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When do you choose to exercise?

There has been a big increase in recent years of the number of people following a vegan diet. The media may have had something to do with it, with documentaries like The Game Changers, the accessibility of vegan food in the super markets and restaurants and of course high performance athletes getting great results at an elite level that follow a plant based diet.

As with any diet there are healthy and unhealthy ways to follow a vegan diet.

In recent years periods have become less of a taboo subject as media coverage has started to increase with top athletes talking about their periods and more research being done into the physical and mental effects on periods, hormones and exercise.

What is HR Training?

With this type of training you can forget about the pace your running at, but instead focus on what your heart rate is doing.

Depending on the type of run you’re doing will affect the heart rate zone your wanting to run in.

Heart rate training is very personal as we all have different resting heart rates and therefore different maximum heart rates. So you’ll find a beginner or a retuning to running runner will have a different maximum heart rate to somebody who is an experienced runner.  

Don’t Let Your Asthma Stop You

I was diagnosed with asthma as a teenager. I was so active and playing sports daily, I couldn’t understand why I was getting out of breath so easily and struggling to recover compared to the rest of my team mates.

Now the weather is starting to get warmer the importance of staying hydrated when your exercising is paramount.

Serious side effects can happen if you become dehydrated. They can range from:

Having a bad back can be so debilitating. It can stop you getting a good night sleep and have the knock on effect of getting you down and irritated.

When it stops you doing your normal everything things you know it’s time to do something about it.

What does sportsmanship mean to you?

Sportsmanship is “an understanding of and commitment to fair play, ethical behaviour and integrity, and general goodwill toward an opponent. It is an affirmation that an athlete is disciplined enough to have perspective, maintain poise and do what is best for his or her teammates”

Many of you will know about the issue I’ve had with my knee over the last few months, thanks to some body boarding and ‘old lady breaststroke’ during the August bank holiday weekend.

Its turns out I’ve torn part of the cartilage in my knee, and I now have the long slow recovery process to work through, as I’m very keen to avoid a surgery on it.

We've talked in the past about ankle strength and stability, but this exercise is a fun way to see how your balance can improve.