EXERCISE RIGHT WEEK 22nd – 28th MAY 2017 ESSA (https://www.essa.org.au) has put together a national awareness campaign for the 3rd year running. The focus of this year’s campaign is “Who’s your match? – Getting to know your expert of exercise”. Here at Longevity we have embraced Exercise Right Week (http://exerciseright.com.au) to promote awareness for Exercise Physiologists, Exercise Scientists…
The extension of the hip joint is the most critical element to creating powerful movements such as running, jumping, lifting and squatting. This is why it does not matter: whether you are 8 or 80; whether you are an athlete or novice; male or female; short or tall…. It is just as important to have…
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Mums! Our team of female exercise physiologists and personal trainers have put together a special blog this week that covers a broad range of topics for women’s health. We’re very proud of our female staff and clients and the role models that they are to the greater community:…
At Longevity PT we take our responsibility to be healthy and fit role models very seriously. Video 1 includes 3 members of our team (Jarrat, James and Jack) during the first round of a 40min paired workout at Hive Active, Lindfield. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfT9vDZu1ZE Video 2 is one of the final rounds of the workout about 35mins in. I think…
Longevity Founder Jarrat Wood demonstrates 3 common errors with the tricep pushdown. This video also includes a demonstration of correct technique: The tricep pushdown is an isolation exercise for the triceps and is excellent for hypertrophy and strength training. You can also use this exercise as a progression to more advance exercise such as dips, push…
Recently, one of our clients completed something that they probably didn’t think was possible only a few years ago. Nicola had undergone a bilateral knee replacement and as it is with anyone who undergoes such a surgery it had a significant impact on her life. The team at Longevity have worked very hard to help…
A quick video to say Happy Easter to all of our clients and to say how proud we are of Stavroola for going 47 days (and counting) chocolate-free! https://youtu.be/ya6mCenM8vs If you are looking to start personal training and exercise physiology in Sydney, we are more than eager here at Longevity Personal Training to get you…
A lot of people in gyms complain that cardio can be boring. They’re sick of jogging on the treadmill, spinning or watching time tick away on the rower. But there is an exciting new alternative! Longevity Personal Trainer and Master of Public Health, Rachel Baffsky, has recently become a qualified Punchfit instructor and is offering…
Longevity Founder Jarrat Wood explains the 3 most common technical errors with the bicep curl. This video also includes a demonstration of correct bicep curl technique. Whilst the biceps are a muscle primarily involved in compound movements it is still important to train them in isolation from time-to-time. Correct technique ensures that you are obtaining…
Do you suffer from lower back pain? You are not alone as 80% of Australians will experience back pain at some point in their lives (Briggs & Buchbinder, 2009). Back pain affects your quality of life, functional capacity and ability to exercise. So what can be done about this problem? Strengthening your core stabilisers is…
