fitness

Until fairly recently, my diet and fitness had taken a bit of a back seat to vodka and bacon sandwiches. But about this time last year, fed up of feeling fat and needing a week-night hobby that didn't involve Eastenders, I joined the David Lloyd gym in Exeter. And because I pay a fortune for it and signed up to a year's contract, I felt I didn't have much choice but to go!

It took me a little while to work out that getting fit didn't necessarily mean getting slim, but once I'd realised this, I signed up to the Slimming World plan to give me a bit of guidance on how to eat healthily...

If your New Year’s resolution is to get fit, what better way to start than by joining the Exeter City FC running club in January?

The club, which is part of the national Run England scheme, is open to runners of all levels of fitness and organisers are particularly keen on encouraging those who are new to the sport to come along. The courses run in blocks of 10 weeks and cost £2 per session - which is far cheaper than a gym membership.

The first meeting will be held at St James Park on Thursday 10 January at 6.30pm and lasts for around an hour, giving members a...

Recently I attended a internship where the speakers were all gurus in their choosen fields, ranging from fitness and strenght to toxicity and health. Here are some of the points discussed:

Poorly fed (grain fed), hormonally enhanced and mass produced animals are more often than not also toxic animals. They store these toxins in the fatty parts of their flesh, just like us! These toxins are then passed up the food chain to us, this is another reason to ‘go organic’. If you decide not to bother with organic / grass fed meat at least cut off the fatty bits to reduce your...

Playing football could be the best way for people with high blood pressure, known as hypertension, to improve their fitness, normalise their blood pressure and reduce their risk of stroke.

Research from Universities of Exeter and Copenhagen, and Gentofte University Hospital in Denmark, published on Monday 15th October 2012 in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise , suggests that football training prevents cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men with hypertension and is more effective than healthy lifestyle advice currently prescribed by GPs.

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With the cold, dark nights drawing in, there is nothing I like more than a good party and the feel good factor! And this autumn, Vibes Dance Fitness classes are packed with fun songs to strut your stuff to!

Zumba and Swagga have just launched new dance sensation Gangnam Style! Absolutely hilarious, we've got everyone doing it!

With Swagga hitting Exeter & Exmouth, more and more people are catching on, you have never known anything like it! A whole hour of music videos and crazy dancing! Baseball hats with the Backstreet Boys, sunglasses with...

Exeter-based physical trainer James Buckingham gives advice on how to plan a successful fitness regime...

They say that “failing to plan is planning to fail”. As a trainer and coach I agree with this sentiment. Experience from my own training and from helping others plan and execute their training, if there is no plan in place there is limited progress. So here are a few very simple tips to get you on the right path to physical training success.

1. Decide on a goal and make a suitable plan to fulfil it. It should be specific, measurable / recordable, realistic and have
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