fitness
6 tricks for perfect abs
A tight sexy "six-pack" is one of the most visible signs of a young, fit and healthy person. So why not use the information and techniques described here, and show people how perfect your abdominals can look? You are what you eat! Learn the basics of...read more
9 ideas to assist you to actively lose weight
Getting active is the only way to sensibly lose weight. The objective of dieting is to lower levels of body fat. But diets can starve the body so you not only lose fat but hard-earned muscle too. You need to be active to both lose weight and maintain m...read more
Asthma friendly and unfriendly sports
Asthma-friendly sports fulfill a number of requirements. When weighing up which sport to begin ask the following questions: When participating in this sport are you able to control your breathing rate and depth? Can you breathe through your n...read more
Asthma: how to handle it at school?
Let the school know that your child has asthma and what medication she may need to take while she is at school. Provide the school with an Asthma Action Plan which gives them instructions on what to do when your child presents with asthma. The smaller the ch...read more
Bodybuilding: diet for muscle gain and fat loss
Bodybuilding can be defined as the pursuit of lean muscle mass. The importance of a proper diet to accomplish this goal cannot be understated. In fact, many experts argue that diet can account for up to 90% of a person's success at building their body. Fortunately, there is ...read more
Bust your way through weight loss plateau
Did this ever happen to you before? You trained really hard, workout 6-7 times a week, 1 to 2 hours each session, you did your cardio workout religiously and pump the weights until you want too puke out, but still you are not losing weight. You get really fr...read more
Can exercise help control asthma?
Active asthmatics, particularly those who are competitive sportspeople, report that they feel more in control of their asthma when they’re fit. Certainly, acute attacks are uncommon in highly trained asthmatic athletes.However, the scientific evidence is less specific....read more
Dehydration
Picture the scene! Its a warm Saturday afternoon and you've been chasing a football around the pitch for what seems like a lifetime. You're tired, thirsty and sweaty. As the game wraps up, you just have enough time to jump in the shower, change your shirt, ...read more
Exercise and diet - the correlation
I had a friend who was 40 pounds overweight. One day he decided that as motivation to lose the excess pounds he would enter and train for an upcoming race. The poor guy ran for 6 days a week and much to my surprise, he followed his regimen zealously. 6 weeks...read more
Exercise can help
In the past, it was believed that people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) should avoid exercise. This is no longer true. Overwhelming fatigue and physical limitations may thwart efforts to keep moving, but the tendency to limit physical activity may be counterpr...read more
Exercise: a step into the right direction
10,000 steps equates to roughly 5 miles (the equivalent of climbing the Eiffel Tower six times or walking two lengths of Heathrow’s longest runway) and Japanese research has shown that doing this small amount of exercise daily is a good way of maintaining a healthy heart and reducing b...read more
Fitness made simple: stair sprinting
Anybody can lose weight; it?s no big deal. You only have to be careful about the food you eat and to make more effort than you usually do. Dieting doesn?t have to mean food deprivation and money spent on gym subscriptions. You can keep your body in shape with simple ...read more
Get moving to lose those pounds !
Exercise The third leg of a weight control program relies on regular exercise to increase calorie expenditure. A nutritionally responsible method for weight reduction includes eating adequate amounts of the proper foods and exercising to burn the extra calo...read more
How fit are you?
Before you begin any form of exercise, its important that you run a couple of tests on yourself so you'll know where to start.Exercise is strenuous and we suggest that before you carry out any exercise, or are starting a regime of exercise, you contact your GP to see if the ...read more
Hydration guidance
The general guidance we currently provide regarding volumes, was originally developed for wearing BA in the fire training unit, hence the references to working in hot environments and performance in the heat. Obviously the guidance is relevant to working in hot operational environments or at...read more
Interval training
Interval Training is a method of gaining speed and leg strength without having to use weight-training equipment. A proper interval workout will leave you a quivering, sweat soaked mess, but the gains that you make are quite extraordinary. All you need to wea...read more
Multistage fitness test (bleep test)
The test is maximal and progressive, in other words, easy at the start but harder towards the end.For the results to be valid you must give your maximum effort when performing the test, and therefore attempt to reach as high a level as you possibly can before stopping. Equi...read more
Sport and asthma
Exercise often leads to wheezing and coughing in people who have asthma. This type of asthma is known as Exercise Induced asthma (EIA).Some people only experience asthma during and/or after exercise and are virtually unaware of the condition...read more
The benefits of activity and exercise
Benefits Being active helps you to stay healthy. There are many different ways you can get active and finding a way that suits you is important. You may enjoy walking, running, dancing, surfing, going to the gym, playing a team sport or swimming. Whatever it is you do, you ...read more
The chester step test
A far more reliable way of gauging your fitness is to measure your heart's ability to recover from exertion. The step test is a sub maximal test which requires you to step onto, and off 30cm/12" step (a standard gym bench), at a rate set by a metronome disc, sufficient ...read more
The fundamentals of resistance training
Resistance exercise is one of the three key components in a balanced exercis programme, the other two being cardiovascular and flexibility training. There are a number of principles, which apply to each of these modes of training and this article covers the ...read more
The importance of a healthy diet for ms patients
The importance of a healthy diet cannot be overemphasized, especially in people dealing with a chronic, energy-taxing, debilitating disease. People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are faced with many physical and emotional obstacles that may hamper properread more
The importance of combining nutrition and exercise for weight management
There are a number of key elements to achieving weight management goals. The major two are correct nutrition and relevant exercise. Weight loss is achieved by consuming fewer calories than your body uses and weight gain is achieved by consuming a greater number of calories t...read more
The truth about defining your abs and abdominal area
Since it's almost summer again I'm sure many people are out looking for ways to get that great six-pack developed. The problem with this is that you can't just decide a few months ahead that you are going try to get your abs moving now. This has to be a priority in your life...read more
Vegans and weight loss/gain
A varied vegan diet provides all the nutrients needed for good health. A vegan diet based on whole foods, with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, plus cereals, pulses, nuts and seeds, will typically be low in sugar and fat, and high in carbohydrat...read more
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