Does your favourite pastime require a particular kind of physical prowess? If you find yourself saying things like "Oh I could have done that when I was younger" or "Of course s/he finds that easy, look at the length of their legs" then you can pretty much guarantee there's a sports specific element to your hobby. It makes sense to work your exercise around your favourite pastimes but Google doesn't always help here. If you've ever lost 2 hours trying to find a way to stretc

I'm on holiday this week so rather than the usual blog I want to tell you about a charity I like. Sometimes I'm asked to give talks and rather than claim expenses or payments I like to offer the money to charity. I always recommend Femme International and today I thought I'd share it with you just in case you've never heard of it. Firstly, this is a wummin's charity about wummin's things so if you're a squeamish bloke then hand £20 to your nearest female and forward them this

How do you compare with the NHS guidelines for your weekly activity? What about the WHO (World Health Organisation) recommendations for body fat? Or the ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) for your cardiovascular strength? Here's another more telling question: how do the NHS recommendations compare to the WHO and ACSM? And what happens when you add variants like age or height into the mix? The broad breakdown is that as fitness professionals we'll have norms tables whi