Physical Capabilities

Physical fitness is associated with many health benefits, but what is fitness? How fit should you be? How do you get fit and stay fit?

Before embarking on a healthy physical activity or exercise plan it is good to have some idea of your health status and physical abilities so that your plans will be successful.

Yoga and Pilates are well established and popular activities which are thought to benefit health. To date scientific evidence which supports health benefit claims is limited, but has identified some interesting areas for further study.

Children are our future, yet our actions may not be supportive of healthy future generations. Diseases once attributed to adults are now occurring in children. What can we do to promote health in our children?

You get the message that you need to be physically active to be healthy, but what physical activity is best for you. Should you run, walk, pump weights, do yoga or what? Is it true that running is bad for you?