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The concept of exercise is not complicated. It involves movement of your body, or physical activity to expend energy and improve your health and fitness. However, what workouts really work and how, is a little more complex. In reality there's a lot of new understanding about exercise that is both exciting and changing the way people keep fit.

There's something to be said for letting kids have free time to find activities to entertain themselves. Non-structured time can allow for creativity, imagination and interests to develop. However, sometimes it's not enough to encourage youngsters to simply get outdoors or involved in activities.

Can you imagine life without your smartphone? The state-of-the-art technology that is the smartphone delivers entertainment, information, social interaction and connectivity to the Internet. What's even more amazing is that all this tech wizardry is packaged in a small, portable device.

There's lots of information out there about what makes a good personal trainer and signs to look out for if your one-on-one sessions are not up to par. But  few of them seem to talk about whether you actually need a personal trainer in the first place, or are you following a fad? Trainers don't come cheap so if you want to get in shape and think that a trainer might be the best way to go, consider whether  you'd benefit from a personalized exercise program.

There are a myriad articles and magazine features that bombard women with images of what is supposed to be the physical feminine ideal. But for most women, these are not looked at with much pleasure. Indeed, they make most women feel feel inadequate on some conscious or subconscious level.

The Wimbledon Championships are over for another year and the green tennis courts are quiet but the buzz is still audible. This year's finals saw Scottish player Andy Murray become the first British player to win on the hallowed turf for over 77 years.

Question. If you exercise the same amount, time-wise, but change the number of exercise sessions you do each week, does it make a difference to your health? Apparently not, according to the latest findings of a study. The research suggests that it is the quantity that counts, not necessarily the frequency.

Diet and body shape has become an obsession in these modern times. Women are bombarded with images of skinny females and toned models, and constantly told how to reach the ideal weight through a confusing mix of fad diets and trend exercise. Some women feel so pressured to attain the perfect figure that they become dangerously self critical, and put themselves down for not succeeding.

Do you know how much time your child is spending in physical education classes at school. A recent Cornell University study about to be published shows a link between PE sessions in the US and obesity rates amongst youngsters. This is one of the few pieces of research looking at in-school fitness and the weight and Body Mass Index of children.

Health and fitness is an area where there are very few eternal truths. Scientific surveys come and go, fads are born daily and new diets are all the rage one minute and forgotten the next. Everyone has their own ideas and ways of exercising and things change so fast that it's a full time job keeping up.