Tag: sport
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The benefits of water. According to science.
The human body is roughly 60% water. The common recommendation is to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day. This particular figure does not have a great deal of science behind it, staying hydrated is however important. Here are a selection of evidence-based health benefits of staying hydrated. Maximum physical performance. Physical performance can…
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Body composition, not weight, is the key.
Body composition, the make-up of your body in regards to the proportions of fat to lean muscle, is one of the most important things to look at when working on your health. All the time these days you hear about the issue society has with weight, how obesity is a huge and growing problem. It…
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Running with my girlfriend: week?
Due to the current global situation, Helena and I have not been running together properly for weeks. This is despite the current UK regulations allowing for exercise to be carried out between household members. Because of the effect that this outbreak has had, I am no longer certain what week of our couch to 5km…
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Running with my girlfriend – Update
Its been a few weeks since my last post on Helena and I’s running journey. A couple of weeks ago we missed our first session. A mixture of a hectic weekend schedule and waking up late on Saturday morning led to this. The weeks prior to this one though, were very productive for us. We…
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Running with my girlfriend – week 3
Running with my girlfriend – Week two Week three of Helena and I’s couch to 5k adventure, and we are still going strong. This week we made a little bit of a change to our programme, going from a 30 second : 1 minute run to walk split; to a 30 second : 50 second…
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Back-to-back workouts: Cardio or strength first?
Although it is recommended that you don’t do different types of workouts back-to-back; it is sometimes necessary to do so in order to reach your goals. When this is the case which type of workout should you do first? Cardio or strength. The answer to this is, as is often the case, not simple. It…
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