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Feb 13

Marathons and fitness.

Just read Dr Christian Jessen’s column in the Evening Standard (9/02/11). ‘Every year around this time several of my habitually unfit patients march in to my clinic and proudly announce that they have decided to do the London marathon to get fit. My heart sinks. Running the marathon will not make them healthy. It will […]

Sep 27

Walk your way to postural fitness.

Most of us think that fitness and good posture are two unrelated things. Not so and now science can tell us why. At the University of Michigan, reseachers explain why we swing our arms when we walk. Swinging the arms reduces the torques or twisting movements required to counter the inertia of our legs. In […]