EXERCISE AND DISEASE

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It is time to talk about the health-giving properties of regular exercise and of high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness. Today’s post is an introduction to the idea that your long term health depends upon avoiding the degenerative diseases of later life which...
MORE ABOUT EVIDENCE

MORE ABOUT EVIDENCE

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We are repeatedly reminded by politicians that their decisions are dictated by “the science” which is often shorthand for “this is how we have used science to justify what we are about to do”. As John Barry said “When you mix politics and...

EVIDENCE & HOW TO INTERPRET IT

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Bertrand Russell Why evidence? For the next few months I will be discussing the effects of exercise on a number of conditions and diseases - mainly those which...

PHYSICAL TRAINING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS

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The natural history of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) The basic facts are these. Using VO2max as the measure of physical fitness, we increase in fitness through childhood till late teens or early twenties. At this stage VO2max lies between about 30 and 50ml/min/kg...

AND HOW FIT ARE WE?

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Is it important to know how fit we are? I think so. There is a link between physical activity (PA), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and a variety of health problems. I will talk about some of the complexities of these relationships in a future Blog but a simple view...