Everybody needs to exercise and be active. Nearly everybody wants to. Only about half of us are actually living actively. It is one of the great dilemmas of modern life: sedentary living is becoming the norm and it is not good for us!
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Cold Therapy
You may have heard of people like Wim Hof, who has become quite well known for his cold-exposure exploits, ice-water-bathing, cold-water-swimming, barefoot-marathon-running, etc. You probably know about various athletes who use post-match ice-baths to aid recovery. Could this be for you? Is there any real evidence that cold-therapy works? [...]
Two Simple Fitness Tests
We all know that exercise is good for us. We’d all like to be fit. In today’s world of personal trainers, smart watches, clever fitness apps, and more, it can seem a bit complicated. Sometimes “simple is best” and so here are two very simple ways to assess your [...]
Being Realistic (About Exercise)
Active living is good for us. Very good indeed. The simple truth is that you cannot be well, truly well, unless you live actively. You know that don’t you? And you’ve been active, at times, have you not? But you’ve battled to stick with it and so your life-with-exercise [...]
Why is lifestyle change so hard?
We all want to be well, or more well. Perhaps it's more exercise, better sleep, less alcohol, losing weight, coping with stress more effectively, quitting smoking, or something else. But we all have that list in our heads, you know, the "I'd be really well if I could change [...]
Exercise – what’s in it for me?
So what’s in it for me? A lot. An awful lot. Exercise is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. Just to offer a short list of the main benefits of exercise: Energy. Active people are more energetic. They get more done in a day, more easily. [...]
Before you start
Active living and exercise are great. We all need to be active, most of us MORE active, and for the most part we all CAN be. But let's just pause for a moment to consider a few important things before we get active... Are you over 40? Have you [...]
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