A recent study published in the North American Journal of Medical Sciences has concluded that regular physical activity has a protective effect on the cardiovascular health of normal weight, overweight and obese individuals. Another interesting conclusion of the study was…
Spring is here and with it comes a boost of enthusiasm and motivation as people begin peeling off the layers, heading out for walks and enjoying the sunshine. If you are about to ‘step up’ your exercise program, take some…
A recent article in Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care (ahead of print) discussed the role that strength training could play in helping overweight children engage with regular exercise to improve their health outcomes. The review states that one…
A recent study in the British Medical Journal has shown that increasing physical activity in middle age reduces mortality risk at a comparable level to quitting smoking. The study followed 50 year old men over a 35 year period and…
I’ve recently come across a really interesting article titled ‘Are obese physicians effective at providing healthy lifestyle counselling?’. This is a reflective piece of writing by an American physician looking at how important role modelling behaviour was for doctors in…
The City to Bay Fun Run is on the 21st September this year with 3km, 6km and 12km distances for both runners and walkers. http://www.city-bay.org.au/Life Personal Trainers will be holding two running clinics to help you prepare for the event whether you are…
The LA Times has recently reported on a study by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine showing that a lack of exercise rather than overeating is behind the American obesity epidemic. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-lack-of-exercise-linked-to-rise-in-obesity-20140707-story.html The study reviewed the period between…
As winter moves on, it can be easy to get tired of getting wet on your morning walk, spend more time sitting……and not even realise. An activity tracker is a wearable device that monitors sitting, standing, walking and quite often…
The evils of long bouts of ‘sitting’ have been reported in journals and even the mainstream media for some time now. In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, UK health experts stated that standing up three hours…
The 2014 Active Healthy Kids Australia Report has found that the fitness of Australian children is amongst the lowest of children worldwide. The report has found that the majority of Australian children and young people are not meeting the daily…
