International Fitness Week is about getting everybody active and finding something that works for you.
Whatever your level of fitness - from total beginner to seasoned professional looking for motivation - we have information, hints and tips here to help you achieve your goals.
Exercise can prevent muscle loss. Sedentary adults lose 6-10 percent of their muscle mass per decade after age 30. Regular strength training can overcome this....when it comes to muscle, you must use it or you will lose it!
The average person takes 9,000 steps each day. In a lifetime that is 3.5 trips around the Earth.
Walking sideways burns 78% more calories than walking forward.
It is physiologically impossible to turn fat into muscle - you can lose fat and gain muscle.
It has been said that two exercising sessions a week is all it takes to establish a long lasting exercising habit, enhancing wellbeing and the quality of life.
Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
There is no such thing as fat ‘spot reduction’, since calories are consumed equally throughout the body.
Each muscle fibre is thinner than a hair and can support up to 1,000 times its own weight.