My first tip of advice is aimed towards the beginners out there, but can also be applied to more experienced runners. Set yourself realistic and achievable goals, both long term and short, write these goals down, for short term goals, plan how many miles you would like to do that week, if your an experienced runner, it may be as high as 60/70 miles including 2 runs on one day. Whereas for a beginner, it may just be a gentle 2 mile jog 3 times a week. For long term goals, for more advanced runners, pick a race that you’d like to enter in a few months time and set a realistic target time e.g. 34 minutes in a

10km race. For beginners, it may just be to complete the race. I advise you keep a diary of your runs, this allows you to analyze how you have improved over the past months of training and you will find it helps keep you motivated and gives you pleasure as you see your improvements!

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Fitness for children is an important part of a healthy childhood. Studies show that obesity in children is growing at an alarming rate. It can be a real struggle getting a young child interested in exercising and then sticking with it, if it has not been a normal part of their daily routine. In most cases you need to take matters into your own hands and plan some fun exercise activities. There are three easy tips that you can implement into your families lifestyle that will make fitness an everyday affair.

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Now that the warmer weather is upon us it s a good time to improve your health fitness with a fun exercise program. If you already have a workout routine in place spring is a great time to mix it up. And, if you don t have one there s no better time than the beginning of a new season to start a new exercise program.

A regular exercise program gives our lives balance especially if it s the opposite of how we spend the rest of our day. For instance, if you re self-employed you may enjoy the direction and social interaction of a group health fitness activity. If on the other hand, you

have a boss dictating what you do all day you may prefer running or being a soccer coach where you re in charge.

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Anyone who is concerned with teen health, teen fitness and college health, need to look no farther than your local gym floor to see why there is such a problem with teen fitness today.

Students don t know the first thing about college health or teen health, and that is drastically affecting their expanding waistline. Students who are concerned with teen fitness need to alter their workout easier in order to become more fit.

College health is tough to regulate because of the late night parties, all you can eat buffets and drastically different lifestyle. Also, college students are much less likely to be as active as they were in high school, then teen health was much easier to

come by (think 3-sport athlete).

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Combine your healthy eating program with simple exercise for the greatest effect on your longterm health. Try these 5 tips.

Fitness is the ultimate key to longer life. In fact it’s better to be fat and fit, than skinny and sedentary - but by far the best is to be slender AND well-toned. How to achieve it? Make sure your diet contains more fresh fruit and veg, wholegrain and low fat foods, and less processed and junk foods, and include simple exercise in your daily routine.

Take just half an hour a day for fitness. If you sleep for eight hours, that still leaves 16 in a day…and yes, you can find just half of one of those to

dedicate to a fitter you. Go for variety - one day a brisk walk, the next a cycle ride, then a badminton session, an aerobic class, or some weight-training at home.

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