Motivation & Goals

One of the biggest excuses not to exercise is ‘not having time’ and this was recently backed up with a study led by the Australian National University, who found that one in five people aged 25-54 years old claim they ‘don’t have time to exercise and eat healthy food’. On this note, we thought we'd investigate the excuses people use to avoid exercise, here's what we found. Here are some of the top excuses we make not to exercise and how we can overcome them:   ‘I don’t have time' I don’t have to time to exercise translates to I don’t have time to...

20 January, 2017

Everyone is unique, exercise doesn't have a 'one size fits all' approach - that's why it's great that there are SO many options when it comes to exercise - from your traditional DIY going for a run, to classes like Zumba, or new workout inventions such as Barre Body Classes. However, what everyone does have in common is that if you don't enjoy doing it, you won't do it for very long! Here's some tips for finding the exercise that's right for you:   Do something you enjoy - you don't have to love it initially, but if you ask yourself 'do I dread it?'...

23 December, 2016

You've heard the term: humans are like snowflakes, unique and special in their own way.   We are all different, both physiologically and psychologically, and we cannot expect everyone to respond to exercise the same way. Being different is great, it keeps the world going around. Earth would be a very dull place to live if everyone was the same, had the same interests, and did the same thing. This is a factor that then needs to be taken into consideration when allied health professionals, or medical practitioners for that matter, prescribe exercise, nutrition interventions, drugs etc. Structuring training to achieve a desired...

19 October, 2016

Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Phil Caruso, explains the important difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and what is crucial for enacting positive and long lasting change.   When we observe anyone embarking on any form of health and fitness program, we generally observe two types of people. You know these people well, perhaps you’re one of them, or perhaps you know of them. Either way, the two types of people are the ones who adhere to the program, and the ones who don’t. But when we look closer, it’s really not that black and white. I want you, as the reader, to have a think about some of...

09 September, 2016

As an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, there’s a common thing people ask me about: how do I motivate myself to….?   And the answer is different, for different people and different situations. But today I wanted to talk about a particular situation with a particular client.   He is a young guy who wants to lose a little weight, get a little fitter, but mostly this: use exercise as a tool to improve his mood. As you can imagine, I am completely in support of this.   This bloke I was working with wasn’t just sitting around all day, he was making a solid effort to get...

17 June, 2016

Want to start an exercise program but don’t know where to begin?   Sometimes the word exercise can be daunting. If you are convinced you need to move more, but are not sure where to start, here are our top tips to getting you on the right track. 1. What are you goals?   Before you begin anything it’s time to work out WHY you want to start exercising more. Do you know you should exercise more and want achieve more than you currently are? Do you want to help your health overall? Do you want to lose weight? Do you want to help the symptoms of a...

25 May, 2016

Ah body image, that feeling we all face when we roll out of bed, a bit disheveled, feeling a bit flabbier, more tired, haggered and greying than usual.   That perception of our own physical appearance that then motivates or haunts our behavior for the day that follows. For some of us we may shrug it off, accept that we’re getting a tad older and rounder on the edges, but for others, a negative relationship with our body image may be driving us towards unhealthy behaviors.   The Connection Between Body Image and Exercise   The association between body image and exercise participation has manifested in such...

24 May, 2016

We want it all and we want it now. But Dr. Andrew Rochford knows that when it comes to exercise, there's no such thing as a one-size-fits all approach. It's important to Exercise Right for your uniqueness: right professional, right place, right time.   With national Exercise Right Week taking place between 23 and 29 May, recent research from Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) has indicated Australians seemingly have the best intentions but fail miserably on follow-through when it comes to exercising to improve our health. Much-loved TV personality and Exercise Right Week ambassador Dr Andrew Rochford believes that while the desire...

23 May, 2016