Most of you reading this will be aware of the importance of a strong core - the muscles of the lower back, trunk and abdomen, whose principle functions are: ...

I’m increasingly involved in discussions with corporate clients about employee wellbeing programmes and the introduction of health and fitness components to ...

Walking without sticks today - still a slight limp but way better than before and working on losing it altogether in the next couple of weeks

Physio has recommended two-stick Nordic style walking to help encourage proper hip extension and lose the limp!

There’s a whole generation of under 35s who use the gym as their sole source of fitness and training. Whether that’s the treadmill and cross trainer, free we...

I use pad work a lot in my circuit classes and one to one training. It’s a really fun and versatile way to improve fitness for people of different ages, stre...

At Fitter Longer, I run a number of small group circuit training classes for different audiences, which incorporate both general fitness activity and exercis...

According to the most recent government statistics, every year around 9.5 million working days are lost as a result of musculoskeletal problems. Many of thes...

Exercise programme advice for a 45 plus audience As a man in my 50s who’s taken part in a lot of active sport since I was a lot younger, my body’s biomechani...