A new study shows that age-related differences in

The Longevity Exercise Physiologists in Drummoyne,Edgecliff, Marrickville,Bella Vista, Randwick, Lindfield and Balmain work with rehabilitating all types of injuries to help our clients achieve their goals and continue living healthy, active lives. We all know how important any type of exercise is for children and adolescents although childhood obesity rates are still sky rocketing. In the…

Participant centred care, individualised programs to match goals leading to self- management … Lots of allied health practitioners promise this, but Longevity deliver. When you start training with Longevity, you as the NDIS participant are at the centre of everything we do. We listen to your goals, what you want to achieve, and then we…

Over the years we’ve all gotten our Mums a mug that has sat there getting dusty, flowers that died within a week or handmade vouchers for hugs. But imagine if you could get your Mum a gift of more time on earth, something that allowed her to keep doing things she loves for longer, that…

In the previous blog about Exercise and Bone Strength – https://www.longevitypt.com.au/blog/exercise-for-bone-strength/ resistance training is highlighted as a major contributor to maintaining bone health and in turn decreasing the risk of falls. This week we are delving deeper into addressing the risk of falls as a significant consideration for training for the ageing population. Limiting the…

You might recognise the image above from your favourite social media platform. This image went viral and was a demonstration by Melanie Ventura about how easy it is to fake a before and after shot. You can read about how Melanie did this by clicking here. 

Also this week a friend of mine (thanks Kelly) wrote an enthusiastic and well constructed rant regarding the (health and) fitness industry.

“Rant: The fitness industry promotes a sort of body fetishism that produces a strategy for narcissistic survival and supposed emancipation, but that is simply bringing about a ‘cultural revolution’ that reproduces the very worst features of the constrained and superficial civilisation that the industry seeks to criticise. Fitness is not about youth and sexiness. It’s about fitness. Stop showing me sexy people who happen to have abs and can lift their foot above their botoxed face without sweating. Show me someone who can do their first triathlon, or who has put off osteoporosis for another 10 years.”

The unfortunate truth is that this argument is one that I find very difficult to refute.