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A Sudden Death or a Long Life?

by Dr Eva Goes

You are training hard to run marathons, and you are even dreaming of ultras. But some people (mostly non-runners) keep warning you that you could be doing too much... Of course you...

Ab Nauseum

by Joel Carbonnel

How many do you do in a day? I am talking about crunches, the best known exercise to strengthen the abdominal muscles.

Ab Normal

by Joel Carbonnel

The English call it the 'six-pack', the French, the 'chocolate bar': a well-sculpted midsection. Judging by the proportion of flabby abdomens around, one could be forgiven for beli...

ABS Fads

by Joel Carbonnel

By 'fads' the author means the dictates of fashion and how they apply even to muscles and the current notion that midriffs should be bare this season. Navel gazing is all very well...

An Holistic Approach to Optimum Sports Nutrition

by June Butlin

Sports nutritionists seem to be involved in a never ending search for the one isolated supplement, food or drug, which will enhance performance.

An Holistic Approach to Optimum Sports Nutrition

by June Butlin

Until September 1995, Catherine was fit, healthy and full of vitality. She had a happy home life, a good social life, and a reasonable degree of fitness. Then, she suffered from ex...

Bathing for Radiant Health

by Samm Kweku Richardson

The author provides us with an account of the reasons why bathing is important, and the benefits. Then he gives us basic rules for bathing, then a set of detailed instructions, bas...

Biomechanics for Functional Training, Sports Performance, Strength and Conditioning: Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Management

by Martin Haines

Martin Haines has trained 5 Olympic gold medallists, McLaren Formula 1 racing drivers, premiership footballers as well as international rugby players and golfers. He has also biomec...

Botty Beautiful

by Joel Carbonnel

I've found a new word that delights me: callipygian. It is an adjective combining the Greek kallos, beauty (as in calligraphy: beautiful writing), with pyge, buttocks. Hence, a cal...

Cycling for Health

by Lisa Saffron

Of all the ways the environment affects health, the one that matters most to me is transport. Not only is our health at risk from air pollution, traffic accidents and noise but the...

Empowerment Fitness: Revolutionary Mind-Body Programme

by Sharon O\'Connor

This article focuses on the positive effects of body movement.  For centuries, high achieving individuals, including runners, walkers, cyclists and rowers, have understood that if ...

Exercise and Fitness: Blood Pressure: Truths and Myths

by Chris Milton

The author gives a full explanation of what blood pressure is, how it is measured, the range of readings and their meaning (Low, Normal, High), and explains how and why blood press...

Exercise and Nutrition

by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

This column discusses the value of exercise and nutrition for better health, not just at the physical level but also spiritually, mentally and emotionally.

Fingertip Toes

by Joel Carbonnel

Toe touching has for a long time been the symbol and criterion of physical fitness. But does this posture or movement deserve to be so rated?

Fitness for Health

by Nigel Kerr

Articles dedicated to the benefits of regular exercise show that exercise routines are much like religious doctrine. They all claim to be the miracle that will change your life for...

How to Walk the Talk

by Joel Carbonnel

Regular contributor Joël Carbonnel takes a look at walking and the positive effects it has. It keeps the bones strong, boosts the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, controls b...

Jump Start to General Fitness & Good Health: Preparation, Motivation and Recovery

by Walter Urban

My effort to break the current world record was to bring attention to the fact the adults can continue to remain healthy and get stronger longer than even before, and well into the...

Keep Moving, Live Longer and Stay Healthy

by Dr Eva Goes

Dr Goes writes that after a whole day in front of a PC, many of us rush to the gym or go for a run, believing that a bout of vigorous exercise will compensate for a sedentary lifest...

Physical Activity and Health

by Lisa Saffron

The lack of physical activity is one of the less desirable consequences of our transport system. The dominance of the motor vehicle is not the only cause of our increasing lack of ...

Putting Your Back into IT

by Ann Crowther

This column focuses on correct posture and the ‘forward head’ problem which the author describes as the 21st century posture phenomena, due to the inordinate amount of time spent a...