Over the past three and half years I have written nearly 200 of these blogs. I have tried to take you through a description of what exercise does, how it works, what it does for us, its effects on a large variety of diseases, both for prevention and treatment, how it...
Dear Reader This week I am giving you a break from my relentless pro-exercise propaganda. Here is a commercial to encourage you to give my book as a Christmas present to your loved ones, relatives, friends, colleagues etc – as a sure indication of the esteem in...
Last week I talked about the risk of sudden death during exercise. Though well known, this is an extremely rare complication of exercise – it is far more common in non-exercisers than in exercisers. Exercise is very safe. Indeed it is much safer to be an...
Complications of Exercise ‘The only exercise I take is acting as pall-bearer to my friends who have indulged in strenuous exercise!’ Mark Twain Despite Mark Twain’s jaundiced view, exercise is extremely safe. Even strenuous and prolonged exercise rarely produces...
Dear Reader My mission is to encourage everyone (except the small minority who need no such encouragement) to take more exercise. I avoid giving advice about what form of exercise to take because it is important that to choose something that you enjoy to decrease the...
Enhancing exercise by prescription Telling people to take exercise “for their own good” is largely ineffective unless it is part of a prescribed treatment regime – ie cardiac rehabilitation or pulmonary rehab. When exercise is...
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