For an athlete accustomed to exercising outdoors, health clubs and gyms can be mystifying. Follow these three basic tips from exercise scientist Len Kravitz and you'll find that the gym becomes a home from home.Go in with a plan"A lot of people

Apart from the sort of injuries that can plague all runners – shin splints, black toenails, tendonitis – there are some health issues that are more prevalent in women runners, and some that are exclusively female.AcneWomen runners can be plagued

to Boot Camp. The ASICS Target 26.2 Boot Camp bandwagon hit Birmingham on Friday, a chance for the runners to meet the ASICS Target 26.2 coaches, PRO Team and Runner's World staff - and for us to assess each runner's training, health and injury history

Director said: “Running can have a very positive effect on both your physical and emotional health. We really want to encourage as many people as possible to try running, as lots of people experience great joy and reward from it. A 5km event can be a great

, rather than extra red cells. Some scientists believe training at moderate altitudes (2,000-2,300m) may be detrimental to general health, raising levels of damaging free radicals, and depressing the immune system, but these are not because of raised levels

!The specific aspect of health that the survey was designed to study was Symptoms of Stress. Research indicates that if people are more physically active, they are generally less stressed. There were 20 key questions in the survey, covering known emotional

distances, building up to a race, race day itself)• General (training basics, speedwork, hillwork and other elements, motivation, heart-rate monitoring, Mike Gratton's 'hard training' section)Health: • Beating Injury (how to diagnose it, how to avoid it

Vitamins are essential for good health. This much we can agree on, but then things quickly become murky. There is so much information, contradictory research and advertising out there about the vitamin needs of endurance athletes, and how

but also your general health and well-being."By eating a low-GL diet you gain more energy," says Holford. "It gives you more stamina and, provided you choose foods with a high nutrient content, faster recovery."The Science BitAll digestible carbohydrates

' Health Study. That's not a lot, but it adds up, and the gain affects even those running more than 40 miles a week. The same runners also gained three-quarters of an inch around the waist every decade. I've always monitored my body weight and there are two