"Doing aerobic exercise and ignoring strength exercises is like remembering to change the oil in the car but ignoring the transmission fluid." - Rob Newton, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia When is the best time to start weight training? I'm at the time in my life where I can start to appreciate that wanting to get faster and stronger a runner relies on much more than simply more running. And, since I'm still ...

Advocates of screening athletes for cardiac conditions claim that "screening saves lives". Research is showing that this approach may actually be flawed, and that screening might be doing more harm than good. I tend to agree. An article in the Guardian by Nicola Davis (April 2016) summarises very nicely the inadequacies with pre-participation screening programs for athletes and the research gaps that sit behind them. Davis draws on the work of a group of Belgian researchers, pub...

  Your body will show quite a complex physiological response to heart, and circumstances like chronic illness, medications, weather conditions, clothing and general physical form will affect your ability to adapt. For more information about exercising in the heat and the implications this will have on your sport routine and performance, go to the Australian Fitness Academy to read my published article ...

Fallacy-Free Reasoning in Medicine: Improving communication and decision making in research and practice Author: Milos Jenicek
Publisher: American Medical Association
Year: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-60359-099-0 Book Review "Medical errors are not only a question of a physician's learned knowledge, practical skills, experience, fatigue, stress, faulty technology, difficult patients, emotional state, and personal life projections. Medical errors also occur as the result of a physicia...

According to the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia's 'National Drowning Report 2015', 271 people drowned in Australian waterways in the period 2014/15. Of the total drowning deaths, 216 were men and 55 were women The 45-54 years age-group suffered the largest number of drowning deaths, with 48 drownings (18% of total drownings) 55 (20%) of drowning deaths occurred at beaches. Robert Brander is a coastal geomorphologist with expertise in rip currents and is al...