The simplest and most effective recovery aid is food and drink. For example, drinking coffee can accelerate recovery by reducing muscle soreness and restoring your central nervous system, meaning you recover quicker after exercise.
It’s early in the year to be thinking about beach bodies and how you are going to look as you strut your stuff during the summer holidays but it is never too soon to be thinking about toning, tightening and strengthening your core, particularly your back and abdominals.
Here are some great exercises that you can do in the gym or at home, that will help you lengthen, strengthen and tone your abs, including both your stomach and back.
Looking to run a fast 10k? Kelsey Kerridge Outlooks Gym has everything you need to train for a 10k. The treadmill offers the means to build up the mileage, and with the top-of-the-range console you are always aware of your speed, distance, heart-rate, incline and anything else you need to know.
At Kelsey Kerridge we pride ourselves on the wide range of classes we offer our visitors. Whether you are after a high octane cardio session or a mind clearing, body stretching yoga class, we have it covered.
But, we are also very aware that joining an activity that you have never done before can be daunting, which is why we thought we would tell you a little bit about what you can expect from some of our lesser-known activities.
Whether you are a 17-year-old deciding it is time to hang up your netball kit to concentrate on ‘A’ Levels, a 30-year-old who has come to the end of a starry soccer career, someone whose sporting excellence was cut short by injury, or just someone deciding enough is enough – moving on at the end of an all-consuming sporting career is a difficult decision.
Whatever the reason, there is no need for anyone to completely turn their back on sport. Just as one door closes, so another may well open.
Turn the idea of Lent on its head and actually ‘taking something up’ for the next six weeks. By all means give up chocolate, snacks or alcohol through this period of Lent but replace it with something that will give you a n
In The Times on 18 February, fitness guru Matt Roberts sent shock waves through the fitness world as he announced that doing too much exercise and working too hard in the gym might be putting the health of 40 and 50 years olds at risk.
It is Valentine’s Day in the UK and across much of the western world, while in India and other Asian countries, February has been designated “Healthy Heart’ month, so we thought we would share some tips on how to keep your heart healthy.
It is that time of year when we all eventually succumb to the inevitable – the common cold. The question most of us want the answer to is: should I be exercising with a cold?
I really believe tennis players are the fittest athletes on the planet.
Okay, I am talking about the elite tennis players. Those guys and gals who play the international circuit and are ranked in the top 50-100 places in the world but, even so, every tennis player can follow an elite athlete’s training programme, even if they cannot hit the sweet spot or smash a winner every time.
