I recently read this article on the ‘detox’. We can barely walk past a shop or read a magazine without being ‘advised’ on how to detox from our toxic environment. Drinks, diets, sachets, fasts, colonics etc; but are we being conned? Does the body ‘detox’ effectively enough by itself. Will a box of ‘detox’tea really…
Below is a link to an article looking into strength training for older adults published by Fitness Australia. Summary: This review showed that training duration is the most important factor for gains in muscle strength among older adults. Older clients should be made aware that to gain and maintain muscle strength, ST needs to…
Each term we will be asking you to do a personal goal setting task. This exercise is designed to help you focus on a particular movement task for the 10 weeks that would be meaningful for you, and then evaluate your progress over the term. It is also designed to provide some supplementary evidence and…
Click here to view ‘Posture of Repose Poses’ This term in my classes we looked into postures of repose, or mindful resting poses. These are ground based resting positions that are often lost to us in our modern life of a ‘chair height’ world. Having run this theme throughout the term, I then read…
Please check out this link from the BBC magazine online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25666556 Sugar: Five foods surprisingly high in sugar Some foods have surprisingly high amounts of sugar added to them. Here are five. yogurt pasta sauce coleslaw ‘vitamin water’ Bread these are just a few of the daily foods that we consume that are packed with…
Here is another great article by my favourite nutritional and health guidance company ‘precision nutrition” The biggest problem with sitting down all day: It’s uncomfortable. Sore backs. Stiff necks. Aching shoulders. Throbbing knees. As little as 1 hour sitting can lead the back to stiffen. Check out the low down on different chairs for the…
