Even if you consider yourself to be fit and active, two simple tests which you can do at home right now, The Standing Balance Test and the Five Repetition Sit to Stand Test (FRSTS), have been shown to be good predictors of your future health. Both are quick and easy to do, are a useful… Continue Reading
Moving towards a life I love: Born to be move and born to be buoyant
We were born to move and be buoyant. The evidence for this is provided firstly by the measurable and holistic benefits of being active for our physical, mental and emotional health, and secondly by the hazards of being inactive. As we have shown in other posts, physical inactivity can be lethal. (See: Are you an… Continue Reading
Are you an ‘Active’ couch potato?
Reducing your ‘Sedentary Time’ could literally save your life. Across Europe and the USA there is evidence that we are spending an increasing amount of time sitting as against standing, walking, running or just moving. Many of us sit for long periods at work or in school, or travelling between the two. Even when we… Continue Reading
Approaching 50 or over? – How ‘pre-frail’ are you?
5 simple questions to help avoid the slippery slope to senescence. Age alone cannot tell whether a person is frail or even pre-frail. In a survey of over 30,000 people aged 50+, across 12 European countries, more than one in four females and just over one in six males met the criteria for being pre-frail.… Continue Reading
Healthy drinking: testing yourself and resetting the ‘alcohol-stat’
Most people can ‘reset’ their whole system by having an alcohol free period. It doesn’t have to be 4 weeks. Try 2 or 3 weeks. At least aim to have at least 2 days a week alcohol free and make this a habit by planning which days you are going to this each week in… Continue Reading
Are you becoming grumpy before your time?
Try an alcohol free period and sleep like a baby! Could this be you? Over a period of time you have lost your sense of humour and more people think you are grumpy or moody. In fact you seem to have trouble controlling your emotions, with more negativity and less flexibility. You are easily distracted… Continue Reading
Three things to do before you go on a diet
How to lose up to 20 pounds gradually without having to count calories. Let’s face it the vast majority of diets don’t work. Ninety five percent of people who lose weight on a diet put the weight back on over the next 12 months and 10 percent of these will end up heavier than before… Continue Reading