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How to look sporty – and feminine
As more and more women take up fitness and sports activities, so sports clothing designers and manufacturers are responding with gear that is both practical and feminine. If you’re new to sport then you’ll not recall the many decades when women were forced to buy small men’s sports clothing in a range of bloke-ish blues, blacks [...] -
Benefits of yoga for runners
Jane arrived at her first yoga class feeling fit and ready for anything. Just 10 minutes into the Ashtanga-style yoga class, the keen runner and mum-of-two realised that while she might be fit and fairly lean, she wasn’t flexible. Not in the least. In fact, the 70-year-old yogi to her right was able to reach [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
Race for Life 2011 will be bigger than ever
Why not join the girls this summer for Race for Life, the UK’s biggest female-only fundraising event, and raise money to help Cancer Research UK in their life saving work. Now in its 18th year, Race for Life has raised an astonishing £362,000,000 since it started. This phenomenal sum has enabled 4,000 doctors, nurses and researchers [...] -
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 [...] -
Stretching Before Excercise Doesn’t Help In Avoiding Injury
A recent study has shown that stretching before physical activity does not reduce the risk of injury. Doctor Daniel Pereles at George Washington University in America, along with a number of other colleagues, conducted an experiment involving 2,729 volunteers who all recruited online and ran at least 10 miles per week, thus increasing the reliability of [...] -
End of season marathon for Norwich City CE
The Chief Executive of Norwich City Football Club is to run the London Marathon in April in aid of the NORCAS charity. David McNally will run the 26 miles for the `Too much too young appeal` which helps to support up to 15,000 young people in Norfolk who live with parents or guardians who have addictions [...] -
Which Sports burn off the most calories?
It’s a question which understandably is very difficult to answer due to the fact everyone is different and someone’s weight has a huge impact on how much can be burnt off at any one time. However, using myself as an example, (an 11st, 22 year old male) I’ve attempted, and successfully found, a converter to [...] -
Aerobic exercise ‘boosts memory’
New research has shown that aerobic exercise boosts memory in older adults. Moderate exercise carried out over a year increased the size of a part of the brain associated with memory and learning, a study conducted by a team at the University of Pittsburgh found. Researchers selected 120 dementia-free physically inactive adults aged 55 to 80 for [...]