Exercise & Nutrition Expert

Ian Gillam, PhD, FAAESS

Ian is an accredited exercise physiologist and nutritionist at the Wellness Clinic, National Institute of Integrative Medicine. Ian’s special expertise is in the prescription of exercise and nutritional programmes to slow the progression of the chronic diseases associated with ageing.

Blog entries by Ian Gillam

How to get FITT!
To reap health benefits, we need to progressively challenge ourselves by changing exercise Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type (known as the FITT principles).
Resistance training program guidelines
Resistance training offers a very important way of maintaining, and even improving our muscle mass and strength as we age. Here is a guide for a basic program.
How to start your strength training program
Resistance training offers a very important way of maintaining, and even improving our muscle mass and strength, which tends to decrease as we age.
Basic stretching for safer exercise
In these basic stretching exercises, we show you how to slowly move your limb to the end of its range of movement, until tension is felt in the muscles.
How hard should we exercise to slow aging?
We should have at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every second day. Better health outcomes are seen with longer more frequent workouts.

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Exercise will slow the aging process

Three factors associated with successful aging and longevity (regular exercise, maintaining a social network and a positive mental attitude) only regular activity has been shown to improve a range of physical capacities, reduce chronic disease risk factors and improve mental health. (ACSM, 2009). I will now explain why regular exercise is the only way to improve your physical capacities, reduce ...

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