Introduction As I’ve written in previous blogs (click here), coronary heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK. Not only that, there are 2.3 million people in the UK, who are living with...
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Exercise and coronary heart disease risk
Introduction In the last blog (click here) I looked at the prevalence and development of coronary heart disease (CHD). I stated that the modifiable CHD risk factors are: Being physically inactive...
Chronic inflammation – why is it bad for our health?
Introduction When I read up on how to live the healthiest life I often come across the term chronic inflammation. The research suggests that this could be the root cause of several lifestyle...
How the body adapts to aerobic training
In the last blog (click here) we looked at how the two main measures of aerobic fitness, namely maximal aerobic fitness and long duration aerobic fitness, can be trained. In this article, we will...
Types of aerobic training
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...
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...
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...
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