We’ve been told over and over again that regular exercise is important for not only physical health, but also cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic and mental health, yet around 60% of Australians aged 15 and over partake in low levels of exercise or NO exercise at all. We we’re told in the 80s that getting physical in…
Remember when we were kids, how fearless we were? How we would swing on the monkey bars until our hands would burn? How we’d fall over chasing down a basketball, scrape our knees, wipe the blood off, and keep running? Remember climbing trees? Falling off the slide? Bouncing your sister off the trampoline (sorry Mum)?…
Every year at the start of the New Year I make promises to myself, not resolutions but new goals. Short term and long term ambitions for my health, career and personal development. This year, I have made an intentions list. An intentions list is something new for me, but it’s a list of things I…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, Andy Collins once said. December is definitely one of my favourite months of the year. December means the beginning of summer (most days in Melbourne), the smell of pine from the Christmas trees, and an overall joyous feeling as we near the end of the year. However…
Holidays are over for uni students across Australia (sort of). The new semester has begun, and so has the time to pick up the books again. Between lectures, tutorials, practicals, working on your laptop on the train, reading books in bed and writing assignments at midnight to make the 9am deadline, posture is the LAST…
Ever wondered why you always have a stiff neck? Or why you always suffer from tight calves? Or even why your lower back always feels as hard as a rock after a long day at work? The answer lies in the workload of the muscles, and how that workload is shared across the board. To…
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