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If I was to summarise 99% of the conversations that took place within a Health and Fitness environment, I don’t think many would argue that ‘calorie(s)’ would inherently be central. Despite the fact that most people appreciate the importance of calories to sustain life, more often than not the tone of conversation or debate around calories is somewhat negative!
funding boost for apprentices Orban: Apprenticeships will help ensure we have the right skills in the sector
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the government will increase the investment in apprenticeships by more than 50 per cent, which is expected to lead to an extra 75,000 people a year fi nding employment through the apprenticeship scheme by 2014. Revealing the government’s
Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) in parliament, Osborne highlighted skills and education as a priority area for increased investment. He added that the Department for Work and Pensions would be tasked with fi nding savings of £7bn from the annual welfare budget of £200bn to fund the investment in skills.
keiser secures ncfc deal
Notts County Football Club (NCFC) has re-opened its players’ gym after a £30,000 refurbishment which included re-equipping the fi tness club with Keiser equipment. The 64sq m gym, housed at the club’s
Meadow Lane Stadium, underwent a complete facelift. New equipment installed includes two Keiser M3 indoor bikes, two M5 ellipticals, a functional trainer, performance trainer and a full power rack from the Keiser Air range. NCFC currently plays in Football League 1.
november/december 2010 © cybertrek 2010 Commenting on the announcement,
Florence Orban, CEO of the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure, said: “We’re delighted that there will be increased investment for apprenticeship schemes. The aim to create at least 75,000 new apprenticeships each year is exactly the backing we have been waiting for. “Our industry has proven it has the
ability to create jobs, and with the emphasis on supporting and improving the health of the nation, the government will undoubtedly be looking to us. We need to ensure we have the right people in place, with the right skills, to deliver this.”
lifetime buys rapido training
Lifetime has expanded its training portfolio following the acquisition of Rapido Training, the Gloucester- based provider of vocational training for care and childcare workers. It is anticipated that the deal will
enable Lifetime to offer a wider range of apprenticeship schemes. The acquisition of Rapido comes two months after it successfully completed the purchase of Norwich-based Rising Stars.
It is actually intriguing that something so simple can be quite so polarising. In the context of food nutrition, a calorie is the term given to express the amount of energy available in a food, typically measured as Kilocalories (kcal) or Kilojoules (KJ). As a scientist, I’m not so sure a calorie should ever be seen as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, it’s more a statement of fact.
While I can appreciate where different attitudes stem from, they can cloud the real question about calorie intake - how much energy do I need, in what form, for what reason and when? I do fear calories are in danger of being stereotyped as either good or bad, or in another scenario, vital to run a marathon, but not so relevant in the gym.
My advice would be to think fi rst before you adopt a ‘one size fi ts all’ approach. Not many of us live a ‘normal’ life, and in my experience not many people perfectly manage their food and energy intake throughout the day. Consequently, in some instances, for some people, calories are exactly what you need, whilst in others they are not. So, are calories important to consume or avoid for normal exercisers? The answer is simple; it totally depends on personal goals and requirements!
Nick Morgan
Head of Sport Science for Lucozade Sport Email questions to:
nickmorgan@leisuremedia.com
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