National and regional lockdowns throughout this year due to COVID-19 have changed our lives in many different ways. They have meant that we have all been spending much more time…
10,000 steps a day is seen by many as the epitome of health, although it is a target most people rarely manage to reach (it equates to about 5 miles…
You may have heard that running is bad for your knees, from well-meaning family members, friends, colleagues or even doctors and healthcare professionals. By ‘bad for your knees’ what they…
Increasingly, public health guidelines are including resistance (strength) training as a recommended form of exercise for older adults. This is because of a number of health benefits, including to prevent…
The current Chief Medical Officer’s UK Physical Activity Guidelines recommend that adults, and older adults, are active every day. This activity should consist of either 150 minutes of moderate activity…