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Article: Do something useful and DIY yourself to fitness; EXERCISE: Making a shelf can burn off unwanted calories.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2002
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Byline: FRED RUDDIFORD
INSTEAD of a trip to the gym or the local swimming pool to work off the extra pounds you gained over Christmas why not try DIY?
You can get your muscles pumping and, more importantly, burn off those unwanted extra calories.
Gyms do not appeal to everyone and can also be an expensive way to keep fit.
Research by the Oxford Centre for Healthcare Research and Development at Oxford Brookes University has shown that taking part in various degrees of DIY and gardening can improve cardiovascular fitness and therefore ...