Can a Home Gym Nurture a Fit Fam? Since the pandemic lockdown, home gyms have become fairly commonplace with homeowners carving out their own fitness studios in spare bedrooms, basements or garage spaces. Having an at-home fitness area comes with huge advantages from flexible workouts and saving on gym memberships to having the freedom to […]
The mantra ‘use it or lose it’ definitely applies to older people who take less exercise. ‘As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass at a steady rate, which is known as sarcopenia with ageing. But Even a short period spent in a sedentary lifestyle can dramatically increase this decline in muscle mass, metabolic health,’ […]
Bike Week, delivered by Cycling UK, is an annual opportunity to promote cycling and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life by encouraging ‘everyday cycling for everyone’. Believe it or not, Bike Week first took place in 1923 – 95 years ago! It was, and always has been, a great opportunity to […]
Action Amanda wants to get your children moving! Watch this new music video with your kids. Its time to fight obesity levels which have alarmingly increased ten fold in children and teenagers over the last four decades according to new research in the Lancet […]
Fitness classes are not what they used to be (thankfully). Take inspiration from this Pathe Women’s PT film. […]
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Losing weight is quite a battle. It requires an endless amount of discipline, both in the kitchen and in the gym. You need to consistently and regularly move your body, building an exercise routine which suits you, but you also need to keep a healthy and balanced lifestyle at home, eating everything in moderation and […]
Indoor cycling is a group exercise activity which can really help improve aerobic fitness at any level. Many visitors to Champneys Tring have a go at an indoor cycling class, even if their level of fitness is quite low. Although all participants follow the same pre-programmed profile, so everyone sprints at the same time and […]
Cycling is excellent for improving overall fitness and toning the lower body. As a non-impact activity, it places no stress on the joints of the knee, ankle or back, making it ideal for anyone who is restricted by problems in these areas. Most of us have a bike at the back of our garden shed […]
We know from previous studies that primary school children with a higher body mass index are likely to have poorer fundamental movement skills, (like balancing, throwing, hopping and jumping), but our latest research is aiming to understand this relationship in more detail – particularly how gender may play a role. My team at Coventry University […]
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Micro-exercising has become a popular way for people who are hard pressed for time to increase their cardiovascular fitness. Busy doctors and nurses and healthcare workers easily fall into this category. You don’t have to exercise for a minimum of 10 minutes to get the benefits, according to experts and there is a slew of new workouts which offer […]