DID YOU KNOW? ......STRESS CAN MAKE YOU FAT!


Here's Felicity Neale our resident PT expert and writer (from our partner gym 'Bayswater 247 Fitness'

Not only do you tend to comfort eat when you’re stressed- a very quick way to pile on kilos -  but your body also releases a hormone called cortisol.
Cortisol is released by the adrenal glands as part of the fight or flight response.
Chronically elevated cortisol can lower immune function, increase weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. It can also interfere with immune function, learning and memory.
When your body is in a constant fight or flight state cortisol remains in the blood and begins to do damage.
Exercise provides an outlet for anger which in turn will release cortisol.
Thirty minutes three times a week will pay huge dividends in lowering your cortisol levels. This, in conjunction with burning additional calories, (units of energy or stored fat), increasing lung capacity, lowering blood pressure is a sure fire recipe for an enhanced quality of life.

Why spend the rest of your life, stressed, depressed and overweight?

                 

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How to have good posture – in the office or at your place of study

Good posture tips

By Felicity Neale

Are you seated all day? Probably at the office or studying. Whichever is true for you, it’s easy to forget how we are seated and how that can affect us daily and further down the track. Good seated posture is as important as our standing posture. 

In fact, we spend a lot of our waking hours at work and many of us are desk bound. Make your environment conducive to postural health. This way, you’re doing your part to sleep better at night and not wake up foggy, cramped and in pain. Of course any chronic sleep disorder or pain should be treated by a recognised and fully trained medical practitioner .
For good seated posture: make sure your eyes are level with the top third of the computer screen. This minimises the tendency to push your neck forward and tilt your chin up which does terrible things to your posture and alignment. It can trap nerves in your neck and restrict blood flow to the brain. This can cause headaches and brain fog.  It also looks really awful.
Back straight, chin tucked under, so your ears, shoulders and hip are aligned. Shoulders should be  down and back.
Elbows close to your sides and a slightly greater than 90 degree angle when you’re using the mouse or keyboard. This will stop you raising one shoulder and putting your neck out of alignment by curving it to one side.
More good posture tips .....Mouse and keyboard should be at the same level. Subtle shifts in shoulder height can occur if you are moving your hand up and down between keyboard and mouse. I see a lot of people who complain about a pain behind the right shoulder blade. I often find adjusting their chair height, hence the relationship of their shoulder and neck fixes the problem.
Check out our pics... I’m sure you can see which one is the correct seated posture!
Keep checking on this blog for more tips on how to have good posture and  coming soon:  read how one of our members transformed her life of panadol popping and constant headaches to a pain free existence

To get a FREE OFFICE or HOME STUDY posture check email us : justin.green@newtowngym.com.auand felicity.neale@bayswater247fitness.com.au

Or get free posture check with us at Newtown Gym or Bayswater 247 Fitness.
Contact us or download a free pass on our websites:
www.newtowngym.com.au
http://bayswater247fitness.com.au/

ROLL LIKE A BALL - PILATES MOVE GREAT FOR CORE STRENGTH

Here Sandra, our Saturday Pilates teacher explains the 'roll like a ball' pilates
move - great for spinal mobility and core strength