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This article was updated in April 2023. It’s widely accepted that running can have numerous benefits for overall health, but it’s important to take proper precautions to avoid injury. Seeking advice from a podiatrist before beginning any running or training regimen can help prevent foot and leg pain and minimise the risk of long-lasting injury. […]
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Article updated March 2024. Did you know that Menulog, Australia’s number one service for online and mobile takeaway, launched a world-first program to identify the healthiest takeaway options, by partnering with prominent nutritionist Dr Joanna McMillan? The program, called Healthy+, identifies healthy options on takeaway menus across Menulog website-listed restaurants. Are there healthy takeaway options?
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Discover one woman’s story of learning just how deep the benefits of outdoor training go in this feature article – I Was Saved By The Wild… by Di Westaway. I first went wild 15 years ago, as a 40-year-old mum who desperately needed to get out of the house. I had been miserable and grumpy. With
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Article updated January, 2025. With an increasing number of Millennials and Gen Z’s leaning away from alcohol and a noticeable trend towards non-alcoholic beverages and low alcohol options, we thought it was time to explore the latest offerings on the shelves. The Australian wine industry has outdone itself when it comes to meeting the shifting
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Every year more than 10,000 eager stair climbers tackle some of Australia’s most gruelling stair climbing challenges on the planet, and Australia hosts more than 10 events all over the country! These unique challenges take you up the 88 floors of Melbourne’s Eureka Tower, the 1,506 steps of Sydney Eye Tower and let’s not forget
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Teresa Cutter, the Healthy Chef, provides her pre and post-workout nutrition tips When I was working as a personal trainer, not a week went by when I used to see people virtually collapsing on the floor half way during their workout and not being able to complete their full session, due to not fuelling their
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The idea of a ‘life transformation’ is often perceived as a huge, monumental event where everything changes permanently in an instant. However in reality life transformations happens over time and, in many cases, the changes that affect us the most come from within. While life transformations are immense, and the benefits are long-term, they do
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Heather Swan is a world record holding wingsuit pilot and one of Australia’s best know adventurers. She holds a number of World and Australian records in extreme sport, including one for a wingsuit flight from a 6672 metre mountain in the Himalayas. We caught up with her to talk adventures, inspiration, and her first ever
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Matthew Squires explains the benefits of physiotherapy for pre and post pregnant clients. With so much focus during pregnancy on ensuring the baby enters the world happy and healthy, the dangers affecting the health and wellbeing of the mother can be somewhat overlooked. Pregnancy puts a great deal of pressure on a mother’s body with
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Article updated February 2025. Tabata training would be one of the most misunderstood and misused terms in cross training, fitness and fat loss. In this article, Gavin Aquilina says we need to ask “why?” more often, in order to be better fitness professionals. Tabata Training 101: What is true Tabata? Quite often a high intensity
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An opportunity exists for clubs and fitness professionals to tap into the growing market of holiday-makers, who are opting for fitness-focused experiences over the traditional stay-by-the-pool type adventures. While there will always be a place for relaxing holidays with cocktails by the pool, fitness tourism or challenge-based holidays are now a popular option for those
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This article was updated February 2024. The Dietitians Association of Australia is calling on parents to make eating breakfast ‘non-negotiable’ for school-aged children after recent research highlighted the huge pitfalls for students who start school hungry. Why is breakfast critical for children attending school? The research, released by Foodbank, found teachers noticed most students who
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