by The Fit Lab | Mar 10, 2023 | Allied Health Programs, Nutrition
When we are trying to improve performance, we often think about training frequency or intensity, recovery periods, sleep, stretching and staying on top of any niggling injuries. Often, nutrition can be the missing piece of the puzzle to get the most out of your body...
by The Fit Lab | Nov 27, 2018 | High Performance Unit, Physiology
Here is Kevin’s story… Part 1 “I guess like any story like mine, I wasn’t always weighing in at 128kg. As a kid up until about the age of 22 or so I was an extremely active fit fella, played huge amounts of our national sport (hurling, Gaelic...
by The Fit Lab | Sep 25, 2018 | Physiology, Weight Lifting
So you want to build some muscle mass? It’s easy right… Sign up to the gym, buy some protein shakes, eat lots of chicken and rice, lift something heavy, read Arnold Schwarzenegger’s encyclopaedia to bodybuilding and all of a sudden you’ve got some extra muscle....
by The Fit Lab | Sep 20, 2018 | Weight Lifting
Well here you are, you’ve walked into the gym with your new weights program, new protein shaker, and your fit bit is all set. You finish an adequate warm up and then go to set yourself up on your first exercise, oh, wait a minute, you’ve forgotten one small detail....
by The Fit Lab | Aug 15, 2018 | Chronic Disease Management
Rates of individuals diagnosed with a type of diabetes is becoming increasing common. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (2016) recorded an approximate 5.1% of the Australian population being diagnosed with some form of diabetes, with a diagnostic rate increase of...
