Words: Dr Ian TAYLOR February. The month of shattered dreams and ambitions. The trainers are gathering dust and chocolate bars have replaced protein bars. The gusto with which we attacked our New Year resolutions is a vague memory. If your motivation to stick to your resolution to exercise more this year is waning, you’re not
Words: Drs Logan PENDERGRAST & Juleen R ZIERATH When you’ve got a busy schedule, you may try to squeeze exercise in whenever you can. But there’s growing evidence that when you workout can make a difference to its effects. Our latest research shows that body fat reacts to exercise differently depending on the time of day —
Words: Drs Mahesh B BORHADE & Shikha SINGH Diabetes mellitus leads to macrovascular and microvascular complications, resulting in life-threatening conditions. Exercise is considered an important therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus. Exercise in patients with diabetes mellitus promotes cardiovascular benefits by reducing cardiovascular risk and mortality; it also assists with weight management and improves glycaemic control.
Words: Megan SCHUMANN “The walk to school is a wonderful moment in the day that provides children a glimpse of living an active lifestyle,” says Dr David Tulloch, PhD, a professor of landscape architecture at Rutgers-New Brunswick and co-author of the study in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports. “When people start walking early, it can
Words: Team ThinkWellness360 Think of exercise as a way to fitness and improved health — think also of it as a healthy, happy, and optimal habit which you need to tend and grow up with. So, delve on the practical issues — not rippling muscles. Next, you need to set your goals — this will
Words: Charlotte EDMOND Whether team sports are your thing, you like a bit of Zumba, or you’re more into a solo jog, everybody needs to get a bit of exercise in their life. There’s plenty of evidence to show the benefits are both physical and mental exercise. But, despite most of us knowing we need
Words: Dr Peter SWOBODA Exercise is good for your overall health and your heart in particular. Guidelines recommend that we should be doing 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity a week. But, does it matter when you do this exercise? Should you spread it out in the week, or does it lose some of the benefit if you
Words: Kerry DULIN First, the basics. Clear it with your doctor. If it’s been several years [or, more] since you ran regularly, check with your healthcare provider just to be sure too. Pick up a pair of comfortable, quality running shoes. Sometimes just spending the bucks for a good pair of shoes is enough incentive
Words: Kerry DULIN Every leg workout has squats as the core lift. If you have access to Manta Rays, cambered bars, oversize bars, bands, and/or chains, feel free to use them. If not, the good, old fashioned full squats work fine. You’ll find front squats, reverse squats, box squats, etc., throughout this workout schedule, and
Words: Kerry DULIN Average people have average genetics. Average people have day jobs and families to support. Average people are not on anabolic steroids, and this is exactly my point. If you don’t have the genetics of an Olympic athlete, if you don’t have a sponsor who pays you to lift weights, and if you
