Recent Fitness Journal Posts

Some of the recent topics that I have covered at The Fitness Journal include weight loss, 'martial arts' based fitness training, improving your recovery and women and weight training. Check it out here.

Osteoarthritis and Exercise

A recent study has suggested that doing taichi and other exercise helps sufferers of osteoarthritis by strengthening the muscles, improving balance and proprioception and moving the muscles around the joints.

The adage of "use it or lose it" is very apt in relation to exercise and osteoarthritis. By working the joints through a relatively full range of motion, even if it means "some slight" discomfort is considered to reduce pain and increase joint range of motion.

Fitness Quote

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity"

John Fitzgerald Kennedy