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Physical 100 - 7 Lessons from a Health Coach
Have you been bingeing on the Netflix series Physical 100? The latest Korean reality TV show is the physical version of Squid Game, beginning with 100 participants from various experts in their field with gradual elimination until we are left with one winner who walks away with 300 million Korean wonThe difference is they don’t die when they get eliminated. Their quest to find the best human physique based on various physical tests. Spoiler alert! - if you have not finished watching the series, please do so before reading as there are spoilers throughout this article. Here are some lessons I've learnt from the show.
New point system for National Steps Challenge - harder to earn points?
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The weighty issues of weight loss programs
There are many weight loss programs in the market ranging from exercises programs, diet plans to aesthetic centres claiming to “zap fats away”. But do any of them work? We aren't just talking about short term results but long term outcomes that go one year or more beyond the conclusion of any program.
How to make new year resolutions that stick
We are just days away from the new year and it is perhaps not uncommon for new year resolutions to be made. Common examples of resolution include getting healthier, losing weight, reducing time on social media, to purchase less clothes, waking up at 6am everyday, to end work on time and many more. According to a research by John Norcross et al 1988, 70% of resolvers kept their pledge for 1 week but only 19% were able to keep it at the end of 2 years showing us that most resolutions are difficult to keep. Some people have also stopped making new year resolutions all together due to countless failures in keeping to them to avoid more disappointments.
Guide to feasting during the festive period
The holiday season is upon us and there is not doubt that there will be feasting involved. Year end parties, Christmas parties, New Year parties are all within weeks, additionally, we have Chinese New Year coming up. All these festive holidays put together may bring upon overindulgence leading to potentially negative consequences to our health. Here’s a guide on how we can prevent this.
Signs you are exercising too much
While we know that exercising is good, “Too much of something is bad enough,” Spice Girls. When we do not recover sufficiently and go too hard for each and every workout, there is a threshold beyond which our bodies are not able to handle that physical stress, leading to negative effects. The following are some signs to know you are exercising too much.
7 signs to know we are not exercising enough
Exercises are supplementary activities we do to our body for maintenance or progression of our humanly possible functions and capacities. We do this because most modern activities of daily living are insufficient to provide our musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary and neurological systems sufficient stimulus to maintain their function well into old age. We may attribute this to modern conveniences which is both a blessing and a curse. It is more important now than ever that we exercise so that we can maintain our function even when we grow older. Below are 7 signs to know we are not exercising enough.
5 tips on how to prevent holiday disasters
The holiday season is upon us and I bet many of you are in the midst of planning one. Be it a winter holiday to a ski resort or a summer beach holiday to the southern hemisphere, holidays are meant for us to break the monotony of our stressful lives to experience a different way of living for a while and to decompress. It is a chance to build good memories, to shift your paradigm, to have adventures and to collect stories to share and pass down. Did you know that holidays are associated with a reduction of metabolic syndrome and symptoms ( Hruska et al, 2020), reduced stress and ambulatory heart rate. Yes, holidays can be good for health. But it can also turn into a disaster adding more stress to our lives. In this blog, we will discuss the ways to prevent this.
The 3 basic lifts that everyone should learn
Strength is an important aspect for a healthy body. Unless we have a 24/7 butler at our service, our average daily activities would include carrying of external load. This load can come in the form of your laptop bag, your school bag, or your ever growing toddler who wants to be carried. Such loads may often exceed 15kg and hence, if we are not strong enough to even manage that weight, we would be at risk of injury. The solution is simple: get strong. As long as our strength capacity is higher than our task, the risk of injury can be greatly minimised.
5 Practical Tips to Improve Hydration
In our previous blog, we learnt about the detrimental effects dehydration can have on our health. In this blog, I will share with you 5 practical tips to improve hydration. The seemingly simple solution of drinking more water can be more difficult when we are bombarded with busy work schedules, family commitments and countless activities we have living in a bustling metropolis.
5 ways dehydration can affect your health
Without water, humans can only survive a few days. Most of us would know how essential water is cell homeostasis and constitutes between 55 to 75% of our human body. Here are 5 ways in which dehydration can affect your health
SLEEP! 7 ways sleep can affect your Health.
Sleep affects health directly. Below are the 7 ways which your health may be affected if you do not have sufficient sleep.
Are we getting healthier? Trends of Chronic Diseases in Singapore
Every year, the National Population Health Survey is conducted and health and risk factors along with lifestyle practices of Singapore residents are tracked. This blog will highlight the key findings related to chronic diseases specifically high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood cholesterol and obesity. Here’s an overview if you do not have time to read the entire article.
5 Myths about Sun Exposure
Summary of myths that is untrue:
People living near the equator have sufficient sun exposure for healthy levels of vitamin D.
Everyone shares the same amount of risk to skin cancer
Vitamin D production is the only health benefit of sun exposure.
We should ALWAYS cover up/ apply sunscreen all the time when we are outdoors
Excessive sun exposure is huge public health problem
Practical Tips - 5 Ways to get Healthier That We May Not Be Aware Of
There are many factors that can affect health. Most of us know the most common determinants like food and exercise. However, there’s much more to health than what we eat and how we move. In this article, we will explore the various components that make up a healthy lifestyle.
Fun facts of 10,000 steps
Walking is a simple form of exercise that is free with multiple health benefits. More is better than some but some is better than none. So put on your walking shoes, get out and WALK.