Marie-Louise Stenild has now completed 6 of the 7 legs in her round the world week long marathon challenge. Tomorrow at 12.00pm (GMT) she will start the last 42.2km run in London. Please check out her blog at www.7x7x7.co.uk. and maybe send her your best wishes. Such an amazing effort! Jyri Manninen FAF Director of… Read more

The European Health & Fitness Association (EFHA) has undertaken a project to determine the current status of the physical activity levels of EU citizens. In addition, various interventions or campaigns that have been conducted in the different EU states, as well as some other non EU countries, to improve physical activity and health levels were… Read more

For a country with many rules and regulations in place to protect consumers, it is quite surprising that there seems to be very little in terms of the existence and enforcement of minimal educational standards for health and fitness instructors, such as personal trainers, in Finland. Up until now, pretty much anyone can say that… Read more