24th February 2020 | Allied Health Professionals |
Few health professionals divide people quite like chiropractors. You might think they are either quacks, or geniuses, and have evidence that you think supports your opinion. But what do you know about the education of chiropractors? How good is the knowledge of...
24th January 2020 | Nutrition |
“Drink more water” is the single most common piece of nutrition advice I hear trainers tell their clients. And it has to be water. Soft drinks, flavoured drinks, milk, and caffeinated drinks don’t count. And at least 8 glasses a day. I know it’s...
28th December 2019 | Exercise |
You may have seen vibration machines before in the gym. You can stand, squat or sit on them, or perform any number of other exercises or poses as part of your training. The platform vibrates, and depending on who you listen to, this gives you a number of benefits. You...
17th November 2019 | Fitness Industry, Nutrition |
Personal trainers are not nutrition experts, believe it or not. This isn’t a surprise to many of our readers. But we need to shout this from the rooftops so that anyone considering hiring a personal trainer knows what to expect. Some new research has highlighted...
20th October 2019 | Allied Health Professionals |
There’s been a recent systematic review of physiotherapy practices. We like to think that when we see a health professional we get good quality advice, but we don’t always know. Do physiotherapists provide evidence-based treatment? We’d like to think so!...
29th September 2019 | Exercise |
You might have seen people in the gym training with an altitude training mask. These strange masks, like the one pictured below, sit around the mouth and the nose. Many people think that these can improve your performance by changing your breathing, recreating the...
3rd September 2019 | Critical Thinking, Fitness Industry |
I know, it’s a provocative headline, but it’s right. Personal trainers, along with doctors and other health professionals, have a bias against obesity. And this has been shown in research. And it’s not just professionals. The general public, and even...
17th August 2019 | Fitness Industry |
This post is one for the personal trainers in our audience, or those interested in what their trainers know. There have been changes to the professional development of personal trainers in Australia. We look at what those changes are, and what their impact on the...
15th July 2019 | Fitness Industry, Nutrition |
The number of personal trainers in Australia has increased steadily in the last 10 years. More than 20,000 are currently registered with Fitness Australia, and this number is expected to grow. As personal trainers we can provide great benefit to our clients. Working...
10th July 2019 | Critical Thinking, Exercise |
The verdict is in, and it isn’t good: recent research has shown us that only about half of personal trainers use reliable sources of information. For those of us who want to be taken seriously as personal trainers this is concerning. For those of us who want to know...
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