Fitness & You
Dumbbells are the most commonly found items in any commercial or home gym. In the coming months we will be detailing some useful dumbbell...
Fitness: weights and aerobics together
A few years ago a group of fitness researchers in both Canada and Sweden conducted a series of experiments involving combined weight training and...
The myth of metabolism…continued
In the last issue we looked at how metabolism doesn’t really slow down as we age and is not really the prime reason why...
Weight training can increase sex hormones in older men
A study done at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan in 2014 concluded that older men may not need testosterone replacement therapy if they engage...
No Matter Your Age, It’s Never Too Late to Get Started
There are many reasons why we tend to slow down and become more sedentary with age. It may be due to health problems, weight...
Food for thought
Nearly half of the world’s population is now locked down in their homes to avoid spreading the coronavirus. With a vaccine likely still many months away,...
Why Do I want to Get Fit…..
Recently I have had many people come and buy some of our good condition used commercial fitness equipment. The first question I usually ask...
Weight Training for Women
It’s still a large misconception that women should not lift weights and many women still spend most of their time in the gym on...
Lose that belly fat with weights
A 12-year study of 10,500 healthy men conducted at Harvard University and published in 2014 looked at which activity, from doing nothing, or virtually...
Keep Your Form through Function
In recent years, the words Functional Training have been bandied around with many trainers claiming to be teaching this new found method of keeping...
