Working with a team is a totally different experience than working one on one with athletes. Depending on the size of the team, gym space changes and how you evaluate becomes much harder. What makes it even harder is that you don’t get to personally meet every athlete and there is usually timelines and goals…
In the past month we have had some truly inspiring results from participants in our Conquer Cancer exercise program. The graded exercise program provides an opportunity for those undergoing or those have been through cancer treatment to regain their physical and mental health. As we know cancer and its treatments have significant effects on…
Since the start of this year, a long running program has changed its name from Heartmoves to Energise. The Energise program is a gentle physical activity program suitable for anyone who has not participated in any regular exercise in a while. Energise is open to anyone and is designed to be safe for people with…
Since November 2015 Vision has been running a specialised low back pain group called BACK to Life. BACK to Life is a program originally designed by an allied health team to implement with clients with non-specific lower back pain. It is a progressive 8 week program in a small group setting, looking at overhauling and…
My thoughts on this topic may differ to many other people that may have had this idea of long slow running improving performance drilled into their heads. This thought process has come from old school sports coaches just wanting athletes to be able run and run and have an endless tank. The training thought has…
Whilst you may be a creature of habit, driven toward your goals or unable to function without your morning workout it is important to remember that exercising in hot conditions can place significant stress on your body’s systems. Both exercise and air temperature will raise your core body temperature, increasing your body’s need to cool…
This article is for those of you out there like me who are not as interested in lifting weights. The type of training that appeals to me is body weight training. This type of training uses no equipment, the exercises are relatively easy to learn, they can be modified to suit most levels of ability,…
We are living in a busy society where people often say it is difficult to find time to exercise. Whether it be work, children’s sporting commitments, dinner, social events, there are hundreds of reasons why we cant fit in exercise. It is this mindset that we often need to change and not necessarily our commitments…
We often get told that we must complete exercise every day to help keep the body healthy. But this is just one area of how to help us become healthier. What we need to do is look at health in a holistic approach and look at a variety of areas that is going to help…
If you’re thinking about taking up running as your New Year’s resolution and still need some convincing, consider this: MRI scans reveal that endurance runners’ brains have greater functional connectivity than the brains of more sedentary individuals. University of Arizona researchers compared brain scans of young adult cross country runners to young adults who don’t…