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Since its invention by a Uruguayan school teacher in 1930, futsal has gone from strength to strength. The modified form of five-a-side football, played on a small indoor pitch with a weighted ball, is now recognised by football’s governing body FIFA as the ‘fastest growing indoor sport in the world.’ +
Health
The Guardian recently reported that limb lengthening surgery is becoming a hugely popular practice in India, but that many of the surgeries were unregulated and risky. Limb lengthening, which most often means leg lengthening but can also include arms, is a more common practice than you might realise in Europe and the UK. +
Fitness
Electric bikes have come a long way from the bulky, clunky faux-mopeds that they once were. With continued improvements in technology, weight and aesthetic, you can easily buy an electric mountain bike rather than something akin to a giant motorised tricycle. +
Fitness
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. +
Fitness
We’ve all been there. That moment when we’re competing in a run and we start to question why exactly we’re doing this? The overwhelming desire to stop and the unbearable pain appear make us want to laugh, cry, dribble and collapse all at the same time. Our legs go wobbly and we start to run like Morph after a good night out. All is not well with the world. Yet somehow we keep going, urging our aching body onwards until we’re confused, delirious and lurching forwards with a slightly hysterical look on our face. +
Fitness
When you’re aiming to get a certain kind of body, there are many tricks and tips to help along your way. For athletes, it’s important to build up on lean muscle mass and keep energy levels high enough to really make a workout count. +