Vir Clinics

10 Harley Street, London W1G 9PF, UK

0207 487 3707 or +44207 487 3707 vir@vir-clinics.com

The all-round health service for men. A member of 21st Century Clinics. Unrivalled experience and success over many years in managing all manner of disorders affecting men: erection correction, ED, stress, fitness, drugs, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases (STD) etc. Complete confidentiality. Medications from stock (Viagra, Cialis, Antibiotics, Testosterone, etc). Call or e-mail NOW for an appointment. You will not regret seeking our help, whatever the problem. Navigation: Move around by means of the links below. Larger pages have internal tags: page to page, use these links. 6806.

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STRENGTH AND FITNESS

      Sheer bodily strength and muscle bulk have little to do with health except that a man may feel better about himself, and that is already important. A gym is not the best place to achieve good health; muscle strength and bulk, yes, but not health; useful preparation for certain sports, yes, but not health as such. The best approach to health for a man is through moderation - strong but not to an obsessive extent, ample activity but not necessarily to run a marathon, a mixed diet just sufficient to maintain an appropriate body weight, no smoking, alcohol in moderation or even not at all, proper handling of stress, no worries about details like vitamins or fats.

      Moderation but not idleness. We believe that modern lifestyles are harmful precisely because they fail the moderation test - too much food, too little exercise, too much competitiveness, employers deliberately inducing stress, too much alcohol, smoking (the first fag of the day is one too many), too little time on the razzle or relaxing at home, too little variation in the day's activities, too many European regulations on time at work and working conditions, too many newspapers with their so-called Medical or Health correspondents.

      At VIR, when we advise on strength and fitness the advice will be personalised. Nevertheless its direction is likely to be towards planning the day around a pattern of basic activity - walking, running, swimming, cycling, rowing, and golf. Then we will probably advise on diet, smoking, drinking. Only after that will we start examining the possibility of graded extra activities to improve muscle strength and heart and lung fitness or to overcome some definite limitation such as the arterial supply to the heart, or to improve readiness for sport.

      Our view on hormone replacement or adjuvant therapy for professional sportsmen is strict and simple. This is always an attempt at seeking unfair advantage, and at great risk to personal health. Don't do it. The consideration is quite different for someone whose sport is strictly for fun, to maintain health, to regain a youthful and healthy physique for personal reasons and in such a case we will advise on the basis of its contribution to the health of the individual.

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