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Want to save pounds while shedding pounds? Try these new ways to get fit and keep healthy.
There’s not enough evidence that sports drinks are any better at hydrating you than water.
The ideal fitness regime is not just a matter of time.
Why that fitness plan you saw online probably won’t help you lose as much weight as it claims.
For his fight with Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, Kell Brook had to gain weight in just the right places.
Forget high-end design and cutting-edge communication. The new Watch is a fitness device and heralds a shift for the company – from enabling self-expression to nudging users toward self-mastery.
We need children to get hold of their fitness levels - literally.
Fitbit and other wearable technology are good for keeping track of your personal fitness. But should they be used by school children?
Sprinters may be able to power through, but endurance athletes could suffer from hyperthermia and dehydration.
Why less is more when it comes to exercise.
The first article in our series on urban sports looks at how CrossFit has given gruelling exercise a corporate makeover – and why that might be a good thing.
Spare a thought for the cast of thousands that has to worry about player fitness and team logistics in a major sporting event.
While walking is a great way to get people moving, evidence has found the program doesn’t target people who need it the most, and people swap high intensity exercise for more steps.
The human psyche loves a challenge as well as a pat on the back for achievement. Pervasive computing taps into these drives to ‘gamify’ aspects of life that are typically not games or even much fun.
Extreme match durations are more common today than at any other time in the modern tennis era. This poses a threat to the sport’s standard of excellence.
Reinforcement of the idea that exercise will lead to weight loss acts as a disincentive for those who stick to their exercise goals to only find the scales haven’t turned in their favour.
Gardening can tackle stress, low self-esteem and depression.
For many obese people, the message that physical activity is more important than managing weight is not only unhelpful but also not true.
Children’s fitness has been declining even faster over the past six years than in the decade before.
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Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University
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Professor of Nutritional Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
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Professor of Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Adelaide University
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Lecturer Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer in Performance Analysis of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Reader in Exercise and Health Physiology, University of Hertfordshire
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Course Lead, Sheffield Hallam University
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Reader in Ageing Physiology, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise, Teesside University