Author Archives: health

Great outdoors: The gyms moving classes outside this summer — and why it’s more fun that way

It’s Monday evening and I’m in a tent in a suburban Dublin car park, wearing headphones and spinning my heart out on an exercise bike. It’s not quite the traditional gym class that we’re used to — this is Dartry Health Club’s inaugural ‘silent disco’ spinning class, held outdoors to comply with Covid regulations. round me,… Read More »

‘Covid has hurt NHS and recovery for mental health services will be costly’

The pandemic has inflicted ­terrible collateral damage on the NHS which will necessitate huge rises in health spending for the foreseeable future. In the cancer field, the pandemic has led to delays in diagnosis and treatment but there are deeper wounds. Work on discovery and ­development of new drugs and diagnostics were abandoned. Labs were… Read More »

Calories Burned From Skiing Calculator

How many calories does skiing burn? How many calories burned skiing depends on the level of effort you’re exerting, your body weight and the terrain you’re skiing on. Downhill skiing will burn approximately 300 to 600 calories per hour, although it depends on your body weight. A downhill skier weighing 155 pounds can burn 446… Read More »