Introduction In the last blog (click here), I outlined 10 different measures of fitness. This included aerobic fitness; specifically, maximal aerobic fitness and long duration submaximal work. In...
What is fitness?
I am really looking forward to posting a series of blogs on the subject of fitness. The term fitness means many different things to many different people. Perhaps the most common view of what...
Optimise your training by planning your programme
If you have recently got into or returned to exercise and built an exercise habit (see my second blog - Building an Exercise Habit) you may be wondering how to plan your exercise programme to get...
Re-finding Fitness – cool down and how to get it right
A quick cool down to improve performance When time is tight the one part of a workout that often gets sacrificed is the cool down. Most of us know what the cool down is and have some idea of...
Re-finding fitness – the importance of a warm up and how to get it right
The importance of a warm up and how to get it right I have to admit that in the past I didn’t pay enough attention to warm up. Knowing what I now know, I’m sure that this led to some poor...
Getting back into exercise
Learn how to get back into exercise Maybe you haven’t done regular exercise for a few months. Maybe it's been a few years since you laced up the trainers. However long it has been, you...
Introducing The Complete Health Coach
Welcome from The Complete Health Coach I’m Neil Young and, as a health professional of long-standing experience, I am delighted to be publishing this first blog to introduce my new business, The...