In an exciting development to our thriving Older Adults program, No Regrets Personal Training are taking part in the Federal Government’s Healthy Communities Initiative by providing the Lift for Life® program to the people of the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, with the aim of tackling chronic diseases, especially type 2 diabetes.Designed to complement our existing Stronger for Longer older adults group class, this government funded initiative allows us to make exercise more accessible to the wider community, including those experiencing disadvantage, helping to improve quality of life.
Most people think of arthritis, osteoporosis, and bone density problems as an “old person’s” condition, but it can affect many younger people and even sporting athletes causing serious pain and damage to the body. Poor nutrition, our sedentary modern lifestyle, and a lack of understanding as to the importance of moving well and strength training are the main reasons why these conditions are becoming more prominent each year. Even in younger people! The need for strength training has become more important every year as more technology is invented to make our life even more sedentary than ever. As mentioned earlier this is no longer a problem limited to old people, with many younger people now being diagnosed with osteoarthritis and bone problems. The good news is these conditions can be improved and even reversed by implementing a well designed program with your exercise and nutrition that focuses on improving joint stability, muscle strength and bone density. In this article we discuss in great detail the things you can do to help get on top of your arthritis.
One of the misconceptions in the sports world is that to become great, all you need to do is devote endless hours of playing your chosen sport. While it is true you need to put in lots of practice and dedication to learning the skills needed to excel at your sport, just playing the sport and not working on the finer principles of movement will not make you great! All of the greatest athletes from every sport, even golf (Tiger Woods) attribute their conditioning as a key part of their success. If you just want an average level of performance, and be good at completing a few limited skills, then just playing your sport will achieve that. However, if you want to achieve your true potential as an athlete and become great, then you need to design and implement a "specific to you" and your sport conditioning program. This requires more than strength and in some cases you may not need to be that strong! In this article I will explain the 8 key abilities you need to consider and help you understand what sports conditioning really means.