EXTENSIVE POST GRADUATE TRAINING
Did you know that we reach our peak muscle mass by the age of 30, and then unfortunately we start to lose it?! But don’t worry we can still gain muscle at any age - so it’s never too late to increase our strength. Maintaining our muscle strength is so important and should be done 2-3 times in the week! Have you done your resistance exercise yet?
As some social sports are starting to commence - which is super exciting! It is important to remember if there has been a period off that sport to gradually reload to reduce injuries. Particularly common in netball is chronic ankle instability - where the ligaments have undergone deformation and is susceptible to reinjury due to a lack of passive control. But retraining through proprioception exercises and bracing or strapping to provide control can keep you in the game.
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Some fun facts about bone health. Osteoporosis is something that can be silent until you have an insufficiency fracture. We all should be doing daily preventative habits to help support the skeletal system, before we are diagnosed with OP or have a fracture. The list is endless to help support bone building (exercise, diet and lifestyle all impact this system). If you are unsure of how you can best support this system book today to have a chat and get a plan going. Happy moving EMP.
We all know we should exercise but why? Here are some of the benefits to physical activity and exercise. Now, physical activity and exercise are not synonymous to one another despite these words may be used interchangeably when talking about movement. Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement that involves the contraction of skeletal muscles above that of resting energy expenditure. Whereas, exercise is classified as a ‘type’ of physical activity that is planned, structured and repetitive to improve or maintain components of physical fitness. Physical fitness is a set of attributes that can be achieved when performing physical activity such as cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility.
