When you want to move, in a sport or daily live activity context, your muscles and central nervous system have to comply with at least the minimal force production requirements to make that happened. On the one hand, to [...]
For decades strengthening or resistance training was associated with the fitness industry more than to medicine and general health. Perhaps the stereotypes of “the perfect body” from the professional athletes’ or bodybuilding’s world ended up putting a big part [...]
Sarcopenia is the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength as a result of ageing. Other factors do contribute to the loss of muscle mass. They include: Living a sedentary lifestyle: Getting little or no physical activity on a regular basis puts people [...]
Why weight training is important for women. Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Guidelines recommend 2 or more days per week of total body resistance training that work the 11 major muscle groups alternating between the lower body (legs, [...]
There has been a recent release of an article referencing a study on how body fat affects brain volume. (Read more here Body Fat May Affect Your Brain Volume, Study Says). We have known for many years that being overweight [...]
Our ‘Strength + conditioning program’ is a specialised exercise and lifestyle program run by our Accredited Exercise Physiology team, with the goal of delivering optimal, cost-effective, quality care to individuals who are looking to improve their health and fitness [...]
ARGH! Exercise…. the awful dreaded ‘E’ word. It really can be so difficult to find the motivation and time to get out of bed and go for a walk, or even use that gym membership. For people with mental [...]
“Hepatitis” is the medical term for inflammation of the liver. This comes in many types, and like a lot of illnesses can be categorised into acute (recent infection) or chronic hepatitis (prolonged inflammation).“Hepatitis” is the medical term for inflammation [...]
You may have heard in the news lately that the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) released a statement regarding their position on exercise during cancer treatment. The enormity of the release of this statement is certainly not lost [...]
Training abs can get boring at times with many people falling into the rut of only doing crunches, bridges and side bridges. When you are only doing these exercises your core muscles (read more on core strength here) are [...]
