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The Argus Group has announced the results for the first year of its online wellness programme Get Up and Thrive. Introduced in March 2015, the programme introduced three series of eight weeklong team challenges throughout the year offering team and i...

It’s January and everyone is back in the gym and choosing personal trainers. It’s an important choice, and one that I highlighted last year. Did you choose wisely? Are you satisfied? Are you just sticking with your trainer out of loyalty or simply b...

Young Observer got up close and personal with Arnold Manders this school year to learn more about FitnessGram, a fitness assessment and reporting programme he is spearheading in the Government school system. Mr Manders is the Curriculum Officer for ...

It was unusual to see women lifting weights in gyms in the early 90s. Kathi DeCouto didn’t let that stop her. “I was living in the US and a guy I was dating said, ‘Let’s go to the gym’. We got there and he pointed me straight to the [area] where wom...

New Year’s resolutions. Some live for the fresh start, others groan at the thought. My best friend and I have a tradition to meet on New Year’s Day and write down what we hope to do over the coming year. Instead of writing a list of specific goals we...

I don’t know about you, but Christmas is my favourite holiday. I pretty much love everything about this time of year — the festive cheer, the cheesy music, decorating the tree, wrapping up warm to take long winter walks, and spending quality time wit...

So you’ve waited till the week before Christmas to even think about buying gifts, and you have no idea where to start. Don’t panic. Whether the person on your list exercises a lot or not nearly as much as they should, you can help them fit some fitn...

Heart failure With more than five million Americans affected and more than 400,000 new cases diagnosed every year, heart failure (HF) remains the number ONE medical cause of hospitalisation in the adult population above the age of 50 years. In addit...

With all the holiday parties and festive gatherings, December can be a tough month to stick to your exercise and weight-loss goals. But you don’t have to wait until January 1 to get serious about your health. That’s the word from a handful of fitnes...

Recently I was asked to speak at my old high school’s career day on the fitness industry. To overcome my fear of teenagers, I accepted. In between snickering teenaged boys and wide-eyed stares when I told them I work out for fun, I was asked somethin...

Initiatives aimed at raising children’s physical activity levels are expected to be launched next year as part of the new Premier’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. The Department of Health has teamed up with a host of professionals to estab...

Are you one of those people who are hard on themselves for not being ‘perfect’? I’ve been guilty of falling prey to this attitude and it can be quite debilitating at times. I used to think being a perfectionist was a great character trait, that it me...