Time to Talk
More than 800,000 people die by suicide annually. That means one person every 40 seconds ends their life. Suicide is the leading cause of death in people aged 15-24 in many European countries For every one suicide 25 people make a suicide attempt. 135 people are affected by each suicide death. This equates to 108 million people bereaved by suicide worldwide every year.
Fuel Up Before a Workout
It’s Migraine Awareness Week this week. Migraine is the third most common disease in the world, affecting one in seven people. It’s a recurrent throbbing headache that usually affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision.
First Class Gym Equipment
With that in mind… how is your commitment to getting fit going? So many of us make a vow to do something and then never do it or start and soon our enthusiasm falls away. Before we know it, it’s gone from New Year’s Day to the leaves starting to fall from the trees and with them our vow to get fit this year…
Think No Limits
Happy birthday this week (21st August) to a legend of our lifetime – amazing sprinter Usain Bolt! Recently retired, he’s a world record holder in 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Owing to these achievements, he’s regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time.
Celebrate the Veg
Allotments have countless benefits, including healthy fresh fruit and veg, physical exercise of planting and so on, fresh air and bringing people together. Eating healthily – as with allotment foods – will definitely give your mind and body a boost.
Gym definitely counts as play
The Playday 2019 theme is Play Builds Children. It aims to highlight the many ways in which play is beneficial to children and young people. Naturally, it also applies to grown-ups – and we think getting down to the gym definitely counts as play! Here’s why it’s good for you:
GyM Buddies
It’s Friendship Day (Tuesday, July 30). What a great thing to celebrate, as who doesn’t love being with friends? We see loads of friends together at our gyms.
On Ya Bike
The magnificent Tour de France is now in its last week, and this Sunday sees who has ridden the best over more than 2,000 miles – covering a great variety of gigantic ups and downs.
Escape to the Gym
You probably know it whether you have kids of your own or not: school’s out for summer! For parents that means much more family time, but much less “me time”. For those without kids it means everywhere’s much busier and the noise levels reach sky-high!
Help from a PT
This week sees the Wimbledon tennis finals that captivate much of the world. It usually leads to a burst of enthusiasm for playing the game, although for most people that doesn’t last too long…