Timing is everything

With exercise, as with most things, timing is everything. For instance, if you are using exercise to improve your memory, and there is plenty of research to support this, when you exercise matters. Learning something new and remembering it later, can be enhanced with good timing. Exercising immediately after, or not at all, gives you the same result. Not much …

What numbers matter

What numbers matter? We measure everything. Weight, waist circumference, body fat, calories consumed, distance run, elevation gained, pounds lost, revolutions per minute. Age. That last one is a funny one. When we are young we believe we have plenty of time to get fit, lose weight, run, ride, get to the gym, improve our health and then we don’t. When …

Everything in moderation.

When it comes to diets,  you may have you have heard this advice, “Everything in moderation” Maybe not. A study published in the journal Appetite has shown that moderation has quite a range of interpretations and the more you enjoy food, the more forgiving that definition could be. We are not that good at estimating how much we eat or …

Will exercise help me lose weight?

Sometimes we think we haven’t been losing weight because we haven’t been able to do their workouts. While this is a popular reason it is not exactly true. Exercise is not a great weight loss method, especially if you regularly exercise, but it does help maintain weight loss and if you are just starting an exercise program it is a …