Chronic diseases are responsible for nine out of

Longevity Exercise Physiology Drummoyne, Edgecliff, Marrickville, Castle Hill, Randwick, Pymble, Kingsgrove, Neutral Bay, Coburg – Melbourne, and Barrie, Ontario – Canada, would like to talk about our Castle Hill location – formerly our Bella Vista location – and how changing locations has allowed us to help you in more ways than ever!   Longevity Exercise Physiology Castle Hill, now operates out…

Maybe you’ve noticed it already. Activities such as carrying groceries, getting out of bed and climbing stairs don’t feel so effortless anymore. You’ve got a nagging injury that never really healed, or your doctor keeps mentioning “blood sugar,” “metabolic risk” or “muscle loss.” It can be very frustrating, especially when it is not clear where…

Longevity Personal Training and Exercise Physiology Edgecliff, Lindfield, Marrickville and Randwick understand it’s not always easy to stay healthy over the festive season. There’s often a Christmas party or family and friend gathering every weekend leading up to the new year and it can make sticking to your health and fitness goals challenging. That’s why…

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…

OK. This is a big one! Time for me to share the program and some of the golden rules I live and train by when preparing for a distance running event. I’ve been doing this for a long time now. My first City2Surf was in 1998 (51mins). Over the years I have tweaked this program with new evidence and ideas but it is amazing that the basic principles I apply have changed very little. I used the same principles to prepare for the Sydney Half Marathon this year and with just an 8 week preparation ran 1hr 26mins in my first and only half marathon. The great thing about this program and principles is that regardless of your starting fitness level you can apply them to your training. So, here we go:

  Body composition describes the percentage of fat, bone and muscle in the body. What is considered a healthy body composition varies between males and females and different age groups. For example, healthy body fat ranges increase in older age groups.   Do I need to know the breakdown of my muscle and fat?  …