Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Lift it and shift it ‘While I regularly go for a walk, and even sometimes go the gym for a light aerobics class, my gym instructor keeps trying to talk me into lifting weights. Is there any real reason why I should do this when all I’m after is some weight loss.’ Sounds like you …
Move It & Lose It with Prof Trim
Exercise builds brain health In a recent review that would take slightly more space to do it justice than the paragraph devoted to it here, University of California-Irvine brain researchers have concluded that exercise is not just good for the body, but can also be good for the brain. It does this by allowing the …
Move It & Lose It with Professor Trim
Can you resist? Don’t even try to. Go for it. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in April this year showed that resistance exercise (such as weight-lifting, using resistance bands, press-ups and sit-ups) that helps to maintain and build muscle-mass reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes. In this recent study, …
Move it and Lose it!
Don’t just sit there! Light activity helps avoid chronic disease according to research by the University of Queensland and the International Diabetes Institute published in Diabetes Care (Vol 30 No 6). The results not only confirm that a sedentary lifestyle is associated with high blood glucose levels, but show that washing dishes, ironing and other …
Move it and Lose it!
Glenn answers those FAQs about exercise: My top bloke absolutely refuses to set foot in a gym. What can I encourage him to do? What activities do men tend to keep to? Glen Cardwell Running. Most blokes like to don the joggers, the holiday T-shirt (Hawaii, Bahamas, Bali) and the torn shorts and crank out …
Move it and Lose it!
Glenn answers those FAQs about exercise When should I exercise? I have read that you will burn more fat if you exercise before breakfast. The biggest factor for burning body fat is whether you do the activity in the first place. It may be interesting to speculate whether you burn more fat in certain circumstances, …
Move it and Lose it!
Glenn Cardwell’s tip for blokes If you see home exercise machinery advertised suggesting it will make you look like the 25-year-old body builder in the advert, be thankful you aren’t foolish enough to give them your credit card details. For more information see Gold Medal Nutrition. Glen Cardwell Exercise goals for May Fitness expert Joanna …
Get Physical
Let’s Get Physical Glenn Cardwell’s 10 tips why you need to get your body on the move. ‘It’s what your body was designed for,’ says Glenn Cardwell, author of Gold Medal Nutrition. ‘Being pressed against the lounge or office chair most of the day is not what the body was designed for. Get that heart …
Feedback—Your FAQs Answered
How relevant is the GI for athletes? ‘The glycemic index can be a useful tool to help athletes select the right type of carbohydrates to consume both before and after exercise,’ says Dr Emma Stevenson. ‘Several studies have investigated the effect of changing the GI of carbohydrates eaten before exercise on substrate metabolism during prolonged …
Food for Thought
Unlock the stairways and step into metabolic fitness Exercise and activity speed up your metabolic rate (increasing the amount of energy you use) which helps you to balance your food intake and control your weight. Exercise and activity also make your muscles more sensitive to insulin and increase the amount of fat you burn. Best …
