Myth Buster: Does resistance training cause high blood pressure? No! In fact strength training has been proven to help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measure of the force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body. Systolic pressure (the first number) – is the pressure on your artery walls when your […]
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Why is it important to stay hydrated? During the recent warmer weeks you have probably naturally been drinking more water however, staying hydrated is a daily necessity regardless of the temperature. Water keeps the body functioning as it should, and we can’t survive without it yet so many people are not drinking enough. This is
BMI or body mass index has been used for decades as the go to measurement for health. However, BMI does not take into account what the body is composed of, i.e muscle mass, bone density and overall body composition. For that reason, it is not always the best and most accurate measurement available to us.
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Myth Buster: Is a warm up really necessary? Yes! If you are committed to a fitness regime but miss out the warmup, then you will be doing yourself a disservice as you are not going to get the results you deserve. A good warm up will raise your heart rate, increase your core temperate, improve
Do you know how hard you are working or how hard you should be working when you’re exercising? The rate of perceived exertion or RPE for short is a simple tool that can tell you. Originally this number system developed by scientist Gunnar Borg was known as the Borg scale and was built around heart
Exercise & Illness. To exercise or not? Exercise is good for you. We all know that. But what happens when you are ill or not feeling at your best? Should you continue to push through it, or should you rest? Sometimes the body will decide for you. As I write this, I am at the
In the UK, the average age a woman experiences menopause is 51, which means that women in their 40’s are becoming peri-menopausal. 1/100 women under the age of 40 and 1/1000 women under the age of 30 have an early menopause. Menopause can also be enforced through cancer treatment or if the ovaries are removed
Are low fat foods healthy? Not necessarily. It can be tempting when trying to lose weight to be lured in by the marketing strategies on the front of “low fat” foods however, these foods tend to be much higher in sugar and salt to make them taste nicer. It’s actually better to have the unaltered
When you begin a weight loss journey, motivation is generally high. Your “why” is firmly in the forefront of your mind, and you have a drive to succeed. And for many, to begin with, it doesn’t feel as hard as you thought it would be. You may not need to make that many changes to
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Is it possible to target fat loss to specific body parts? No You can’t lose weight in certain areas or spot-reduce. Fatiguing small muscles will not burn fat in that area. The fat in your cells is found in the form of triglycerides, which are stored fats that the body can use for energy.
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