What is a PAR-Q Form

What is a PAR-Q Form

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...
Taking Your Blood Pressure at Home

Taking Your Blood Pressure at Home

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...
Body Mass Index (BMI) Plus

Body Mass Index (BMI) Plus

Health, Health Assessments

The Body Mass Index (BMI) used to be the gold standard health assessment tool. Few use it these days as it says nothing about your body composition. Which means it doesn’t take into account your muscle/fat ratio. We have much easier access to accurate information...
Basal Metabolic Rate: Harris Benedict

Basal Metabolic Rate: Harris Benedict

Health Assessments

The Harris Benedict method calculates your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) using your age as well as weight and height. This is useful for insight as to how many calories we need to think about reducing as we get older. In the UK we are told that the ‘average’ women needs...
Waist to Hip ratio (WTH)

Waist to Hip ratio (WTH)

Health Assessments

How much you weigh is usually how you measure how healthy you are. Until you are menopausal and then your waistline expands! It suddenly  comes under  scrutiny. The waist to hip ratio is an important guide for women’s health, as it measure where you store any...