It was a slow night at The Bloggers Gym. Outside the rain poured, a typical night in the North of England. There were only a few guys working out, each keeping to themselves, completely in…
To most people, understanding the principles of healthy lifestyle living is only slightly less confusing than understanding Einstein’s theory of relativity. A new diet book or fitness article comes out weekly telling you the latest…
Alas a majority of people over 40 are not very physically fit. Most believe that exercise at their age is too hard, too unsafe, or that it’s just too late for them to get started.…
People in today’s supposedly fast paced world are actually becoming far less active. Not a lot of energy is used by your body when you use cars to travel everywhere you want to go; remote…
“We do not stop exercising because we grow old, we grow old because we stop exercising.” -Dr. Kenneth Cooper It’s never too late. Don’t use your age as an excuse for those aches and pains.…
So January is here and many of you will once again have turned your attention to exercising. Many of you will have purchased home use cardiovascular equipment while others will be joining a gym. Well…
So here we go — you are all set to storm into 2011 with great fitness resolutions. So what are your goals? Are your resolution to get fit? Lose weight? Feel more energetic? So you…
I love weight training, it’s one of those things that no matter how your day is going… it will always be there to give you the ultimate challenge… the one against yourself! Weight training is…
Whatever sporting activity you participate in, whether it’s playing tennis, rugby, swimming , jogging or weight training, you need to eat as nutritious and as balanced a diet as you can, to fuel your body…
Your core is made up of all the muscles that connect the upper and lower body, including those of the stomach, lower back, hips and buttocks.
In 480 BC, the Greek city of Sparta sends 300 of its finest warriors to meet the Persian king Xerxes’ massive army at Thermopylae. The battle is a suicide mission, meant to buy time for…
It is so hard to get back into the “groove” after a long lay off! But last week, I decided enough was enough, and that I had to throw myself at weight training once…