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  • Why jogging is better than walking

    Why jogging is better than walking

    Have you taken up brisk walking as part of your New Year fitness campaign? Did you think that walking would be less tiring than jogging? Or perhaps you simply thought that walking would be easier on your body, but still an effective way to lose weight. Now an American study could make you change your [...]

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  • Fitness fashion trends for 2012

    Fitness fashion trends for 2012

    It’s not just the exercise that you do that’s important, it’s also how you look. In 2012, there’s a host of fab fashion predictions for keep-fitters. Here we bring you the best from the fitness fashionistas. Accessorise: Headbands, sweatbands, arm warmers, bags, gloves, socks, laces, you name it, the fitness accessories arena is burgeoning with a [...]

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  • The Animal in You: Evolutionary Exercise

    The Animal in You: Evolutionary Exercise

    Recently, an article in The Times by Peta Bee explored the latest fitness craze to hit the UK, evolutionary exercise.  The poor journalist was subjected to a very public evolutionary training session in a London park under the supervision of Colin Holding, which involved squatting like a primate to stretch the spine, running (or crawling) [...]

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  • Healthy Fast Food Options?

    Healthy Fast Food Options?

    I recently spotted a cover line on the front page of a women’s magazine that declared “Revealed!  Fast Foods That Won’t Make You Fat”, and so I thought at last there might be a guilt free option for people who occasionally indulge in the less healthy choice. Yes, as a runner you need good nutrition, enough [...]

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  • Beach Volleyball Stars Sell Ad Space on Their Bikini Bottoms …

    Beach Volleyball Stars Sell Ad Space on Their Bikini Bottoms …

    As part of a sponsorship deal with Betfair, top ranked British beach volleyball stars Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney have had QR codes printed on the back of their bikini bottoms, as a way to attract new customers to the online bookmakers. When someone takes a photo of a QR code, they’re taken to the advertiser’s [...]

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  • Fit deck exercise cards and app

    Fit deck exercise cards and app

    Recently I have been away on holiday and with that comes the guilt or pleasure of missing my regular exercise. No gym, no exercise, seems a fair exchange? This year I decided my holiday would actually be an opportunity to get fitter not fatter. Usually I train most week days, running, swimming, and gym so [...]

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  • Stiletto Racing – New World Record

    Stiletto Racing – New World Record

    I didn’t even know this awesome sport existed but it turns out it does and obviously its from Australia. I would imagine that Stiletto racing is actually much more tricky than it looks. Just watching women walk in them looks tricky, let alone run a 263ft course in under 1 minute. But 100 Women (and [...]

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  • Getting buff in the buff: could the naked gym workout catch on?

    Getting buff in the buff: could the naked gym workout catch on?

    Following news that a gym in the Basque region of Spain is offering its members the chance to work out naked, it got us thinking; could nude fitness actually (surely not!) take off in the UK? The people behind the Easy Gym in Arrigorriaga noticed a drop in member numbers, which they put down to the [...]

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  • The benefits of running for middle aged beginners

    The benefits of running for middle aged beginners

    If you’ve never been a runner before, the prospect of taking up the sport for the first time can be quite daunting. Many people assume that we all just naturally slow right down as we hit middle age and so avoid taking up running at this time in their life, as they assume it to [...]

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  • Boxing clever, fighting fit – women’s combat sport strengthens body and mind

    Boxing clever, fighting fit – women’s combat sport strengthens body and mind

    It’s no surprise that boxers are some of the fittest people you’re likely to meet. Boxing is the ultimate high intensity sport that uses every muscle in your body and requires the utmost agility, co-ordination, stamina and strength. There are several benefits of combat sports for women, however there has been, until recent years, quite [...]

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