This Month
The three simple ways to test your fitness
How do you know if you are fit? Here are three tests to track your strength and cardiovascular fitness that can be done with little or no equipment.
- Hilary Achauer
Five tips for keeping strong from fit over-60-somethings
These fitness veterans share their tips on how to keep moving – and disciplined – when later life gets in the way.
- Amelia Jones
Three tests that prove you’re exercising too hard
It sounds counterintuitive, but dialling down the intensity of your workouts could help you get faster and burn more fat.
- Euan Black
How weightlifting strengthens more than muscles for retail strategist
Kelly Brown, co-founder of an e-commerce agency, finds pumping iron reduces her stress levels as she strives to hit personal bests.
- Life & Leisure
July
The five best exercises to beat burnout and stress
Knowing what type of exercise to focus on when needed is key to allowing the stress chemicals to move through you more effectively.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
This is the ‘golden’ decade for turbocharging your health
Diet and exercise improvements are beneficial at any age, but experts say there is an optimal period to build lean muscle and drive up cardiovascular stamina.
- Lucy Dean
Exercising every day? You may need to stop
Choosing when not to work out can be as important as doing it. Scheduling time to recover can help people avoid injury and enhance performance.
- Calum Marsh
‘Having clear thoughts always makes for better outcomes’
This is the mantra that American Express executive Robert Tedesco swears by when things get hectic on the soccer pitch. It applies in business, too.
- Life & Leisure
Why fishing is time well spent for this finance podcaster
Casting a line offers a practical life lesson for author and podcast host Glen James.
- Life & Leisure
Getting tired as you grow older? Here’s how to keep your energy up
If you feel like you’re often exhausted and needing more naps as you age, you should try to put a stop to it before it becomes more serious.
- Trisha Pasricha
The exercise habit that boosts this founder’s productivity
Road running in the morning gets Brand Rebellion’s Bryden Campbell primed for her workday.
- Life & Leisure
Extending life expectancy big business for Manly app founders
The three surf club members started comparing workouts in 2020. Now their platform, which aggregates wearable technology data, is worth about $9 million.
- Zoe Samios
June
Founder takes coastal path to fitness, friends and freedom
Runner Melissa Jolly, founder of Pinnacle Insurance Brokers, has her eye on the Kokoda Track and a marathon next.
- Life & Leisure
- Exclusive
- Wellness
Tim Gurner takes wellness ‘obsession’ to new level
After dropping nine years off his biological age by taking 35 supplements a day, the Rich Lister is starting a wellness club for a younger generation.
- Yolanda Redrup
A sleep scientist explains how to beat jet lag
Sleep scientist Dean Miller is advising our Olympians about recovering faster from jet lag. Here’s what he will tell them before they head to Paris.
- Euan Black
The workout that requires total mind-body focus
Greg Taylor, founder of online underwear retailer Step One, reckons that after one hour of boxing with his trainer Liam Paro his whole body hurts. “And that’s a great feeling.”
- Life & Leisure
How four minutes a day can boost your fitness
Exercise snacking, where you fit several simple micro-workouts into your day, is an ideal solution for busy execs.
- Luke Benedictus
The truth about 13 popular weight loss supplements
From green tea to L-carnitine, there are dozens of supplements that are supposed to help you lose weight. Here’s what the experts say.
- Laurel Ives
Exercise is incredible for brain health – this is how much you need to do
Neuroscientists say that being active can clear toxins from the brain and reduce the risk of dementia.
- David Cox
Eight tips to lose weight fast - and safely
Is the crash diet back? Science now suggests that rapidly losing a lot of weight could be a beneficial strategy for health – if you do it carefully.
- Juliette Kellow
