Exercise, Health Assessments
What is a PAR-Q & why should you complete one? When you join a gym or before you start a new fitness programme with a Personal Trainer you will be asked to complete a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire or PAR-Q form. It has 7 questions when help work out...
Health Assessments, Heart Health
Why take your blood pressure at home? Knowing your blood pressure is one indicator of heart health. It is important because high blood pressure is a silent, symptomless disease. Which means if you do not know it’s high unless you get it checked. Previously, that meant...
3 ways to improve, Walking Series
Three Essential Tools for Flexible, Resilient Toes When you start to exercise again in your fifties, you may find how your toes move has a big impact on your workouts. If you have inflexible feet it can have a significant, negative impact on how you move. Socks with...
Exercise, Training Methods
There are three types of cardio training methods. Which gives flexibility to help you work towards your cardio fitness goals when you start to exercise again after the menopause. The three methods are: Steady State Interval Training Fartlek Steady State Method Steady...
