by Dan Williams | Dec 10, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
Another great strategy for health that involves you making a small change to your environment and reaping the benefits forever. Simply by placing a full length mirror in you kitchen, you are constantly reminded of your appearance, and you link the healthiness of the...
by Dan Williams | Dec 9, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
The exists in Sports Psychology a concept termed the ‘Ringlemann Effect’. Basically, this is a form of Social Loafing, where the more people involved in a task, the less effort each of these people will put in. If the Ringlemann Effect can be overcome,...
by Dan Williams | Dec 8, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Flexibility, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons
Hydrotherapy offers rehabilitation and recovery to a group of people who may otherwise not experience these benefits. Water based exercises allow the user to experience increases in joint mobility and range of motion without the impact associated with land based...
by Dan Williams | Dec 7, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Psychology
Gyms worldwide are characterised by huge floor to ceiling mirrors, framing lycra clad step aerobics devotees. Seems though, that these mirrors actually make it harder to gain the benefits of exercise – harder to lose weight. The theory behind this is the fact that...
by Dan Williams | Dec 6, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Psychology
Self help books preach the power of positive thinking and optimism. Sounds good – but science tells us that this isn’t actually the best way to motivate yourself to exercise. Surprisingly, research tells us that the best way to motivate yourself to exercise is not to...
by Dan Williams | Nov 26, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Nutrition
Sorry, not that kind of spooning… This is a great way to make a change to your environment once and reap the benefits forever. The size of the utensils we use to eat plays a major role in how much we eat. Research has shown that we eat less if we are eating from...
by Dan Williams | Nov 24, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
More and more eating has become a social event – eating has taken second place to what we do while we eat. Watching TV, talking to friends, reading a book. An awareness of our eating habits plays a major role in determining how much we eat. The distractions that shift...
by Dan Williams | Nov 23, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
The availability of food is directly correlated with the amount of food we consume. This probably isn’t a surprise. Evolutionally speaking, with food being scarce in our environment of evolutionary adaptiveness, it was a survival advantage to eat when we could. We can...
by Dan Williams | Nov 22, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The vast majority of contemporary occupations are sedentary. Aside from quitting our jobs, there’s not a lot we can do about the lack of physical activity in the environment where we spend the majority of our waking hours. We have previously discussed ways to...
by Dan Williams | Nov 17, 2010 | Blogs, Health, Nutrition, Psychology
Alcohol in moderation has been shown to have a raft of health benefits. The ‘in moderation’ premise however ensures that the negative effects of our usual drinking patterns soon outweigh any positives. So the basic rule is that drinking less (alcohol) is better for...
