wellness
Walking is a fantastic form of exercise, and, I think it’s often underrated. It’s free, and, low impact. I started walking a lot, after an orthopaedic surgeon advised me to stop running, even on a treadmill. I can’t say I loved walking at first, but over time I really began to enjoy it, especially when […]
What Is a High-Fat Diet?
Have you ever wondered what people actually mean when they talk about a high-fat diet? You may have heard terms such as LCHF (Low-Carbohydrate, High-Fat) or Keto (Ketogenic). Are these two ‘diets’ the same thing? Not quite. A high-fat diet simply means that a larger proportion of your daily calories comes from fat. There isn’t […]
Willpower & Motivation
Willpower & Motivation – Can They Help? Have you ever decided you’re going to do something, for example, exercise more, eat differently, ‘drink’ less, or simply make a positive change, only to find that the sofa suddenly looks much more appealing? If so, you’re not alone! Two things that can influence whether we take action […]
Fasting – IF and TRE, Explained
You may have heard of Intermittent Fasting (IF) or Time-Restricted Eating (TRE). Perhaps you already fast regularly, or maybe you’re wondering what all the fuss is about. Although the terms are often used interchangeably, IF and TRE are related, but they aren’t exactly the same. So, what’s the difference? What Is Intermittent Fasting? Intermittent Fasting […]
Strength & Power
Before we look at what happens to strength and power as we age, there is one important point to make, and this is: There isn’t a specific birthday when we suddenly become weaker. Ageing is gradual and highly individual, and research can show us general patterns, but people age at different rates. Around 30–40: Muscle […]