Entries from August 2009

August 27, 2009

Can I Drink Alcohol And Stay Lean?

Below are some great tips from from top fat loss expert Mike Geary on how to drink alcohol AND stay on top of your fitness regime.
1. Obviously alcohol gives you extra empty calories on the days that you choose to drink. Alcohol has 7 calories per gram, compared to 4 calories per gram for [...]

August 16, 2009

How Exercise Increases Your Active Life (Part 2)

I want to live forever! How exercise increases your active life (Part 2)

“Everyone wants to live forever but no-one wants to grow old…”

With life expectancy in the UK currently at 77, and looking to increase in line with a rising trend since the 1840’s, it appears that many of us will be blessed [...]

August 12, 2009

Why You Shouldn’t Skip Breakfast When Trying To Lose Weight

More evidence supporting the theory that having a good breakfast is a vital component of “Real World Weight Loss” – Courtesy of Alwyn Cosgrove
Alexander et al.
Association of Breakfast Skipping With Visceral Adiposity in Overweight Latino Youth.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 May 7.
The study compared three groups that consumed IDENTICAL total calories.

No breakfast
Breakfast occasionally
Breakfast every day

August 6, 2009

Race Report – Antwerp Ironman 70.3

Based on my experiences of my first half Ironman I can now comprehensively support the following ‘don’ts’ for any aspiring Triathlete:
DON’T – Leave your clothing bag at St Pancras Station leaving you with one pair of shorts and one Complete Equipe T-Shirt for four days (hand washed everyday might I add!)
DON’T – Try and take [...]

August 5, 2009

Featured Article – Exercise reverses the aging process

This week, in line with our August theme on Anti Aging we are featuring this article from the Science Daily Website. Hope you enjoy it.

ScienceDaily (May 23, 2007) —

Not only does exercise make most people feel better and perform physical tasks better, it now appears that exercise — specifically, resistance training — actually rejuvenates muscle [...]