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Always a touchy subject but maintaining a healthy weight is important for good health. ...
Get with the strength
Increasingly, Australians of all are converting to strength training. The science comprehensive – resistance provides multiple benefits for health, including building strength, reducing muscular enhancing independence and bone mass. The great thing muscles is that they respond training regardless of age or your strength – so you can start ...
Brain fitness
November sees the beginning of the seven-day online Brain Fitness Challenge, a competition devised ...
Aerobic Exercise
This Mayo Clinic Health Oasis site covers the benefits of aerobic exercise (walking, running, swimming, cycling, exercise classes, etc). It includes a guide to determine your exercise capacity, with links to your target heart rate, guidelines on frequency, duration and intensity of exercise, choosing shoes, activity tips and much ...
Guide From the National Institute on Ageing
This is a comprehensive guide from the US Institute aimed at older people. It covers motivation, what exercise can do for you, health and safety cosiderations, types and level of exercise, exercises for endurance, strength, balance, stretching and floor exercises, plus guidelines on diet and target heart rates. ...
Be Active Every Day
From the Australian Heart Foundation, here's guidance to physical activity for a healthy heart. This site has much more information about a healthy heart: healthy eating, blood pressure, healthy weight, smoking and medical information. Find out about the pedometer to check how far you have walked. Go there
Over 50s Physical Activity
Physical activity for the over 50s. From Victoria's Better Health Channel, covering general information on exercise, plus yoga, Tai Chi, and related subjects. Go there