Introduction What is the least amount of exercise someone can get away with doing whilst still staying healthy? Sam and Neil talk about it and teach you related vocabulary. This week’s question According to new UK government advice, what is the minimum number of steps we should walk every day to stay healthy? a) five thousand...
Category: Fitness
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Liskeard mother of two to represent Great Britain in bodybuilding championships
A MOTHER of two from Liskeard has been selected to represent Great Britain in the Bodybuilding World Championships. Louise Hick had two children under two years old when she decided she wanted to regain her old self. She said: “I want to show my daughters and anyone else who has ever doubted themselves, that if...
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Great Britain’s Olympic Relay Team Win First Swimming Gold
The Great British swim team have won gold at the Paris Olympics, retaining their title in the 4x200m freestyle relay. The team consisting of Matt Richards, James Guy, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott take the Team GB total medal count to 12, and it is our fourth gold of the games so far. The relay...
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British triathlon great Alistair Brownlee laments London luck after tyre trauma, but finds fitness silver linings
It was a day of what could have been for Alistair Brownlee at the London T100, as the two-time Olympic Champion saw his chances hampered by a puncture on the bike. After coming out of the water in the front group, Brownlee was with the leaders through the first three laps, before a front wheel...
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Paris 2024: GB’s Lauren Steadman in fitness race after long Covid
“Covid attacked my central nervous system, and I’ve had long Covid since,” she told BBC Sport. “I haven’t had the preparation I would like to have done, the medical staff have looked after my training. “The normal benchmarks for me to work out how I have been doing, but I haven’t been on a blue...
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I’m a French woman in my 40s. This is why I’m going to live longer than a woman in England
In France, children are educated about food from a young age, it forms part of the school curriculum. The simple colourful charts that are now commonplace on food packaging in the UK were in use back at my nursery in the Eighties. We all knew every meal had to feature all colours. Many schools have...
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Falkland Island tensions explode as Argentina slams ‘illegal British exercise’
Tensions in the Falklands have once again erupted as British military exercises in the region have drawn strong criticisms from government officials. The Government of Tierra del Fuego slammed the new British military exercises carried out in recent days in the Falkland Islands, also known as the Malvinas Islands, calling them a “clear violation of...
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Falkland Islands tension as UK launches military exercise under Argentina’s nose
British troops have been conducting exercises on and around the Falkland Islands amid growing tensions between the UK and Argentina over the sovereignty of the territory. The Royal Navy, RAF, the Roulement Infantry Company and the Falkland Islands Defence Force carried out drills on July 12, with images of the actions shared on official social media...
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Reece Prescod: One of Britain’s Fastest Men Gives You His Olympian Advice
One of the fastest sprinters in Britain, 28-year-old Reece Prescod won a silver medal in the 2018 European Championships 100m and a bronze in the 2022 World Championships 4x100m relay. His personal best at the 100m is 9.93 seconds. Originally from east London, he now trains at Loughborough University where he is coached by Jonas...
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Fitness coach creates thriving running club in Birmingham
BBC More than 200 runners take part in the event every weekend A running club set up by a personal trainer is thriving with more than 200 people joining in a matter of months. Rocup, which stands for “rise over challenges”, was launched in November last year by Rudy O’Halloran with just 17 members. Since...
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How Olympic Sprinter Zharnel Hughes Aims to Take Home Gold at Paris 2024
The Paris Olympics 2024 is around the corner, and with it, a sense of hopefulness as Great Britain puts forward their most promising athletes. One of whom, Zharnel Hughes, will be heading to Paris with the goal of winning his first Olympic medal. Hughes enjoyed a hugely successful 2023, breaking two British sprint records. Men’s...
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Somerset weightlifter, 67, wins gold at European Championships
BBC “Age is not a barrier,” said Bernard Trybull A 67-year-old has said he is “very happy and proud” after winning gold at the European Masters Weightlifting Championships, representing Great Britain. Zdzisław Bernard Trybull, known as Bernard, was a successful competing athlete in his youth in Poland before moving to the UK in 2006. Since...