Free Weights Or Machine Weights? What Works Best?

People will often ask, whether injured or not, what should I be using? Should I be using machine weights or should I be using free weights? The answer, as you can probably guess, is that it depends…it’s not a one size fits all and it does come down do a few factors. The answer depends on your fitness goals, if you are training for a particular reason and your level of experience in a gym environment. Read more

Community Review: Gourmet Outdoor Kitchen Night Market

Gourmet Outdoor Kitchen, a.k.a. Engadine Night Markets, is at Engadine Town Square on the first Friday of the month from 4pm until 9pm. The lovely organisers curate street food stalls and trucks to offer culturally diverse dinner and dessert options, and a little entertainment, as a nice excuse to get our local community together. Read more

Six Tips On How To Stay Healthy During These Christmas Holidays

The Christmas season is full of magic, friendship, family and lots of love. But it’s also a time for slothful eating and very limited physical activity, well it is on my part anyway!  A year’s worth of consistent exercising and somewhat healthy diet can feel like it all comes undone during the festive period. Sound familiar? Read more

The Causes Of Shoulder Instability

Shoulder instability, whether traumatic or not can be debilitating.  It causes a loss of shoulder strength and function as well as leading to significant pain. Before we delve into the ins and outs of shoulder instability, let’s first go through how a ‘normal’ shoulder functions. Read more

Ankle Sprains | Why Do They Happen Again & Again?

Ankle sprains are the most common sporting injury and, for that reason, are one of the most treated injuries in our clinic. We all know that person; the person in our rugby league, netball team or soccer team. That person that always seems to have some sort of ankle injury. It seems as though they roll their ankle 4 or 5 times every season. Why do ankle sprains happen again and again? The short answer is that they aren’t getting rehabbed properly! The longer answer is what we will go into now. Read more

Children With Down Syndrome - Physical Complications & What You Can Do About Them?

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Down Syndrome effects roughly 1 in 1200 Australians. It is a chromosomal condition characterized by an extra copy of the 21st chromosome. Diagnosis is made either prior to birth, or shortly after, by chromosomal testing. Read more

Cortisone Injection | Tendon Pain

Everyone has heard of a corticosteroid, or cortisone injection. They’re so often recommended as a first line of treatment for shoulder and hip bursitis, tennis elbow, heel (plantar fascia) pain, and much more. It acts as a pain reliever for tendon problems, so people are heading to their GPs asking for more shots! The problem is, there is very strong evidence that: Read more

3 Must Do Core Exercises For Pilates Beginners

What is Pilates? Read more

Maximal strength training improves cycling performance

In endurance sports, like road cycling, aerobic endurance performance is related to VO2 max, lactate threshold, and work economy. Several studies now show that when combining endurance training with maximal strength training (ie high loads, few reps, focus on neural adaptations) athletes have improved work economy and efficiency. Read more

So, I shouldn’t stretch before a workout?

We all know we’re supposed to stretch before a run, or gym session. Right? Wrong. Not all of us should. And it depends what you mean by “stretch”. Let’s have a look at when and what stretching should really be included in a workout. Read more