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How to walk stairs
19/03/2023
Aside from often being a daily necessity, stairs build lower body strength. So it’s worth ensuring we use the right parts of our body to go up and down them.
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What can we take away from research on time-restricted eating and high intensity interval training?
25/10/2022
A recent study on younger women produced noteworthy results, and it has implications for we not-so-young women.
What does our ability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds say about us?
28/08/2022
A team of Brazilian researchers argue that this simple test should be included in routine health checks for older people.
Muscle matters. More than we think.
27/07/2022
Losing muscle and strength is like having our bank account slowly drained. Initially it’s too subtle to notice, though it can be well under way by the time we’re 60.
Five principles of exercising when we’re older
28/06/2022
It’s not a stretch to say that exercise or movement is the number one way to preserve our quality of life as we get older, but many of us struggle to be consistent, don’t do enough to make a difference, or get ourselves injured. So here are four principles to bear in mind.
Housework is exercise. That’s why we need to do it properly.
26/05/2022
Cleaning up the house or yard can be good for us as well as our surroundings. But only if we use our bodies well and avoid injury. Here are three pointers for doing that.
How to avoid a downward health spiral
26/10/2021
Sometimes life lives up to the saying ‘it never rains but it pours’. This woman explains how falling set off a string of health problems. But what could she — and all of us — do to sidestep that?
What Amazonian children can teach us about weight loss
17/04/2021
Most of us assume exercise will help us lose weight by burning calories, but the surprising results of a study on children in Ecuador shed new light on the truth of that.
Being fit or fat: does one cancel out the other?
24/02/2021
It’s an old debate. If we’re overweight or obese but active, does our activity counter those extra kilos? The answer seems to be in.
How to prevent dementia 101
24/02/2021
Remember when cancer was the disease everyone was afraid of? That’s probably been replaced by dementia. But here’s another study confirming that we can improve cognitive function.
