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    With technology expanding and growing tremendously quickly, it’s beginning to take over everything that we do, even intervening in our fitness regimes. The big question is whether or not it’s having a positive or negative effect on the fitness industry? Here I have outlined some positives and negatives of the revolution of technology.

    IPods

    Music has a big influence on our motivation to exercise and this has been studied by many psychologists, it’s true. You’re able to create playlists which encourage you to carry out certain exercises. It distracts you and gives you something to think about whilst exercising, as sometimes it does get a little boring. On the other hand, running with headphones in could be potentially dangerous as you become less aware of the surroundings around you.

    DVDs and WIIs

    Workout DVD’s have been around for a few years now and are getting even more popular and intense with many celebrities such as Davina McCall joining in with the trend, creating their own DVD’s which have been really successful.  With the most intense workout DVD being ‘Insanity’ which is said to provide you with a years’ worth of results in just 60 days. On a downside, you might not have the discipline and willpower to maintain this like you would if you were to have a personal trainer or were a member of the gym. You also aren’t provided with encouragement or clear results of your progress.
    The Wii have designed the Wii fit game which comes complete with a balance board, this device encourages you to take part in various different sports including yoga, tennis and running all the privacy of your own home, you’re able to play as a single player or even in a group on certain games. It’s so effective and encouraging that many hospitals are even incorporating this into rehabilitation programmes. The same as the DVD’s, to gain anything from the Wii you will need to have the discipline. The intensity of the exercises on the Wii are nothing like the intensity of going on a real run, therefore you aren’t burning as many calories or getting as fit and healthy as you could be, if you took that time and effort to go outside and do what you’re doing it would be a lot more effective and worthwhile.

    Apps

    With the rise of smartphones and with the smarter they’re becoming, we now have apps which are able to track your fitness. They can track the route you’re running and how far you have run, count how many calories you have burnt or consumed and provide you with workout routines- all on one device. You now never have an excuse to why you haven’t exercised.
    Big on the scene at the moment is the Fitbit Flex which is a light weight wristband which monitors how many steps you take throughout the day using intelligent software. All the information is then synced to a computer or a mobile app which you’re able to access, enabling you to download the data which the device has recorded and it is shown in Graphs and charts, allowing you to track your progress. The Fitbit Flex is a reliable device made for the purpose of exercise you’re able to set goals and reach them using this, compared to the use of mobiles which can be unreliable as they haven’t been designed and made with fitness in mind.

    Machinery 

    Many people can be put off the thought of having to go outside to run or go on a bike ride. We now have more machinery than ever before which encourages more and more people to exercise and get fit with the use of treadmills, rowing machines and cross trainers which are able to suit anyone’s needs ranging from a low to high intensity setting. We now have gyms providing top of the range equipment which can monitor how many calories are being burnt, heart rate and even imitate steepness of hills on running machines to make it more realistic- this is great and enables you to keep on track of your progress, providing both motivation and encouragement to keep going. Although, with more and more people using this equipment in their homes, there are many people that don’t know how to use it properly as they have no support from an instructor, this is causing injuries that could have been avoided.

    General health

    People’s general health is improving constantly, thanks to the expansion and improvement of technology. For example, people are deciding and to give up smoking thanks to the invention and use of Electronic cigarettes; this is having a huge effect on fitness as after a few weeks of non-smoking the lungs increase their endurance and lung capacity, eventually healthy lung tissue will be produced which supports a greater capacity, encouraging both fitness and exercise.
    On the other hand there have been negatives to our increase of technology. With many of the younger generation being encouraged to use devices such as iPads and iPhones at such a young age it is taking away the old school, playing outside with your friends and replacing it with talking on online chat sites instead, this isn’t motivating and it’s encouraging laziness.

    I feel with the time and energy you’re spending taking time to search for the latest fitness apps or going out to buy the latest DVD could be time spent going out for a run or a swim which is both free and of a higher intensity and would be much more worth your time.

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    I've been aware of the Hitchhiker series from a young age, from both snippets of the TV Series and discussing the show in my middle school English lessons. I'd never had any interest above that in either the series or the book (or the film as I have just discovered) until I saw this Reddit post. It gave me a little chuckle so I thought "Hey, I'm in my summer holidays from work, might as well do something useful" so I got myself a copy of 'The Complete Trilogy of 5' and started on the first book in the series.

    The first thing I noticed was how little the book has aged. It doesn't seem dated and its ideas of what futuristic space travel may look like are the same ideas that you would expect from a modern-day space-opera. You don't find yourself laughing at what the author, Douglas Adams, thought the future of the universe may look like as it's very modernly written even though the novel was published in 1979.

    “Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    This is the first book I have read that gave me a good few chuckles here and there. Douglas Adams portrays typical British humour through the novel in the form of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and Zaphod Beeblebrox. A third of whom are human with the other 2 being alien life-forms. Dent is whisked away from Earth by his close friend, Ford Prefect, who is aware of a plan to destroy Earth in favour of an inter-galactic bypass. The book follows the pair's hitchhiking through space upon escaping the ashes of where the planet earth once was, using Prefect's trusty copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

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    I found myself reading this book for a chapter a night due to time constraints but it was the sort of novel that you could easily pick back up and know what was going on, in spite of a few unfavourable lengthy words here and there. It's a cheery take on an over-done plot in film; the destruction of Earth by alien life.

    The ending of the book seemed a bit too abrupt for my liking but since the second novel was published the following year I'm not too fussed as it's sequel 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' was published the year after the original novel so I'm sure it was meant to be immediately followed upon in the next instalment. I for one cannot wait to get onto the next book and bring you my thoughts yet again.

    There are another four books in the series by Adams for me to read, plus a sixth published posthumously in 2006, so there's plenty more for me to get my teeth into now that I've finished the novel. I plan to slowly but surely work my way through the huge universe that Adams created, which all began from a 1978 BBC Radio 4 comedy show

    I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and look forward to venturing further into the series, perhaps having a go at watching the series, film and maybe even the original radio show.

    Have you read this novel? What did you think?

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    5) - Us

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    I was a bit sceptical when I first went to see this film since it was written and directed by Jordan Peele, the same director from Get Out (2017) which, despite its fantastic reviews, I thought to be a bit of a bore with not much substance. To my pleasant surprise, Us was a fantastic film which had its own original story and fantastic twists here and there. I would thoroughly recommend this film if you're looking for a modern horror this Halloween.

    4) - Halloween III: Season of the Witch

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    The Halloween franchise is usually seen as one of the standards in Halloween films, and not just because they share a name. Many people consider the third Halloween film one of the most disappointing of the series since it doesn't feature the franchise's poster boy, Michael Myers. The thing is, Halloween was originally aiming to be an American Horror Story-esc anthology series of horror films. If you look past the absence of the title character you will see that Season of the Witch is a tense thrilling horror film filled with masks just as creepy s Myers'. 


    3) - Cube

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    I came across Cube by chance on Netflix when I was looking for some kind of different horror film to watch. It follows a group of strangers who wake up inside a series of coloured and connected cubes which no idea how they got there. Some of the rooms contain Saw-like traps which a mathematician in the group can predict based on serial numbers on the gaps connecting the cubes. If you're looking for a weird cult horror film to watch have a go at Cube. 

    2) - The Collector

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    A run of the rill Horror film. The Collector follows a family and robber who's house taken over by a masked serial killer 'the collector' who booby-traps the house with morbid, lethal contraptions in a bid to prevent the family from escaping. A sequel to the film was released which I have yet to watch but I'm looking forward to the sequel and the recently announced 3rd film.

    1) - Jigsaw

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    Jigsaw is the latest instalment in the Saw franchise and serves as a kind of rounding-off of the first 7 Saw films before the franchise is rebooted with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson in 2020. Not that well received, I kind of mean my top spot to go to the entire Saw franchise as a whole. I used to think that Saw was nothing but a bloody-gory mess with not much substance but after paying attention to the story it involves I must admit I was wrong. Saw is a story of tragedy turning into murder. I don't think I need to push these films to anyone as I'm sure most people have seen one of the instalments themselves. 

    What's your favourite horror film?


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