Following my rant yesterday, Michael suggested that we played music in today’s session to lift my mood and for the first time, we worked out with music playing.  I love music. Working out with music and singing along, is probably my idea of bliss  – yep, I should get out more!
The session was fast paced, varied, exciting and great fun. My polar watch recorded one of my highest heart rate 176 (!!!), burning 554 calories with 40 % fat in our hour session. Just what the doctor ordered.
Even better news, I …

Tip 2 is to complete 15 minutes of resistance exercise per day. This will help tone muscle local to the exercise that you complete. Very little equipment would be required because you are only completing relatively light resistances. Elastic dynobands are recommended. Various exercises with these can be seen in our ‘exercise library’ under the fitness tips/video page. The best results are achieved by doing 3 sets of 12 per exercise, to maintain an increased heart rate through this and thus encourage fat burning we give you very little rest …

After some important but vague ways to loseweight, below are some details for the 1st tip, increase your heart rate above 100 beats per minute for 45 minutes per day. The good thing about this goal is that you need not get all sweaty in doing so. Therefore, walking the first 30 minutes of your daily commute becomes a possibility. Then with a little walk the other end you have completed your exercise for the day without too much special effort. That is not to say that a specialist exercise …

Its the time of year that most cricketers have been longing for since the evenings began to shorten and last season ended in late September. Indoor winter nets begin for us this Sunday. However, many players, having wintered far too well will require some additional body conditioning to be in the best possible condition for the season. Good core stability is vital for both bowlers, for injury prevention and batsmen for their balance at the crease. Not to mention weight loss for those carrying additional pounds. Bowling is a very high …

Here is the copy of The Independent article written by journalist John Walsh…
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