too skint to get fit?
by Lou Stewart
too skint to get fit? | facilities for free | everyday tips - you won't even know you're exercising | help and info
help and info
Step 3 of our Stress Gym explains how a regular exercise regime can help you manage stress. Or see our feature in the food section to see how exercise can help overweight men to shape up too.
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websites
Exercise, Fitness & Leisure
www.exercise.co.uk
Try the 'Information Centre' for healthy recipes, fitness training tips and exercises and alternative treatments to aid your fitness regime.
NetFit
www.netfit.co.uk
Lots of exercises – all with pictures. Click on the interactive tool 'Bodyworks' to learn about how your body works and to try various targeted exercises.
The Fit Map
www.thefitmap.co.uk
UK health, fitness and exercise portal with articles about healthy living, interactive tools and fitness tools such as an interactive anatomy chart and video exercise demonstrations.
Health and Fitness (Magazine) Online
www.hfonline.co.uk
Features and latest news about health and fitness. Try the mind and body section for links to online yoga tutorials.
Fitness Industry Association
www.fia.org.uk
Trade organisation for the UK fitness industry. Promotes best practice within the industry, and also provides features and recent studies relating to the health and fitness industry.
NHS Direct
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Lots of health information as well as tips on healthy living, eating and getting active.
Sport England
www.sportengland.org
Aims to get more people involved in sport, to provide more places to play sport and encourages higher standards of performance. Provides a sport gateway database of local sporting contacts and sports facilities in your area.
Men's Health Magazine
www.menshealth.co.uk
Great resource for health and fitness tips as well as exercises (with video clips). Try the online personal trainer for free.
Men's Fitness Magazine
www.mensfitnessmagazine.co.uk
Lots of health and fitness tips and features. Take the fitness test (there's a print-friendly version) and browse through the workout archive.
Prevention Magazine
www.prevention.com
US health and fitness magazine promoting healthy living. Lots of great tools (quizzes, BMI calculator, walking calculator), latest news and research findings and online exercise programmes to follow.
reading
Head Strong – How to Get Physically and Mentally Fit by Tony Buzan (HarperCollins, 2001)
Multi-million copy bestselling author Tony Buzan offers revolutionary new techniques on using our minds to improve our health, physical performance and longevity. He also shows us how to use our bodies to achieve optimum mental performance.
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The Endorphin Effect by William Bloom (Piatkus Books, 2001)
Explains the way endorphins work in our bodies to promote vitality and wellbeing.
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The Exercise Bible: The Definitive Guide to Total Body Health and Wellbeing by Joanna Hall (Kyle Cathie, 2003)
Cardiovascular, flexibility and resistance exercises are covered in this overall guide to attaining fitness. Eating guides and exercise programmes are provided to create a fitness regime for yourself.
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Yoga for Beginners: The Eye-level and Hands-free Guide to the Art of Yoga by Liz Lark and Mark Ansari (Newleaf, 2000)
This book is designed to help readers master the poses and philosophy of yoga with minimal distraction. Has step-by-step photographs with clear directions. Contains both beginners and intermediate programmes.
Get this book
(September 2003, resources updated January 2005)
