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Fitness
What is fitness? And fit for what, exactly?
Have you ever noticed how people can get very fit for one particular activity then find themselves at a loss when they try something else?
Getting fit preparing for an active cycling holiday
As with everything else, your chances of success in improving your fitness are improved by setting a goal and making a plan.
Goal setting inspiration - Lance Armstrong & the Tour de France
If you're looking for some more encouragement in setting and working towards your goals, the upcoming Tour de France should do the trick.
Shock news - obesity linked to increased food intake
Increase in obesity in the US can be almost entirely explained by increased intake of calories, rather than decrease in exercise.
Losing weight, maintaining energy
All too often an attempt to lose weight leads to the reverse. After a day or two of over-dieting, then comes the backlash.... Read how to eat yourself fitter and stronger
How fit are you? Try this and find out....
Check your fitness level using a few odds and ends you might have around the house....
Rowing - compare your best times against the rest of the world
Concept 2 runs a list of the fasting indoor rowing machine times in the world. Get your own online logbook and see how fit you are.
Fitness – fighting the urge to just not bother
There are at least 15,000,000 ways to start getting fit. Don't let the choice stop you getting started....