Who said men could not careless about how their bodies look?
In fact, according to the most predictable health and diet survey since yesterday, men are just as keen as women to get rid of their flabby arms and stomachs as women.
Or at least in the UK they are. Not that we are saying other men around the world are not interested in shedding the pounds. No way!!
“Incentive, inspiration, drive, enthusiasm, impetus, stimulus, spur, impulse, and driving force are just some of the synonyms I found when I looked up the word motivation in the dictionary.” Read more of this extract from celeb trainer, David Kirsch’s new book, The Ultimate New York Body Plan.
One of the prerequisites to successfully completing any challenge is motivation. Without it, any challenge, including this one, will ultimately become too daunting to see to completion.
It seems that it was Jamie Oliver, rather than the PE teachers, who had the right idea.
Apparently, exercise is not really beneficial for obese children - rather, a healthy diet would be the better plan.
So, should we lock our kids inside at breaktimes? Feed them fruit instead of encouraging them to run around with a football?
It’s all well and good to get the inside info on Charlotte Church’s home gym or what type of fruit we should eat to get a flatter stomach, but isn’t it more useful and refreshing to hear how real women diet?
Many of us juggle high-pressure jobs and a busy home life, with barely a second to even think about going to the gym.
We spoke to Ruth Pugh, 22, a support worker from Middlesbrough, about all things diet…
Ever wondered how Carrie Bradshaw and the gang stay so slim?
The ladies from Sex And The City, whose new movie is the talk of the town after the London premiere last week, have revealed their diet and fitness secrets.
And you might be surprised to learn that they don’t necessarily rely on lettuce leaves and hours in the gym, like many other celebs.
A poll of thousands of marathon runners found that the cheesy 80s hit – which is the theme tune to Rocky III – was the hit they most liked to have on their iPods while jogging.
It beat classics like Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now and Keep on Running by the Spencer Davis Group to the finishing line.
So why did it win? I mean, it’s not as if you can expect small children running alongside you as you climb the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , is it?
It’s all well and good to get the inside info on Charlotte Church’s home gym or what type of fruit we should eat to get a flatter stomach, but isn’t it more useful and refreshing to hear how real women diet?
Many of us juggle high-pressure jobs and a busy home life, with barely a second to even think about going to the gym.
We asked Leila Day, 23, a student from Huddersfield, to tell us how she stays in shape.
Our guest writer Louise Robertson is back to tell us how to get fit in a very childish way…
With uniform tracksuits pounding away on rows of neatly spaced treadmills, you could be forgiven for thinking the gym is a meeting place for pre-programmed robots.
OK, the gym does work and you get results if you put in the effort, but when did it all get so… well, grown up and boring?
Why not mix it up a bit? Exercise like a kid and have fun at the same time. No, there isn’t a catch, just hours of potentially hilarious, reminiscent, fat burning fun.
Ex-Atomic Kitten and pro curry-muncher, Kerry Katona, has lost a whopping three stone in just a month after giving birth to her fourth child, Max.
27-year-old Kerry has been eating bowls of Special K for her breakfast and lunch, as well as undertaking a disciplined fitness regime.
The first two stone fell off within the first week after giving birth, which was thought to be water retention. She is also thought to have cut out her beloved beef curry and chips, which she was seen to binge on in her Crazy In Love television show, in a bid to shift the pounds.
Don’t lock up your daughters - new research has found that exercise is vital for helping to protect young girls from developing breast cancer in later life.
Girls in their teenage years can best benefit from an exercise regime that will cut their risk of breast cancer.
Dr. Graham Colditz of Washington University, who carried out the study, said: “This really points to the benefit of sustained physical activity from adolescence through the adult years, to get the maximum benefit.”
It’s all well and good to get the inside info on Charlotte Church’s home gym or what type of fruit we should eat to get a flatter stomach, but isn’t it more useful and refreshing to hear how real women diet?
Many of us juggle high-pressure jobs and a busy home life, with barely a second to even think about going to the gym.
Katy O’Hara, 21, from York, tells us how she stays in shape.
Vinegar – great with fish and chips, but can also help ease arthritis.
Well, that’s according to intrepid explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes anyway, who swears by the stuff.
The 64-year-old adventurer got the first twinges of arthritis 20 years ago in his hands and hips, which he says was caused by too many expeditions spent sleeping in cold conditions.
But Fiennes insists he no longer suffers from the ailment, and says it’s all thanks to a vinegar recipe his mother passed down to him.
And the fact in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days and earlier this year tackled Everest, who are we to argue.
OK, the wonder cure – named Honeygar, which consists of four parts apple cider vinegar and one part raw honey – would be no good on chips (we think), but, according to Sir Fiennes, it worked wonders for his mother, who in her mid-80s was bedridden with arthritis.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, he said: “My sisters and I encouraged her to look into an alternative cure after she showed us the doctor’s X-ray, which highlighted the arthritic band in her back.”
So she looked into it, and found it in a library book which highlighted a natural cure for arthritis that included cider vinegar, honey and black molasses. The treatment also involved bathing in Epsom salt regularly.
He added: “My mother tried this method and after 18 months her condition started to improve, which was unusual in someone of her age.”
Indeed, it successfully held her pain at bay for the remaining six years of her life.
So it was only natural that when Sir Fiennes developed the same condition that he took a leaf out of his mother’s book.
In recent years he has relied upon Honeygar, which was developed by former nurse and fellow arthritis sufferer Margeret Hills, who died in 2003.
He said: “I didn’t give up impatiently as I would have done had I not seen the effects on my mother.
“It did take more than a year before the aches gradually grew less and less and eventually disappeared.
“From time to time I’ve lapsed for a while. After two or three months the arthritis begins slowly to return. It goes away - just as slowly - when I retake Honeygar daily again.”
So how does it work? Well, this is not just some old wife’s tale, it actually does have some science to back it up.
Essentially, Hills was convinced arthritis was caused by a build-up of uric acid. And the best way to neutralise that is malic acid, which is found in apple cider. Bingo!
So where can you get some? Well, the good news is Honeygar is available from all good health food shops ¬ and some bad ones too. You won’t even need a doctor’s prescription.
However, before you go rushing to the shops you should know that not everyone is convinced.
Consultant rheumatologist Professor Robert Moots, of the University of Liverpool, said: “There is no connection between dietary acids and what happens in the body.”
Spoilsport.
Vinegar – great with fish and chips, but can also help ease arthritis.
Well, that’s according to intrepid explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes anyway, who swears by the stuff.
The 64-year-old adventurer got the first twinges of arthritis 20 years ago in his hands and hips, which he says was caused by too many expeditions spent sleeping in cold conditions.
But Fiennes insists he no longer suffers from the ailment, and says it’s all thanks to a vinegar recipe his mother passed down to him.
And the fact in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days and earlier this year tackled Everest, who are we to argue.
OK, the wonder cure – named Honeygar, which consists of four parts apple cider vinegar and one part raw honey – would be no good on chips (we think), but, according to Sir Fiennes, it worked wonders for his mother, who in her mid-80s was bedridden with arthritis.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, he said: “My sisters and I encouraged her to look into an alternative cure after she showed us the doctor’s X-ray, which highlighted the arthritic band in her back.”
So she looked into it, and found it in a library book which highlighted a natural cure for arthritis that included cider vinegar, honey and black molasses. The treatment also involved bathing in Epsom salt regularly.
He added: “My mother tried this method and after 18 months her condition started to improve, which was unusual in someone of her age.”
Indeed, it successfully held her pain at bay for the remaining six years of her life.
So it was only natural that when Sir Fiennes developed the same condition that he took a leaf out of his mother’s book.
In recent years he has relied upon Honeygar, which was developed by former nurse and fellow arthritis sufferer Margeret Hills, who died in 2003.
He said: “I didn’t give up impatiently as I would have done had I not seen the effects on my mother.
“It did take more than a year before the aches gradually grew less and less and eventually disappeared.
“From time to time I’ve lapsed for a while. After two or three months the arthritis begins slowly to return. It goes away - just as slowly - when I retake Honeygar daily again.”
So how does it work? Well, this is not just some old wife’s tale, it actually does have some science to back it up.
Essentially, Hills was convinced arthritis was caused by a build-up of uric acid. And the best way to neutralise that is malic acid, which is found in apple cider. Bingo!
So where can you get some? Well, the good news is Honeygar is available from all good health food shops ¬ and some bad ones too. You won’t even need a doctor’s prescription.
However, before you go rushing to the shops you should know that not everyone is convinced.
Consultant rheumatologist Professor Robert Moots, of the University of Liverpool, said: “There is no connection between dietary acids and what happens in the body.”
Spoilsport.
Vinegar – great with fish and chips, but can also help ease arthritis.
Well, that’s according to intrepid explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes anyway, who swears by the stuff.
The 64-year-old adventurer got the first twinges of arthritis 20 years ago in his hands and hips, which he says was caused by too many expeditions spent sleeping in cold conditions.
But Fiennes insists he no longer suffers from the ailment, and says it’s all thanks to a vinegar recipe his mother passed down to him.
And the fact in 2003 he ran seven marathons in seven days and earlier this year tackled Everest, who are we to argue.
OK, the wonder cure – named Honeygar, which consists of four parts apple cider vinegar and one part raw honey – would be no good on chips (we think), but, according to Sir Fiennes, it worked wonders for his mother, who in her mid-80s was bedridden with arthritis.
Speaking to the Daily Mail newspaper, he said: “My sisters and I encouraged her to look into an alternative cure after she showed us the doctor’s X-ray, which highlighted the arthritic band in her back.”
So she looked into it, and found it in a library book which highlighted a natural cure for arthritis that included cider vinegar, honey and black molasses. The treatment also involved bathing in Epsom salt regularly.
He added: “My mother tried this method and after 18 months her condition started to improve, which was unusual in someone of her age.”
Indeed, it successfully held her pain at bay for the remaining six years of her life.
So it was only natural that when Sir Fiennes developed the same condition that he took a leaf out of his mother’s book.
In recent years he has relied upon Honeygar, which was developed by former nurse and fellow arthritis sufferer Margeret Hills, who died in 2003.
He said: “I didn’t give up impatiently as I would have done had I not seen the effects on my mother.
“It did take more than a year before the aches gradually grew less and less and eventually disappeared.
“From time to time I’ve lapsed for a while. After two or three months the arthritis begins slowly to return. It goes away - just as slowly - when I retake Honeygar daily again.”
So how does it work? Well, this is not just some old wife’s tale, it actually does have some science to back it up.
Essentially, Hills was convinced arthritis was caused by a build-up of uric acid. And the best way to neutralise that is malic acid, which is found in apple cider. Bingo!
So where can you get some? Well, the good news is Honeygar is available from all good health food shops ¬ and some bad ones too. You won’t even need a doctor’s prescription.
However, before you go rushing to the shops you should know that not everyone is convinced.
Consultant rheumatologist Professor Robert Moots, of the University of Liverpool, said: “There is no connection between dietary acids and what happens in the body.”
Spoilsport.
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