Exercise

Whilst most workouts can be a real chore, a Zumba workout isn’t even a workout. It’s a fun, sociable dance party. The music is fast, upbeat and contagious, so you can’t help but keep moving in a group setting.

Below are just some …

Jogging is a very popular form of keep fit. The main advantage of jogging is its intensity. It promotes fitness quickly and efficiently and burns more calories than other activities, making it attractive to people who want to control their weight.

It’s because of its intensity that jogging releases endorphins, creating the jogger’s high that some describe as an ‘energy buzz.’ Like aerobic exercise this can be a good natural antidepressant and …

It is well known that prolonged periods of inactivity and a diet high in saturated fat and high sugar can lead to us storing fat in our midsection that surrounds our internal organs, known as ‘visceral fat.’

Some of the fat from these fat cells get into the main vein that supplies and delivers blood to our liver and then ends raising our cholesterol levels. It can also cause a variety of health issues …

Due to our sedentary lifestyles and stressful jobs, fat can easily build up and can be very hard to shift. Sadly, fat deposits around the tummy are linked to serious health issues, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

Below are a few simple suggestions:

Resistance training

Everyone knows that regular exercise is key to losing weight, however not everyone is aware that resistance training is one …

The more problems we have with our muscles, the less likely we are to exercise. Sadly, tight shoulder and neck muscles are very common. I am sure almost all of us must have had them at some point. It’s particularly common when we overexert ourselves or we’re stressed.

The tightness can extend to the upper back, arms and neck and sometimes, headaches can develop from the tight muscles in the neck. Tightness of the neck and shoulder muscles affect people in various ways. For example, sitting at a desk for long periods of time, from working …

Today’s exercise blog is the second part to last month’s Exercise blog on Aerobic Exercises. As with all exercises please remember to warm up before and cool-down after exercise.

Aqua Aerobics

Aqua Aerobics sessions are done in a swimming pool and are available at some fitness centres. It is a low-impact …

Although I have previously blogged one or two simple aerobic exercises which can help with aerobic fitness, I thought it helpful to put together a summary of those, together with some new aerobic exercises.

Walking

Walking can improve our health through better cardiovascular fitness, lowers blood pressure, lowers risk of heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and increased muscle strength. It’s also a safe …

Although I can’t participate in most exercises, I do like to write about them as part of a healthy lifestyle.

It is important we give our bodies a break from running, dancing, or playing sports and try a low-impact workout. It helps us avoid injury. You might be surprised just how effective low impact …

Well this is the second half of last month’s blog on Brain Exercises. It’s massively important that we continue to exercise our brains, particularly as we begin to age and our cells begin to deplete.

Read books aloud

Take turns reading and listening to a book with your other half, a friend, or a child. If that’s not feasible, alternate reading with listening to audiobooks. This engages the imagination in a different way …

Exercises aren’t just about what we do physically. It’s also important we also exercise the Brain.

Most of us live our lives in a series of fixed routines. It simplifies life and it lets us perform complex tasks with little mental effort. These routines are run by our subconscious and require very little …