A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION


SPORT A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION


Has the legacy of London 2012 reached you yet?


If it has then you are probably a client of one of our master Trainers.


But if the memory of super fit athletes like Jessica and Mo, Victoria and Chris and all those other athletic icons is still fresh, (well Louis Smith should be, he is turning from a top gymnast to a top dancer on strictly), then you probably have yearnings of athletic days gone by.


New Year is the time to turn daydreams into reality with resolutions for 2013.


But if you are really going to take up sport again then remember that scoring the winning goal at Wembley or winning Wimbledon is closer to fantasy than fact and daydreams quickly turn to disaster.


So if your football boots are the kind that require lashings of dubbing to keep out the wet or your tennis racquet needs to be kept in a brace to prevent the wood from warping then perhaps a new sport should really be


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on the cards and I don’t mean pontoon!


So. What sport should you take up to improve overall fitness?


Gabe Mirkin, M.D. explains:


The best sports for fitness are the ones in which you exercise continuously, those that are least likely to injure you and the ones you enjoy the most. You become fit by exercising vigorously enough to increase the circulation of blood. It makes no difference to your heart how you increase your circulation. The best sports for fitness use your legs because the blood vessels in your legs are so much larger that you can circulate far more blood with your leg muscles. Furthermore, arm exercises tire you earlier because most people have weaker arms.


Some sports require a great level of fitness just to start.


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