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Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found here . Exercise - How practical is it to do what the NHS recommends?  The NHS recommends that adults should take at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, but how practical is this? Especially if you have the school run, followed by work, followed by another school run. While, somehow, also having to fit in essentials such as shopping, eating, and sleeping. The health benefits of exercise are clear. It can reduce blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and other illnesses. It can also improve your mental health. So exercise is important. The more exercise that you take, the better you will look and feel. A report in the British Journal of Sports Medicine analysed nearly 200 large studies. They estimated that if everyone in the studies ...

Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found  here . From Cardiac Ablation to the Great North Run (September update) On 15/7/20 the organisers of the Great North Run announced that this year’s run has been cancelled because of the COVID19 pandemic.  I now have a guaranteed place in next year’s race. In order to continue to increase my fitness I need a target to aim for. I have therefore decided that I will run 13.1 miles, the distance of the Great North Run, on 13 September 2020, the day that the Great North Run was to have been run.  Start of original post I started running in 1982. I was aged 26 and decided to run a marathon. I was quite fit through competing in other sports and it took me three months to get fit enough to complete the Mersey Marathon. Over the next four years I completed 10 ma...

Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found  here . Encourage your children to join the Silly Squad Reading books has long been known as a way of increasing understanding and vocabulary. It also is expands imagination and encourages creativity leading to better mental health. Unfortunately children read less during the summer months because of distractions like playing out all day. Reading, especially away from school, should be fun. Children will read more if they are enjoying what they are reading. That is what the Summer Reading Challenge is all about. The Summer Reading Challenge each year encourages primary school aged children to read during the school summer holidays. This year, because of school closures and isolation due to Covid19, it is starting early. So put Monday1 June in your diaries a...

Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found  here . Should face masks be compulsory in public places? Date: 23 April 2020 What do scientists say? Initially scientist believed that there was no need for us to wear a face mask. This was based on the assumption that Covid-19 would act in a similar way to influenza. Covid-19, however, is a new virus and is like nothing that has gone before. It is now becoming apparent that, although wearing a mask might not protect you from Covid-19, it may protect others if you have the virus. You may not know that you have it because you have few or no symptoms but that does not mean you cannot infect others. Some evidence suggests that a piece of cloth placed around your mouth and nose could be helpful in slowing the virus’s spread. One study suggests that if somebody with...