How to Exercise for Health
Exercising for health is more about creating the habits of movement than training like an elite athlete.
The Health Effects of Alternative Exercise Modalities
While intense exercise is most effective for physical health, gentle exercise is still beneficial and mindful activities have specific benefits to mental and psychosocial health.
Fed or Fasted Training: Which is More Effective?
Should you exercise fed or fasted? In this article, Dr Cliff Harvey summarises the research on fed and fasted training.
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Turn off your computer at night
Turn off all light-emitting screens by 9 pm
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Drink a cup of calming herbal tea at night
Try a calming tea to help you sleep
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Read fiction at night
Fiction at night is like a literary sleeping pill!
Beet Juice: A Summary of Health and Performance Effects
Cliff delves into the reviews of the evidence for beet supplementation.
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Remove LCD screens from your bedroom
Remove all screens from your bedroom
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Go to bed earlier
Go to bed 30 minutes earlier
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Get enough sleep
Get 7-9 hours of quality sleep
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Honour yourself
Reflect on your positive process of change
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Do something active, every day
Be active…daily!
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Focus on recovery
Have 1 ‘active rest’ day per week
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Keep a training journal
Log your progress
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Challenge yourself!
Don’t stick to the ‘same old’ routine
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Do a little cardio
Do sustained cardio for at least 1 hour per week
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Find recreational activities that you love
Move more, by doing more of what you love!
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Perform intermittent activity
Perform intermittent activities throughout the day
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Just move more!
Get 7500 steps every day
Cliff’s 101 Tips for Health: Perform high-intensity training
Try some of the following routines, and as always, if in doubt, speak to a coach