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Can Exercise during Pregnancy cause a Miscarriage?

In the early days of pregnancy, many mothers-to-be worry about miscarriage. These worries range from what they can and cannot eat to whether they can or cannot exercise. However, unless your pregnancy is complicated, exercise during pregnancy can be beneficial for both you and the baby. Your baby is secure…

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Why is dancing a good way for the elderly to maintain physical fitness?

It can be hard to imagine older people hopping and bopping along to the latest pop songs. Aren’t they supposed to be playing bingo or watching soap operas? Though it may look pretty awkward, the health benefits of dancing for seniors range from therapy to improving their physical health. As…

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What does a Pilates Instructor have to watch out for with Pregnant Women?

Exercising in pregnancy is a fascinating time as all exercises have to constantly change and be adapted to the woman’s dynamically changing body. All these changes create new needs for her. Pilates is a wonderful form of exercise for a pregnant woman as it focuses on core stability, posture, strengthening…

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What exercises can wheelchair-bound elderly people do?

As a person who’s over the age of 65, finding exercises that you are able to do is hard enough. Unfortunately, finding exercises that you’re able to do becomes more difficult when you’re confined to a wheelchair. Being in a wheelchair means that your body doesn’t reap the health benefits…

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What are some of the Muscle-Strengthening Exercises that Children can do?

Whether you want to promote them getting into shape or are convinced that they have a lucrative sports career in their future, getting up and active is never a bad idea for a child. Muscle growth can only occur when children hit puberty, so throwing a pair of dumbbells into…

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How Do You Perform Fitness Testing For The Elderly?

Any person over the age of 35 seeking personal training must be fitness tested before they start, regardless of how able they feel at the time. When it comes to seniors, however, we’re testing their functional fitness. This concerns their ability to perform daily tasks, like lifting themselves out of…

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What are the Risks Associated with Exercise for Children?

There’s no doubt that children need to exercise, even if just by getting active in the back yard, from a young age. While pre-pubescent children gain many benefits from exercise, there’s always a risk that they might injure themselves. Here’s why kids should exercise, a few risks associated with exercise…

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What Exercises must I Avoid when I’m Pregnant?

Studies have shown that women who have done high-intensity exercises before pregnancy are conditioned to handle the same exercises during pregnancy. However, it is not recommended that they do this. While exercising during pregnancy does have many benefits – including better sleep, more strength and endurance and a lighter mood…

How to maintain fitness levels when you’re pregnant

When you’re pregnant, your body becomes more difficult to control. Your bladder, stomach, back and emotions start doing their own thing and you have to clean up whatever comes after. However, you do have control over your fitness levels and health. According to experts: “Exercise is not a process that…

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How Would You Design an Exercise Plan for Children?

Child exercise practitioners are people who take it upon themselves to promote physical activity among children. Designing an exercise plan for children is a serious matter, taking into your hands the well-being and fitness of people’s little sons and daughters. The goal of a children’s fitness and exercise programme is to…

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How Do You Promote Physical Activity in Children?

Did you know that only 1 in 3 children are physically active on a daily basis? While a little one might be bouncing off the walls, studies have shown that mere hyperactivity does not equal exercise. Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle and must begin in…

What are the Best Exercises for Children to do?

Children grow at the rate of knots! As we mentioned in a previous article, in their first year of life they can grow as much as 25cm and this doesn’t slow down. Their joints, muscles and ligaments are also being moulded and developed along with this phenomenal growth rate. To…

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