{"id":9027,"date":"2016-07-14T06:26:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=9027"},"modified":"2016-07-14T06:34:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:34:12","slug":"alternatives-to-exercise-from-trust-me-im-a-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/alternatives-to-exercise-from-trust-me-im-a-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternatives to exercise from &#8216;Trust me I&#8217;m a doctor&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC TV programme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b07kt7ms\" target=\"_blank\">Trust me I&#8217;m a doctor: summer special<\/a>, looks at a number of ways to improve your health, lose belly fat, and cope with the sun and heat.<\/p>\n<p>3 alternatives to exercise are explored on the programme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to have a <strong>hot bath <\/strong>or sauna to lower your blood sugar and burn calories;<\/li>\n<li>to have your <strong>muscles stretched<\/strong> by someone else to lower your blood sugar levels and burn calories;<\/li>\n<li>mental\u00a0training, or <strong>motor imagery<\/strong> to increase the strength of your muscles\u00a0(audio guides available online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 55 min programme is available Sunday 17 July 2016 BBC 2, 7pm\u00a0 OR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b07kt7ms\" target=\"_blank\">online <\/a>until Thurs 11 August 2016<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9091 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Moseley-hotpool-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"Moseley hotpool\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Moseley-hotpool.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Moseley-hotpool.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Moseley-hotpool.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BBC news: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-36744906\" target=\"_blank\">Can you get the benefits of exercise by having a hot bath?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-3685577\/How-fit-just-THINKING-exercise-Scientists-say-imagining-working-actually-make-muscles-stronger.html\" target=\"_blank\">How you can get fit just by THINKING about exercise! Scientists say imagining yourself working out could actually make your muscles stronger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC TV programme Trust me I&#8217;m a doctor: summer special, looks at a number of ways to improve your health, lose belly fat, and cope with the sun and heat. 3 alternatives to exercise are explored on the programme: to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/alternatives-to-exercise-from-trust-me-im-a-doctor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[202,651,2901,2899,2900],"class_list":["post-9027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-exercise","tag-motor-imagery","tag-passive-exercise","tag-trust-me-im-a-doctor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-2lB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9092,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9027\/revisions\/9092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}