PEOPLE who are overweight or obese are lopping up to a decade off their lives, a major international study shows.

British researchers have pulled together studies encompassing almost a million people, including Australians, to look at how a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI) can be a predictor of early death.

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Run Melbourne presented by The Age, is the community fitness event for everyone. With the right training anyone, any age, any fitness level can participate. It’s also an opportunity to raise money for the charity you care about most. Set yourself a 5km, 10km or half marathon challenge and start training. We look forward to seeing you at the start line on Sunday, 28 June.

More info – Run Melbourne website

Researches have found that the use of Swiss ball training and swiss ball exercises is effective in enhancing your core stability & improving running economy….

swiss ball core trainingResearchers at Central Queensland University and Ball State University (USA) have found that the use of Swiss ball training or swiss ball exercises, either alone or as an adjunct to other physical training, to enhance core stability is effective. This type of training is different from old style ‘ab exercises’ or ‘ab work’, and focuses on deeper core muscles and improving performance rather than aesthetics.

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Can your heart rate monitor make a cup of coffee and change the TV channel?! You can buy a bewildering array of fitness training gadgets these days so we cover the essentials in this review….

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Bushfires are still burning and we have had the worst fire risk day since Black Saturday. Hopefully we are now moving away from the fire season and toward Autumn. With luck we will receive a good amount of rain to help our very dry state.

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