fitness

Health and training tips - a different outlook!

Authored by pfpexeter
Posted: Sun, 11/25/2012 - 10:20am

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...

Football scores a health hat trick for hypertensive men

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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Zumba & Swagga dance craze sweeping Exeter & Exmouth

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...

The Ramblers group walk. Distance 11 miles.

Event Date: 
14/10/2012 - 9:45am
Venue: 
Exminster, Start grid ref: SX954872

Enjoy British wildlife on a Ramblers group walk. A walk to Butterdon Ball Wood. Burnicombe, Westcott, Mardon Down, Wooston Farm, Hore Wood, Seaman's Borough, Meadhaydown Wood Picnic Dogs on leads

Time: 10:30. Contact: James & Isabella - telephone: 01297 23045. Most walks are intended primarily for Ramblers’ Association members. Non-members are welcome to join us as guests on two or three walks, though if you walk with a group regularly you will be expected to join the Ramblers.

The Ramblers group walk starting point.. Grid Ref:...

Physical training – 10 simple tips for Success

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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