Making Health Easy, Fun – and Just a Little Bit Surprising
If you want to get more serious about your fitness, or, if you have a goal you want to achieve, you might want to start a training diary – and when it comes to picking one, the Daily Greatness Training Journal is one of the best I’ve seen. This post…
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Studies show that those who work out in the morning are more likely to stick with their plans – but there’s now a new reason to move on first thing. Studies from the US’s Northwestern University have shown that people exposed to bright light in the morning seem to have…
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How awesome is this? Fitsnap is a new app that allows you to annotate pictures of yourself running – the idea being that this will motivate you during training for races. Now, this might seem hypocritical to any of my friends who read this blog as I was lamenting on…
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I met one of my ex running buddies at the gym the other day. We ran together for a few months about 2 years ago until it all fizzled out. She got fast. I felt unfit and eventually stopped texting to arrange things. While I was on the treadmill after…
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Deepak Chopra is the A-listers spiritual guru of choice but his book ‘What Are You Hungry For?’ he’s not just trying to get your mind into shape but your body. Here’s what it’s all about. Chopra’s firmly believes that many people’s issues around their weight come from their mind. His…
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So, my Sunday runs are getting longer. This week was six miles, which in my world is about a 1 hour and 15-minute run. I’m doing really well keeping up my enthusiasm by changing my routes – I’ve run down roads I didn’t even know existed. I’ve found fields of…
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Okay, put down whatever you are doing and click the play icon above. It may be the most important message you will get all year in terms of weight loss. Cookie Monster has covered Icona Pop’s ‘I Love It’ and renamed it ‘Me Want It’ in an ode to delayed…
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A long time ago in a land far far away, I was a proper runner. Someone who did half marathons every month, ran 50 odd kilometres across a week blah de blah blah. As the years went by, my mileage and my confidence dropped off, and even though I still…
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Sometimes, even if you love running, the idea of doing it is not pleasant, safe or advisable. Maybe it’s raining or snowing outside, or you’ve got an injury and need to rest up for a bit. The obvious solution the first two is to train on a treadmill, but what…
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You probably know that the music you listen to on your workout can make it feel easier – but did you also know it might make you feel warmer? A piece of research from the UK’s University of Southampton, says feelings of nostalgia make us warmer – and therefore listening…
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