If we are short of time, what is the single best thing we can do for our health? Here's a great video by Dr.
Can you do more than you can? This may seem like a contradiction but you can certainly do more than you think - maybe even more you think is humanly possible. A couple of years back I began training for an event where I would cycle 1000km in a week - from Adelaide to Melbourne along the Great Ocean road. I remember thinking that this was a challenge so difficult that surely it stood at the borders of human endurance. After completing the event I realised how ridiculous my thinking was. Thousands of people have done this before and much more and I would say that most people could do it with the right training.
How much time do you lose from sickness? According to OCED figures (2005), workers in Greece lose just one day a year (on average) from sickness, while USA workers lose 9 days a year, and workers in Sweden take a huge 25 days a year for sickness. (What is going on in Sweden?). This article looks at ways to reduce down-time from sickness.
To function optimally we need to sleep well. However, according to the US national sleep foundation around 75% of the population experience weekly sleep problems, nearly 40% don’t get enough sleep on week nights and nearly 40% are “so sleepy during the day that it interferes with daily activities”. Are you getting the sleep you need to make good use of your daily time? Here are tips to help you sleep better.
It is not rocket science – if you live longer you have more time. Today we live in an era where average life expectancy in many countries exceeds 80 years. Just one hundred years ago the life expectancy in developed countries was around 50 years. Of course we don’t all reach grand ages. This article looks at recommended ways of increasing our chances of a long and healthy life.
If you think you don’t have enough time to exercise, then all the more reason you should make the time. Investing time into fitness should be a priority for the busy person.
Many people do fitness programs which are ineffective and a waste of time. Clearly, if you put in the hard time and effort into exercise you want results. This article provides tips on making the most of your fitness time.
