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The Harvard Medical School offers excellent advice on various areas of health, fitness & wellness … Continue ReadingPreserve your muscle mass

The Physiology of Stress.           Whatever the particular circumstances, all stressful situations share in common certain … Continue ReadingThe physiology of Stress

                      Dressed for Success      “…Get dressed, for success…,” sang Roxette, and even if fashion proves to … Continue ReadingDressed for Success

                                     PERSONAL TRAINERS                                      Yours Personally…      “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a … Continue ReadingPersonal Trainers

Here is a very useful contribution to the nutritional question about fats, by Terry Draper … Continue ReadingButter & Marge: the debate continues

15 Plank Variations for a Shredded Core With thanks to Jonathan Henry Planks are an … Continue ReadingPLANKING: Best way towards a strong core

Covid-19 has altered our lives radically.   The luxuries of the past, when gyms could … Continue ReadingMaintaining the body & health

PAIN in the BACK Being a bipedal anthropoid (that’s a two-legged, ape-like creature to you … Continue ReadingPAIN in the BACK

drphil’s Fitness newsletter                 SUMMER Hi, Get-Fitters. This piece is a general introduction to exercising in … Continue ReadingSummer Fitness

Hi, all As summer approaches, one sees increasingly more ads for various ‘detoxification” practices and … Continue ReadingDETOX?