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Archive for March, 2010
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Aqua jogging – the perfect solution for runners with joint problems
If you love to run but your knees, ankles, or other body parts may beg to differ, you can mimic the same movements but instead of logging those miles on the treadmill or the roads outside you can slip into a swimsuit and take it to the pool. Aqua jogging is not only an excellent [...] -
Thousands finish Sports Relief Mile
More than 165,000 people – including politicians, athletes and celebrities – took part in the Sport Relief Mile at 16 cities across the UK over the weekend, organisers have said. Some participants completed the event pushing babies in prams, others took spacehoppers or pogosticks, and two men finished the run on their hands and knees. In some [...] -
Call for fitness tests for children
The Government’s chief medical officer wants children to complete fitness tests each year. Similar to schemes which are already running in California and Texas in the US, Sir Liam Donaldson has called for schoolchildren to test their health and fitness with bleep tests. He believes the tests, which involves intense bursts of running, would improve children’s mental [...] -
Students urged to play more sport
The National Lottery is funding the drive with £10 million in a bid to encourage more than 100,000 students across the UK to play sport at least three times per week. A recent study revealed that fewer than three in 10 students play sport on a regular basis, and that graduates spend twice as much time [...] -
How to run uphill
Running is a favourite cardio activity of many and sometimes when you are in the zone and pounding out those miles in your fitness clothes and supportive running shoes you can obtain that coveted runner’s nirvana. Yet if you are headed there and suddenly are met with one monster of a hill, you could be [...] -
Exercise project for Scots launched
An exercise campaign for Scots has been launched with the aim of using the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games as a motivation for increasing exercise. The Active Nation campaign urges adults to aim for at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise at least five days a week and a new website provides ideas on becoming more active. Even [...]