weight loss
Don’t die of indolence
The Olympic legacy was meant to be a fitter, more active Britain, but research published last week in The Lancet shows that two out of three of us in the UK are not meeting the weekly physical activity guidelines – in fact, we are among the least active nations in the developed world. Constant extolling [...]
Weighty issues
It doesn’t take a sports scientist to observe that distance runners tend to be on the lean side. Excess body fat adds to the weight that has to be carried from foot to foot, and thus increases the energy cost of running - without contributing anything useful, in physiological terms. What’s more, research suggests that [...]
Pie in the sky advice
Today, the Department of Health and Ramblers’ Association teamed up to encourage us all to have an active festive break. Now I’m all for that (check out my article, Get Fit, Not Fat, This Christmas on the Articles page) but what I object to is their assertion that ‘even a 1-mile walk makes a difference.’ Frankly, [...]
Advice that’s a fat lot of good…
I am still aghast at the recent suggestion by the Scientific Advisory Committee that we, as a nation, may need to increase our calorie intake by 16 per cent because current recommended intakes for men and women ‘may be too low.’ Really? Can they explain why almost two-thirds of the British population are overweight or [...]
Forget about the fat burning zone
Anyone who does cardio exercise - be it running, cycling or gym training - has probably heard of the mysterious ’fat burning’ zone. It’s even indicated on most cardio machines and the implication is that if we want to burn fat, we need to stick in this low intensity’zone’ because working harder only burns carbohydrate and [...]