Passion: What ever makes you happy?
1104 words: estimated reading time 5 mins 30s. . As exercise professionals we are usually pretty enthusiastic about convincing others to share our love of physical activity, exercise and sports – but how much love are we really expecting? I hadn’t…
Fatigue 2
Why I was too tired to write this post… 1448 words; estimated reading time: 7 mins, 14 sec For exercise professionals, fatigue is an intriguing phenomenon that remains poorly understood. Fatigue has been defined in so many ways that consistent…
Fitness trends and fads for 2019
A quick peek at ACSM's annual trends and fads survey.
Sport concussion and exercise (Part 1)
[/stextbox] Concussion has been thrust squarely into the public spotlight due to the media’s obsession with a suggested link between concussion and premature neurodegenerative conditions and a compromised quality of life. These days, sports concussions and head injuries in sport…
Spice up your training?
My computer screen was commandeered this morning by a video advert featuring a former All Black captain and his elite athlete wife, running together and subliminally planting turmeric in my mind. I replayed the clip a couple of times and…
Zombie apocalypse.
Ahhh the power of media!! I suspect that it’s made most professionals’ work a lot more challenging. As a 60’s child I grew up in a time when a professional had pretty much sole and protected access to the information…