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Longevity Exercise Physiology at Hive Active Lindfield is Officially Open
The team at Longevity Personal Training and Exercise Physiology are please to announce that we are now open for business in Lindfield at Hive Active, Lindfield. Longevity is offering Exercise Physiology services at this fantastic family and community-focused facility. This will compliment our existing personal training and exercise physiology services…
Interview with Rupert Guinness
Longevity PT Founder Jarrat Wood Interview Rupert Guinness about life, health, fitness and his next big challenge: The Indian Pacific Wheel Race. This Race is 5,500 km unsupported and solo across Australia. Rupert will be raising money for www.helpingrhinos.org. We talk about: the bulimia he developed as a young lightweight…
How Protein Will Assist Your Training
What do you think about protein? How much protein do you need after a workout? Are protein shakes good for you? One of my clients asked me what I thought about protein so I decided to answer a few often asked questions. Protein for Training Well for starters, I like protein. It’s in chicken,…
Family Fitness
If you are are a parent, then you are the number one factor that affects the way your children feel about leading a healthy lifestyle. From an early age you have been their role model and you have set an example of how you should lead your life. Eating, exercise, working,…
Fitness for over 50s
What does fitness mean? Is it the ability to run a marathon? To bench press 100kg? To touch your toes? It can be all of these, or none. For most people who are past their days of competitive sport and are now enjoying life playing with children, grandchildren and just…
Working with limitations
Around the start of spring last year I broke my right wrist. It happened at capoeira training while breaking my fall from a well timed sweep kick from my instructor, and after a month of nursing what I thought was a bad sprain, I was advised by my exercise physiologist…
Do it outside !
Training outdoors is loads of fun, especially when it’s hot and the weather is great. There are so many different ways you can exercise in a park or open area, with options including running, calisthenics, yoga, Pilates, capoeira, ball games and sports, kettlebells, medicine balls, resistance bands and many more!!…
What makes a great exercise professional?
You could say “an educated, certified, and experienced professional”. Another great definition could be “an understanding and supportive mentor”. You could probably even get away with “a sadistic individual who gets a kick outta floggin’ me”. In truth, there’s probably a bit of each of those definitions in there (although…