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WOMEN’S HEALTH WEEK | 6-10 September 2021
It’s Women’s Health Week, and we want to encourage Australian women to exercise for the right reasons.
So many women think of exercise simply as a weight loss tool, but we want to highlight the physical and mental health benefits instead. Exercise should be a celebration of what your body can do, not a punishment!
It's about self-care, not the scales. About health, not weight loss.
About mental health, not the shape of your body.
In the below videos, we hear from some of our Accredited Exercise Physiologists who explain why we should focus less of weight loss and more on the health benefits of exercise!
Exercise for sleep
Exercise for mental health
Exercise for postnatal recovery
Exercise for self-care
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