Type 2 diabetes is usefully described as a “lifestyle disease” because it most commonly affects those who are overweight and inactive. It can also occur in those who have poor diets. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the cells in your body don’t respond to insulin (a sugar-lowering substance) properly or the pancreas produces insufficient levels […]
As I write this article, 36 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby, I can’t believe how fast time is going. I have had many mums and mum-to-be ask me what I did to recover so fast after my 1st – as well as keeping fit and strong with number 2. A bit about me, I […]
Are you 45-ish and either anxious about not getting enough exercise, or frantically worried about doing the right type of exercise, to help you age with grace. It has been confirmed that strength training can assist in reducing the risk of Sarcopenia, type-2 diabetes, osteoporosis, iron-deficiency anaemia, and arthritis. This ticks the box for both […]
As someone balancing a 2-year-old daughter, expecting my second in August and running my own business, I should have been more prepared for the oncoming stress. The only thing that helped my body, pregnancy and injury related pain has been my slow movement, high intensity, resistance training sessions (I do 25 minutes once a week). […]
Last Friday I had an appointment and needed a new pair of jeans. I dropped into 5th Ave on Ponsonby Road and grabbed a pair, my usual size, and rushed off home to change. I put the jeans on and they felt a bit loose but I thought nothing of it and carried on my […]
It’s that time of the year again. As the temperature plummet our bodies become more susceptible to colds and viruses. What makes this the season for colds and flu’s? What really lowers our immune function and makes us call-in-sick? Turning up at the office with a mask, latex gloves and bottles of sanitizer might […]
10,000 steps a day is the goal! We’ve all hear this a thousand times . . . but why? In 2004 the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) looked at 60,000 workers in 55 countries who aimed to walk 10,000 steps every day for eight months. At the end of the challenge, 67% of participants reported an […]
Eating well and exercising often, but still feel like you’re not losing that stubborn weight? The thing is, fat loss happens when you ditch the scale, exercise effectively and start to see food as fuel. In March we started by looking at 3 reasons why you struggle to lose weight. The focus was on the […]
“I was about 27-years-old, when one day I realised I had developed a belly, started puffing on the stairs and struggled to carry my wife to the. . . um . . .never mind that last bit. . . ” As an ex-New Zealand sportsman, Jay Kachelhoffer knows a thing or two about being fit, active […]
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