EMD UK CEO Gill Cummings-Bell BA (Hon’s). M.Sc. PGCE. MBA. AMCSP
Gill explains what is coming over the horizon and how EMD UK’s new membership categories and resource centre can support the group exercise instructor workforce. This will help the group exercise instructor meet the demands of the ‘Workforce Governance & Registration Scheme’ when it lands.
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Do you want to reach out to medical professionals and work with rehabilitative exercise on a referral basis. View this video with Alex Drummond B.Sc (Hon’s), MCSPs lead clinical director physiotherapist and Gill Cummings-Bell BA (Hon’s), M.Sc, PGCE. MBA AMCSP a leading clinical exercise physiologist who work with exercise therapy referral from primary care. Understand […]
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Here are some of the top trends we’ve spotted for the year ahead:
Wellness gets eco-friendly
There was a big boom in packaging-free products and packaging-free stores in 2018, which take inspiration from old-school grocers, fishmongers and butchers by avoiding packaging and unnecessary chemical processing. There’ll be more where that came from in […]
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New research from the University of Dublin suggests older people benefit hugely from resistance exercises – working their muscles, even drinking protein shakes. So, where should we start? The research looked into methods of frailty interventions for the elderly in the UK by assessing their muscle strength training and protein supplementation. Both […]
It’s the first time in 20 years its been changed – the army says the tests are now harder.
According to an army spokesperson, “These new physical fitness standards are objective, measurable, role-related and gender-free to ensure Army personnel have the physical capability to meet the necessary force preparation and operational requirements.”
Physical Employment Standards (PES) will […]
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The campaign group Action on Sugar is demanding a ban on freakshakes and all milkshakes with more than 300 calories.
It surveyed milkshakes sold in restaurants and fast food shops in the UK and found they contained “grotesque levels of sugar and calories”.
Freakshakes are milkshakes that also contain chocolates, sweets, cake, cream […]
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Are £18-an-hour nap pods the future of sleep for exhausted London office workers – or just a gimmick??
Sleep-deprived Londoners can now have a restorative kip during the working day thanks to a new nap bar. Exhausted office workers and tourists pay £18 an hour to rest in one of the 40 sq […]
The latest official health instruction from the Government
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Typically, most people get health advice from their doctor, not a government minister. But government officials are starting to dish out increasing amounts of advice on how we should live our lives, setting recommendations on everything from exercise to diet, alcohol and vitamin supplements. Just recently, GPs […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go out in the dark, the powers to be have decided that all qualifications as we know them, must change again.
We are now all used to the QCF, the Qualifications and Credit Framework where we can carry units with us, such as mandatory units, from one qualification […]