New Year Resolutions and Setting SMART Goals

What fitness goals should you be setting next year? Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble and Balmain, and Neutral Bay discuss New Year’s Resolutions and what SMART fitness goals you should be setting for 2022 to set yourself up for success! Leading into 2022, goal setting is crucial in keeping us accountable, driven and challenged with our fitness. Setting…

Longevity Year in Review

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain and Neutral Bay reflect on the amazing year we have had. Not only have our clients had some incredible accomplishments, but so have our team! Here are a few of our highlights. January Every January we begin the year firing with the annual Longevity Retreat. This year the team…

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What fitness equipment to ask Santa for Christmas?

It’s coming to that time of year, where you, your family and your children are writing their Christmas lists for Santa. Today, Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble, Balmain and Neutral Bay look at some of the latest exercise equipment that you can ask Santa for Christmas. Do you have family or friends who you…

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Merry Christmas from Longevity!

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Pymble and Balmain, and Neutral Bay want to wish our Longevity community a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! When reflecting on 2021, the Longevity team agreed that our friends, family, and Longevity community were what kept us happy and positive in a very uncertain and challenging year. That’s because we feel that every…

What’s The Deal With Incidental Physical Activity?

Today Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain look at what incidental physical activity actually means. So what does incidental physical activity actually mean? As defined by the Department of Health, ‘incidental physical activity is unstructured activity taken during the day, such as walking for transport, housework and the performance of activities of daily living’….

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5 Health Shortcuts Debunked

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain today discuss common health shortcuts and the importance of sustained lifestyle changes. Achieving your ideal state of health is by no means easy. It takes commitment, effective goal-setting and various adjustments along the way. It is no wonder that the industry has given birth to various ‘quick fixes’…

Hip Flexors – Good or Bad?

Today Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain look at the role hip flexors play and decide if they really deserve the bad rap they often get! Often hip flexors get a bit of a bad rap when it comes to muscles being ‘tight’. Most people have been given a hip flexor stretch to do…

Why You Should Try Golf

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bellam Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain today discuss why you should consider giving golf a try as a way to increase your physical activity. Our Exercise Physiologist Georgia over the Christmas break played her first ever round of golf. After 18 holes, she came to one sure conclusion, golf is hard! However, it also…

What is Cold Water Therapy?

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain look at cold water immersion therapy to optimise recovery in athletes. So what is cold water immersion or cold water therapy? It basically involves sitting in cold water (about 10 degrees Celsius) for a period of time (around 10-15 minutes) after strenuous exercise, as it is believed it…

What Is a Deload?

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain,today explore how to deload to improve performance. It is very common when people begin training quite frequently and are putting a lot of effort into their training in terms of progressing each week, that they may find themselves struggling physically and mentally some weeks. This is often…