2020-04-01_Health_&_Fitness

(Jacob Rumans) #1
Fitness notes

●Tone-uptips●Sortyourrunninginjuries●Bestcomfyhikingboots


Mums weigh


nearly 3lb more


on average than


childless women


of thesame age.*


Book gym time!


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LISTEN UP!
It’s official: a new study in the
journal Frontiers in Psychology is
the first to show that listening to music
at a higher tempo reduces the perceived
effort involved in exercise and increases its
benefits. Interestingly, these effects were
greater for endurance exercises, such as
walking and running, than for high-intensity
exercises, such as weightlifting. So, next
time you’re heading to the park,
download some pumping tunes, get
those earphones on and
hopefully you’ll keep
going for longer!
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