by Dan Williams | Jul 3, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming, Weight Loss
What Your Fitness Today, Can Tell You About Your Health in Old Age There comes a time in most people’s lives (usually around their mid 30s), when their motivations for living a healthy lifestyle change. It’s a time when the pursuit of physical and mental health...
by Dan Williams | Jun 19, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming, Weight Loss
How difficult exercise is, is NOT a measure of its benefit There seems to be a general belief that the HARDER an exercise session is, the more BENEFIT it will give you. That without ending up in a crumpled, sweaty puddle on the floor, the session will be a waste of...
by Dan Williams | Apr 16, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Health, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
The Isolation 12 SECOND Nutrition Challenge You’ve probably heard of a 12 week nutrition challenge. Perhaps you’ve even done one. And it probably went really well. Maybe you weighed and measured what you ate. You dropped a bit of weight and had more energy. And you...
by Dan Williams | Feb 14, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Older Persons, Weight Loss
Why You Need to Lift Weights For Your Health Are you lifting weights? You should be. Aside from making you stronger, there are some vital health benefits of resistance training that you just can’t get from any other form of exercise. Resistance training (using...
by Dan Williams | Jan 11, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Vegan Vs Omnivorous Diets: A Review of the Scientific Literature I’ve hesitated for a few months to write this article. For a few reasons. It’s an emotionally charged topic. It often promotes argument rather than discussion. How we choose to eat is intensely...
by Dan Williams | Dec 13, 2019 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology, Weight Loss
The Surprising Benefits of Exercising on a Hot Day There’s nothing like a hot day to empty a gym. As the heat rises, exercise levels drop. And when people DO manage to stick with their exercise habits, it’s done so with the invariable complaints about the...
by Dan Williams | Aug 11, 2019 | Blogs, Business, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Weight Loss
As with most things in life, the benefits of exercise adhere to the 80/20 rule – the Pareto Principle. 20% of your customers take up 80% of your time. 80% of a business’ income comes from 20% of a business’ products. 80% of a country’s wealth is in the hands of...
by Dan Williams | May 30, 2019 | Blogs, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Weight Loss
The current nutritional trend is ‘Tracking Macros’, measuring and recording the amount of each of the three macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat) you are consuming. The idea behind this is two-fold. Firstly, it (claims to) allow you to closely...
by Dan Williams | Apr 12, 2019 | Blogs, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
One percenters. Marginal gains. They’re touted as the solution to all our problems. We search for these ‘hacks’ in our lives. Tiny things we can do that will push us towards better health, more financial success, greater happiness. And sure, these...
by Dan Williams | Mar 8, 2019 | Blogs, Exercise, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Psychology, Weight Loss
General Population (aka 1 in 3 Australians): “I don’t have time to exercise”. Fitness Professional: “You do have time, it’s just that you’re not prioritising exercise”. Standard conversation. Heard it a million times. And...
