What is the minimal amount of exercise you need to stay healthy during lockdown?

With gyms remaining closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more important than ever to maintain your fitness at home by doing at least two-and-a-half hours of exercise per week minimum. ‘For those who may be sitting much more, most notably because they have “lost” the activity around their daily commute, it is … Read more

NASA prepares for Armageddon with a tabletop planetary defence exercise

NASA is conducting planetary defence drills to see what would happen if an apocalyptic space rock was heading straight for Earth. Participants will discuss potential preparations for studying an asteroid or comet, as well as how to deflect it and lessen the damage caused by any impact.  The space agency has been scanning the skies … Read more

How doing TOO MUCH exercise during lockdown could be harmful to your health, experts claim

Dr Matthew Jackson is a lecturer in Sport and Health Science at Liverpool Hope University Watch your ‘load’ Dr Jackson said: ‘There’s a well established general rule that you shouldn’t increase your training load by more than 10 per cent each week. That could be in terms of miles run, or the number of minutes … Read more

Is JK Rowling’s Covid-19 breathing exercise doing more harm than good?

It’s the three-minute breathing exercise that can ease debilitating coronavirus symptoms – and, by now, thousands of Britons will have tried it. A video posted by urgent care specialist Dr Sarfaraz Munshi showing him demonstrating the technique has gone viral – raking in more than three million views on YouTube, no doubt bolstered by the … Read more