Your Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life
Australia is the most overweight nation in the world. Exercising and eating right is not something we can do for a few months or 'just until I reach the weight I want'. Once it stops, we go back to old habits and find ourselves back at square one. There are many reasons why we must make being healthy a lifestyle choice and a way of life. Quality and longevity of life is something that requires ongoing focus to ensure we feel good today, tomorrow and for the rest of our lives. What we do now effects our wellbeing when we get older. Make the right choices now for your quality of life - for the rest of your life. At Smart Moves Health and Fitness, this is what we strive to achieve.
Read below for more information regarding
- General Wellbeing
- Stress Management
- Energy Levels
- Cardiovascular Fitness
- Body Fat
- Core Stability
- Strength
- Joint and Muscular Issues
- Posture
General Wellbeing
- The healthier you are, the better you feel day to day
- A healthy body means a stronger immune system which decreases your chance of getting sick, needing time off work and losing income
Stress Management
- Regular exercise allows you to get rid of stress energy lowering your anxiety and stress levels
- Your focus will improve at work
- More energy gives you more time to get all those things on the 'to do' list done!
Energy Levels
- Exercise creates energy
- Regular exercise and healthy eating increases your energy levels and feeling of general wellbeing
Cardiovascular Fitness
- A healthy heart is vital to your healthy life
- An unhealthy heart increases your risk of heart disease, now and as you get older
- Regular cardiovascular exercise strengthens your heart and lowers your heart rate
- The lower your heart rate, the healthier your heart - this means the stronger your heart, the more blood it can pump through your body in one pulse so it does not have to beat as fast
- Cardiovascular exercise gets that fat burning off!
Body Fat
- Body fat is an indicator of health risks such as stoke and heart attack - lowering your body fat decreases these risks
- Reducing body fat increases your mobility and energy levels allowing you to achieve more in your day
Core Stability
- Core stability is the base of developing strength in all areas
- It prevents and helps improve lower back and hip pain
- Preventing back and hip issues will prevent the domino effect of these issues impacting on other parts of the body
Strength
- Strength training tones those muscles getting rid of those flabby bits we all have and want to eliminate!
- Strength training with correct technique improves your ability to perform day to day functions such as lifting and carrying without injury
- Building up muscular strength increases your bone density lowering your risk of develping Osteoporosis later in life.
Joint and Muscular Issues
- Identifying and fixing issues in the joints such as poor mobility, uneven mobility and poor placement decreases your risk of acute injury and developing chronic pain
- Identifying and fixing muscular issues such as inflexibility, uneven strength, poor strength, tight muscles and muscle pain decreases your risk of acute injury and developing permanent problems
- Strengthening the joints and muscles is vital for rehabilitation after injury or surgery
Posture
- Working on bettering your posture will help guard against joint and muscular pain in your neck and back
- Neck and back pain often develops into problems and pain through the rest of the body such as the hip, knee and ankle joints, among other areas
- Poor posture increases your risk of injury during exercise and in day to day activities
- The longer you live with poor posture, the harder it is to correct
