In this video we answer the question of: “what is the best pre-workout exercise to prepare my shoulders for overhead lifting, pressing and pull ups?” Longevity exercise physiologist James Davis and Founder Jarrat Wood demonstrate good shoulder positioning in this ‘prehab’ exercise to help prevent and manage healthy shoulders for overhead pressing…

  City2Surf Preparation Begins at Longevity City2Surf is fast approaching and we will be sharing our wisdom that has allowed Longevity to assist inexperienced exercises become successful runners. The City2Surf is Australia’s largest fun run and entries are now open and our aerobic and anaerobic cardiovascular conditioning programs achieve extraordinary…

The team at Longevity has expanded again and we welcome our new Exercise Physiologist Jack Whitaker to the team. Here is a little bit of history on Jack and how he found his calling as an Exercise Physiologist. Growing up in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Jack was heavily involved…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…