Stand more at work without back and knee pain.

You want to feel better. Move better. Live longer.   But when you’re dealing with chronic pain, fatigue, or a long-standing condition, it can feel like your body is working against you as opposed to with you. Maybe workouts have left you sore or sidelined. Maybe rest days turn into rest weeks. And maybe, somewhere deep…

Last week Belinda went past the 30kg mark. She cruised past it in fact. 4 Months and 30kgs gone. I’ve blogged about Belinda before so she is familiar to most of you (you can read more about her weight loss journey here). Here is an update on what we’ve seen and experienced from the 20kg mark to the 30kg mark. 3 Fables to celebrate 30kgs:

As part of client appreciation week, Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Castle Hill, Randwick, Pymble, Kingsgrove, Neutral Bay and Coburg want to say a BIG thank you to all our clients and the value they have given us over the years.  Our clients are what makes working for Longevity amazing every day. We are so fortunate to work with such inspiring individuals,…

It’s time to blog on a topic that affects EVERYONE. That’s right, everyone gets colds. Some are mild and virtually unnoticeable, some are fended off by the first barriers of your immune system – skin, mucus etc. and others can take hold for some time. Here are my tips to prevent and treat the common cold (rhinovirus).

If you think that succeeds happens in a linear fashion, you are mistaken. Challenge is often the stimulus for personal growth.

I love hearing from people who are experts in the field and asking them about the little quirks of life that their experience has given them a certain controversial opinion on. I recall a conversation with a surgeon who mentioned he would never want to own or encourage anyone he knows to buy a motorcycle given that he has been responsible for harvesting organs from a number of motorcycle fatalities throughout his career. I recall hearing that according to author Jared Diamond, Papua New Guinean tribes never sleep under dead trees and he was able to decipher that a significant number of people in Papua New Guinea are killed by falling trees and branches every year. In his own life he likens this risk to having a car accident or falling in the bathroom and consequently is now exceedingly careful in these areas of his life. So if you ask an experienced personal trainer what do overweight people have in common, what would he say. Well, here is my list and yes it is controversial and includes some generalisations but I bet you or someone you know falls into many of these weight gain traps: