HAVIT Blog

March 9, 2012

BMI – Body Mass Index. What is it? And how useful is it?

I would venture that the majority of adults in the UK have heard of BMI – Body Mass Index. The term is used regularly in the newspapers and referred to in many government National Health Service initiatives.

So what is …

February 29, 2012

Are you mental enough? The importance of a positive mental attitude in fitness

As in many aspects of life, your mental attitude towards a subject or task directs affects your performance and therefore often the outcome. In sport particularly, you are seeing an increasing use of sports specific psychologists and mental performance coaches. …

February 19, 2012

Stretching – What are the benefits?

Stretching – What’s it all about? 5 top tips to improve your stretching regime

What is the definition of fitness or “being fit”? The answer often depends on who you ask! And people approach fitness for different reasons; some want …

February 12, 2012

Nutrition – what’s it all about?

Nutrition – what’s it all about? 7 easy ways to improve your health and eating habits

The Oxford dictionary defines nutrition as the process by which organisms take in and utilize food material.  To relate to us (humans), it’s the …

July 1, 2011

The Dangers of not abiding to Health & Safety in the gym

Cheetahs Gym

A strange title for a blog but all will become clear very soon :) If you are squeamish don’t look at the picture lower down.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working out daily at Cheetahs gym in …

April 10, 2011

Brighton Marathon – 10/04/11

Brighton Marathon Day – Hot Hot Hot!

The day started at 8a.m. with a meeting at the clock in Preston Park. Here’s a picture of all of the Sunday run crew (minus Ed and Bob who are doing the London …

April 8, 2011

Brighton Marathon Training – 08/04/11

2 days before – Top tips for the Brighton Marathon:

Well it’s a couple of days before Brighton Marathon day. Therefore I thought I’d write a few words of encouragement and outlining my preparations for the race.

The mantra to …

April 3, 2011

Brighton Marathon Training – Sunday 03/04/11

The last Sunday training run of 2011 – “Death Alley revisited & the Prisoner”:

The final training run of 2011! And what a memorable one it was too. Yippee I hear you cry! As usual, well done to all the …

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