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All about Ben Swift from British Cycling

Ben Swift has had his first sneak preview of the Olympic Park where the 2012 London Olympics will be held. For cyclist Ben, 24, from Rotherham, is aiming to be part of Britain's Olympic track team that hopes to take the 2012 London Olympics by storm. And the signs certainly looked good at the recent
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Regular jogging 'adds years to life'

4th May 2012 - Jogging for as little as an hour a week can add years to your life, according to figures presented to a heart health symposium. New data suggest that men who regularly jog can add 6.2 years to their life and women can live 5.6 years longer. The figures come from the Copenhagen City He
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A beginner’s guide to interval training

If you've been doing the same steady jog on the treadmill for months now and still not lost weight, it may be time to consider shaking things up a bit and trying interval training. It's used by many of the top athletes and sports coaches in their training programmes but there's nothing complicated t
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First signs of Olympic legacy?

24th April 2012 - With the countdown on to the London 2012 Olympics, an exclusive survey for BootsWebMD finds 53% of people have started a new fitness programme this year. Surprisingly, the main motivation is general fitness rather than losing weight, which could be a sign of the UK motivated by Tea
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London Marathon: Fit to compete?

20th April 2012 - Pounding the streets of the capital will be familiar terrain to many London Marathon veterans taking part in this weekend's 2012 event. For a few elite athletes it will be a chance to hone their skills ahead of this summer's Olympics. Fun runners - including those competing for the
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Should you enlist in a fitness boot camp?

When you think of a boot camp do you get an image of doing press ups in the mud while a big, burly man shouts abuse at you? Well, it’s not like that at all. Boot camps are a fantastic way to whip you into shape with the emphasis on fun rather than fear. Boot camp style classes have really caught on
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Is an ice bath after a workout good for you?

15th February 2012 - Sport stars like Andy Murray and Paula Radcliffe take an ice bath after a hard match or race, but do these baths work or do more harm than good? The idea is that a plunge into an icy bath can help ward off the muscle soreness that can kick in a day or so after intense exercise.
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Five treadmill workouts in an hour or less

You've probably used one at the gym and may even have one sitting in your spare room. The treadmill; one of the best-selling and most popular pieces of fitness equipment. "Treadmills are a fantastic alternative to outdoor workouts, particularly for people who feel a little unsure about being outside
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2012 Paralympics cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth

Paralympics cycling hopeful Jon-Allan Butterworth didn't actually learn how to ride a bike until he was a teenager. Even then, it would take another 10 years - and a horrific warzone attack that resulted in his arm being amputated - for Butterworth to discover he had an incredible gift for cycling.
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Take a shortcut to fitness with circuit training

We all know we should be exercising but haven’t always got much time to spare, have we? Maybe circuit training is the answer? It’s flexible, designed to work your whole body and you can do it almost anywhere. Circuit training is a short burst of resistance exercise using moderate weights and freque
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