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Why Weight Loss Is Not Important

Alan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:29:37 +0000

The human body is an amazingly technical structure comprising of many different tissue types. These tissues are made of different materials and have different densities – they don’t actually all weigh the same! On a daily basis I see lots of people who train to ‘lose weight’. This is all well and good, but they slightly [...]

Why Weight Loss Is Not Important

50 plus fitness

Alan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:12:11 +0000

50 Plus and all to play for The above title was a campaign by the Sports Council in the early 1980s. The campaign was designed to encourage people over the age of fifty to take part in specially organised activities in their local leisure centre. This article tells the story of one obese 50 year old’s quest [...]

50 plus fitness

Food for Fat Loss Tips

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:55:35 +0000

Lots of people worry too much about going ‘on a diet’. I hate that word- it implies months of eating lettuce and vegetables, drinking nothing but water and avoiding every treat known to man. It needn’t be like that. First of all establish want you want to achieve from your diet and exercise plan- a [...]

Food for Fat Loss Tips

An Introduction to High Intensity Training

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:01:36 +0000

High Intensity Training (HIT) is a form of weight training with a scientifically-proven track record. Created by a man named Arthur Jones (the inventor of the Nautilus and MedX machines so widespread in health clubs today), the approach focuses on training the body as a single complete unit, rather than the traditional split routine favoured [...]

An Introduction to High Intensity Training

Nine ways to get the body you want

admin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:54:53 +0000

Ask most guys in the gym what they are looking to achieve and you will more often than not hear ‘build muscle’ in reply! It’s as cliched as women wanting to lose weight and ‘tone up’! The only problem with this goal is the way most people go about achieving it – the wrong way. Not [...]

Nine ways to get the body you want

Body Fat Estimation

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:24:01 +0000

Introduction Over the years body fat levels have been the source of much thought, discussion and in some cases, frustration for many athletes, coaches and gym users. Recently the availability of body fat testing has become far more widespread in health clubs, leading to a boom in members wishing to know what their ‘body fat [...]

Body Fat Estimation