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The most important rule in avoiding exercise injury is to be sensible. It does not matter if you used to be 100 m sprint champion at school 20 years ago; if you suddenly decide one day to go out and sprint without any preparation you are more than likely to cause yourself an injury, from [...]
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Anything that causes your muscle activity to increase and your heart and lungs to work harder will count as exercise. Even walking – in fact especially walking. Walking has some amazingly good advantages when it comes to getting fit in that it is free, absolutely anyone who is reasonably physically sound can do it, and [...]
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As with warming up before an exercise session, it is just as important to cool the body down gradually when the exercise session has finished. If you stop suddenly following an intense training session, the blood that has been diverted to make your muscles work harder will pool in these areas, especially in the lower [...]
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I am asked this question a lot by clients who believe that warming up before increasing their exercise level is a complete waste of time. On the contrary, I tell them, I feel that it is the most important part of the exercise session, as a gradual warmup prepares the body and the mind for [...]
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Aerobic means “in the presence of oxygen”, and if you exercise aerobically this is defined as doing some activity which means the body needs more oxygen for an extended period of time. This is a very complicated way of saying that aerobic exercise is any form of sustained exercise like walking, cycling or swimming. The [...]
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Whenever you do a workout you should stretch all major muscle groups after your cooldown while your muscles are still warm and flexible. Some schools of thought also believe that you should do a quick stretch after your warmup as well, but the jury is out on that one; if you want to stretch following [...]
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Health and fitness are words that often go together, but have you ever wondered about their definition? The concept of health for example was defined by the World Health Organisation just after the Second World War as being ” a complete state of mental and physical and social well-being, not just the absence of disease” [...]
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You don’t have to enjoy exercising, you just need to do it. Even if it bores you rigid, you will still get good results if you stick with it. But there are many, many different kinds of exercise that will contribute towards weight loss and muscle toning, so why not try and find something you [...]
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Are you tired of the same old boring workout that doesn’t give you the results you want? Do you hate going to the gym and dread having to exercise? Or maybe you don’t have the time and would just like a fun workout to do at home? Well now there’s a great new workout in [...]
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A Manhattan gym has recently become the subject of a lawsuit by a client who claims to have injured herself during a pole dancing class. This exotic dancing exercise craze is currently all the rage in gyms both in the US and the UK, with many gyms offering pole dancing classes to members. At the [...]
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