How to Keep Fit While Injured

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Getting injured can be devastating for anyone who likes to look after their health. Whether it’s a short or long lay-off it can seem like the end of the world (or at least the end of your fitness plans) with getting back to the same standard after recovering a daunting prospect. +

Family Skiing Trip Tips

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Skiing is great exercise and also a fantastic activity all the family can get involved in. Most slopes have lessons for kids and areas dedicated to beginners so you can drop them off to learn while you hit the higher heights. Or if they’re more advanced you can all ski together. Either way, to have the most fun and stay safe here are a few important tips. +

5 Of The Best Winter Marathons

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Winter can be a hard time for runners. The cold, wet weather makes running outside less appealing, while gyms are full of new members come January. The outside conditions also mean there are fewer races on offer to train for and participate in. However, there are a few around and some abroad that should pique your interest. +

My Little Black Dress

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It’s what some women refer to as their little black dress. Unfortunately you aren’t going to see me wearing one, haha. It’s a term used by people who are wanting to either lose weight and/or tone up to fit into their Christmas party dress. +

Top 5 Health & Fitness Wearables

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Whether you’re looking for motivation to start training for the marathon or you want to improve your sleeping pattern, fitness trackers are here to help. Plastic Logic CEO Indro Mukerjee calls wearable technology ‘the next frontier in consumer electronics. ’ These gadgets – a watch, bracelet, or clip – can perform a range of tasks aimed at helping you get healthy, like recording your steps, counting your calories, measuring heart rate and blood oxygen levels, and monitoring your sleeping schedule. +

Quick Tips to Improve Core Strength at the Gym

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Many of us associate core strength with the holistic benefits of Yoga or Pilates and specifically, if you believe the current trends on YouTube, toning those abs in isolation of other muscle groups. However, your body’s ‘core’ not only includes those abdominals but also all of the muscles associated with your hips and spine. +

Your Lifestyle and Fitness

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Lifestyle choices affect your health and fitness enormously. Making bad lifestyle choices can significantly diminish your fitness while health lifestyle choices increase your health and fitness tremendously. A bad lifestyle involving poor eating habits, overuse of drugs and stressful environments can all cause many diseases like liver cirrhosis, obesity and even some types of cancers which can seriously compromise your health. People who not only follow healthy lifestyles but also combine it with exercise, good eating habits and reduced levels of stress can avert numerous diseases such as diabetes, heart attacks and gout. +