Kate Cheng

London

Health and Fitness Writer at Women's Health (UK)

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How To Do the World's Greatest Stretch for Full-Body Mobility

1 week ago | menshealth.com | Kate Cheng

When you're trying to warm up and work out on a time-poor schedule, efficient movements that hit multiple muscle groups should be kept on regular rotation. Enter, the 'world's greatest stretch'. Despite its boldly superlative name, it lives up to the hype, targeting your hips, spine and shoulders (to name a few) in a matter of seconds. Here's how to do it, plus its benefits and common mistakes to avoid. Meet the Experts: Sam Russell is a Les Mills trainer.
'9 eenvoudige manieren waarop ik elke dag 10.000 stappen loop, ondanks mijn kantoorbaan'

1 week ago | elle.com | Kate Cheng

Het halen van een dagelijkse hoeveelheid stappen is een populaire manier om je bewegings- en activiteitsniveau in het dagelijks leven te verhogen op een veilige, gratis en laagdrempelige manier. Hoewel de 'jury' nog niet helemaal uit is over het precieze aantal, toonde een onderzoek uit 2023 dat tussen de 7.000 en 8.000 de ideale hoeveelheid was om het risico op ziekte en vroegtijdig overlijden te verlagen.
'9 easy ways I walk 10,000 steps every day, despite my desk job'

1 week ago | msn.com | Kate Cheng

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'9 easy ways I walk 10,000 steps every day, despite my desk job'

1 week ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

Hitting a daily step count is a popular way of increasing movement and activity levels in day-to-day life in a low-impact, safe and free way. While the jury's out on the precise number – a 2023 study showed that between 7,000 and 8,000 was the sweet spot for lowering the risk of disease and premature death – 10k is still burned into common consciousness as the golden number to aim for.
'9 easy ways I walk 10,000 steps every day, despite my desk job'

1 week ago | msn.com | Kate Cheng

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'At 76, My Core Has Never Been Stronger Thanks To This 5-Move Bodyweight Routine'

1 week ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

Dr Kaye Cleave, 76, hasn't been active her whole life. Sadly, her relationship with movement has been bound up with personal tragedy. Her father's passing at 13 meant she had to stop gymnastic classes, and the sudden death of her 18-year-old daughter when she was 49 led her to pursue physical activity to move through her grief. "I lost the will to live. The only way I could keep my head above all of the shame, guilt, anger and fear was to walk," she says.
【年齢別】あなたは何回？プロに聞く、女性がクリアすべき「腕立て伏せ」の回数

1 week ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng |Masayo Fukaya

――フィットネスの世界では、一定のペースで走った距離やウエイトリフティングの記録、心拍数など、自分の身体能力をさまざまな指標で評価することが好まれている。そして最近では、多くの女性たちが、自分がその基準にどれだけ達しているか、あるいは達していないかを動画で発表し、自分の能力を披露するようになってきている。たとえば、整形外科医であり、運動機能や筋骨格のエイジングに関する専門家でもあるヴォンダ・ライトは、作家メル・ロビンズのポッドキャストで「自分の体重を持ち上げられるようにしましょう」とアドバイスしている。さらに、「どんな女性でも、通常の腕立て伏せを11回はできるはずです」と付け加える（ここでいう通常の腕立て伏せとはつまり、膝をつけずに正しいフォームで行う腕立て伏せのことを指す）。 Lighthouse Films//Getty Images しかし、彼女たちが任意で設けているその基準は、誰にでも当てはまるわけではない。月経や更年期に関する情報を発信するウェブサイト「Women of a Certain...
Do these 9 strength exercises for a longer, healthier life

1 week ago | womenshealth.com.au | Kate Cheng

By now, we’re well versed in the benefits of strength training, and can count on improving bone density and decreasing risk of injury and cardiovascular disease when we pick up those weights. And increasingly, resistance exercises are being recognised as key to longevity, too.
週末にまとめて運動するのはアリ？ナシ？新たな発見に注目を

1 week ago | elle.com | Kate Cheng |Ryoko Kiuchi

Jump to: 何を調査？分析結果つまり、重要なのは――？どんな運動をするのがいい？野菜を食べる、日焼け止めを塗る、そして十分な睡眠をとる、といったことと同じように、私たちの多くは「できれば」運動を日常的な習慣にしたいと思っている。だが、実際にそうすることはなかなか難しい。ただ、アメリカ心臓協会（AHA）が発行するジャーナル、『Journal of the American Heart Association』に先ごろ発表された論文によると、「注意すべき重要な点」がひとつあるものの、運動は少ない頻度でも、毎日運動しているのと同じ効果が得られると考えられるという。何を調査？イギリスで運営されている英国バイオバンク（UK Biobank）に情報が登録されている約9万3000人のデータを分析した結果、週に1～2日だけ運動する習慣がある「週末戦士」と呼ばれる人たちも、毎週より多くの日に運動をしている人たちも、運動から得られる効果はほぼ同じであるとみられることが確認された。...
This is how many push-ups you should be able to do, based on your age

1 week ago | womenshealthmag.com | Kate Cheng

'Learn to lift your own body weight,' instructs Dr Vonda Wright, orthopaedic surgeon and mobility and musculoskeletal ageing expert, on The Mel Robbins Podcast. 'Every woman should be able to do 11 regular push-ups,' she continues. That means 'proper' push-ups – not on your knees.