Fitness

It’s Friday! Last workout of the week. Bicycle crunches to burn the abs before the weekend.

Part of the 7 Day Exercise Plan. Yesterday’s bodyweight circuit included jumping jacks, lunges, high knees and squats, so today we will give the legs a little rest and work more …

Part of the 7 Day Exercise Plan. These simple workouts are an excellent way to burn fat and get fit at home. With the exception of the walking lunges you do …

CrossFit has devised many specific workouts (called WODs, short for Workout Of The Day) which are used to help create fitness benchmarks and set goals. The first workouts were named …

Obese patients are referred to specialist fitness instructors and nutritionists.

An old runners circuit training plan that is still relevant today.

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Health scientists have found that the type of sport you do has an impact on your life expectancy. Recent research published in the British Medical Journal looked at the life …

I recently discovered a CrossFit club in my hometown and immediately signed up. I did a taster session on a Saturday morning and then started a series of eight 90 …

If you want to get really fit using a rowing machine it is a good idea to follow some sort of structured training. Best results come from following an interval training program with complimentary weight training.

When you ask us how to lose weight, we always suggest that you work on getting fitter and stronger while eating a healthy diet. But, how can you ensure that you are getting fitter?

Michael Mosley, the medical researcher and reporter for the BBC, has presented yet another excellent documentary about health and weight loss called The Truth About Exercise. In this latest feature …

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Unfit? Want to lose weight? Then start a walking plan. Brisk walking burns as many calories an hour as slow jogging and you can walk longer than you can jog!

Stretching is a part of fitness and exercise which is often neglected.

If there is one thing that springs to mind when people think of the commercialism of fitness, it is most likely to be an “ab machine”. Ab machines have plagued television shopping …

A Zumba workout mixes dance derived from Latin music with step aerobics. The routines feature aerobic interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms to exercise and tone the body.

Plyometric Circuits are the corner-stone of a good boxing workout. A boxer must maintain his strength and explosive power through two or three minute rounds. Plyometric circuit training is designed …

Pull Ups and Chin Ups are the exercises where you lift your whole body weight with just your arms, and use your back muscles.

Cheerleaders have to be extremely fit to perform their dance routines. Routines are often very intensive with acrobatics throws and jumps to wow the audience at a match.