Need a little more motivation for your running efforts? Hitting a fitness plateau? Want a way of comparing yourself to others or an easy method of tracking your goals and performance? Then these seven running apps may be just what you’re looking for. 1. Runkeeper Runkeeper is one of the most popular apps amongst runners, and with a clean user…
Whether you’re a relative exercise newbie who’s just discovered their motivation for fitness, or a seasoned pro who’s been training for years, there is always potential for overtraining. The following signs should serve as warning flags that all is not well with your current fitness efforts. Your resting heart rate is lower or higher than the average for your ageWhen…
Launching into a new exercise regime can be exciting – and whilst motivation is a critical contributor to sticking steadfastly to working out, it can also be a serious pitfall when it comes to fresh routines. Most of us, regardless of the exercise type, our age or physical condition, need to employ carefully selected tactics if we’re to benefit from…
All Zumbared out? Bored with the usual aqua aerobics? Ready for a new challenge? There’s actually far more of a diverse fitness scene out there than you may realise, here’s a rundown of seven local exercise classes, clubs and trainers that you may not even have heard of. 1. Your Style Fitness‘Your Style’ Fitness aims to help women who struggle…
Of all forms of sport, it is perhaps running that is hardest on our knees. The ongoing impact, the repetitive motions, and the ways in which many runners slip into poor posture habits all mean that knee injuries are the most common form of all for the average runner. So commonplace are knee injuries amongst runners, that in 2009, 66%…
Those outside of the cycling realm often consider the sport to be one relatively free from injury (it lacks the hard hitting contact that runners experience, and is relatively easy on the joints – or so many believe). Yet for those who actually cycle, the prospect of injury is often not a matter of if, but when. Amongst the most…
There’s no doubt that training for an event can be particularly gruelling, whether it’s a triathlon, half marathon or other fitness challenge. Exerting your body over a sustained period of time with different exercises often leads to a very common complaint: muscle cramps. What is muscle cramp? To provide a little background, a muscle cramp is where there is a…
Smartphone apps have truly revolutionised the health and fitness world – ultimately leading to a brave new world of wearable bio-tech that provides instantaneous feedback on exactly how we’re performing. For the average cyclist, where once there was nothing more than the open road and their own judgement as to how their training is progressing, today there’s thousands upon thousands…
Tennis elbow is an incredibly common condition suffered by as many as 40% of tennis players (in addition to those who enjoy certain other sports, such as golf, although this is a slightly different condition). However despite its prevalence it’s still known as a particularly stubborn condition to treat, and the misinformation and misunderstandings of when and what treatment should…
