Enjoy the summer, but look after your liver with AFDs

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 00:00

As the days get longer and warmer, sitting out on the patio after a hard days work with a alcoholic drink sounds like bliss for many Aussies. Yes its ok to sit back and relax, its should be encouraged to de-stress but not with a wine, spirit or beer every day. AFDs (Alcohol Free Days) are important.

What is a healthy resting heart rate and why is it important?

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 00:00

Monitoring your heart rate during exercise is vital to achieve your health and fitness goals, but being aware of your resting heart rate is important too.

The resting heart rate is how many times your heart beats per minute (bpm). Most people is between 60 to 80bpm. In an athlete, the heart rate at rest could be as low as 30 bpm, Lance Armstrong’s (7 time Tour De France Winner) is regularly measured at 32-34bpm. A low heart rate when the body is at rest indicates that the heart is a strong, efficient blood pumping machine.

Although your resting heart rate increases with:

New year, new you!

Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 02:13

“New Year, New You!”… have you promised that yet?

As we overcome the festive season and contemplate our New Year resolutions a lot of individuals plan to loose weight, eat healthy and increase exercise activity.

In order to make this resolution come to fruition, here are some helpful tips:

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FebFast

Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 01:49

This month is Febfast, and I along with many others are deciding to say no to alcohol. Instead of having that beer or two with a mate last weekend or the glass of red with my evening meal, I have decided to give up alcohol for a month to raise awareness of alcohol abuse and support a number of relevant foundations, including Australian Drug Foundation, YSAS (the Youth Substance Abuse Service in Vic), Mater Health Services Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service (Qld), The Ted Noffs Foundation (NSW and ACT), BushMob (NT) and Mission Australia.

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Tax Time

Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 21:19

Time to gather up all your receipts and group certificates and head to your accountant.

It's important you make the most of what is claimable, you could be saving hundreds of dollars in lost tax refunds. Anything you use within your day to day business operations is potentially claimable including;

Smart phone apps

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 00:00

As we move forward with technology, smart phones (ie. blackberry, iphone) are the dominating the market with recent stats showing of those that own a mobile phone, over 36% of Australians have a smart phone.

Given this I was wanting to share my thoughts on a few of the top fitness applications. It could be what many people need to introduce exercise back into their daily lives.

Career in Fitness...

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 00:00

Are considering a move towards involvement in the fitness industry? Then answers these questions below…

Target Heart Rate

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 00:00

As a number of exercise enthusiasts’ embark upon their summer training, it is commonly asked, what should my training heart rate (HR) be?
Most use the easy to calculate 220 - your age time the desired training intensity (generally 65-85% for aerobic training).
ie. 30 year old wanting train at 70 – 80%
(220 – 30) x 70% = 133bpm (beats per minute)
(220 – 30) x 80% = 152bpm
Therefore 70-80% = 133bpm -152bpm

Core at Work

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 00:00

In class and in my profession (Exercise Physiology) a lot of recent discussion is about core training and its benefits, so I thought I would take this opportunity to elaborate on this topic.

The body’s core muscles are the foundation for all other movement, thus their importance in every day life. These muscles lie deep within the torso; they generally attach to the spine, pelvic and support the scapula.