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AFL or ‘Footy’ is regarded as one of the toughest and most gruelling sports involving human endurance and physicality going around. On average, a player will run a total of 14km per game with some midfielders racking up as much as 18-19km per game. With tackling, kicking, sprinting and competing for the ball, footy certainly is tough on the body! Most sports require some level of fitness which is broken down into several components and are essential in order to successfully contend at the sports’ high level of competitiveness. Footy for instance has eleven such components with speed, aerobic power,...

After months and months of training, it can be easy to take for granted that by race day, everything is in hand and will just happen. But the reality is, especially for endurance events, that race day is something you only do a few times a year and is nothing like training. You can become complacent and miss important aspects that will make or break your day. So to avoid that, writing out a race day plan should be just as important as getting through your training load. I start writing mine roughly 3-4 weeks out from race day and then review...

What is Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)? According to Arthritis Australia, RA is an autoimmune disease which can cause pain and swelling in joints. The usual function of our immune system is to fight off infections thereby keeping the body healthy, but in the case of RA, the immune system begins to attack the lining of joints. How RA affects the Joints? When our immune system begins to attack the lining of the joint it essentially is stripping away healthy tissue which acts to safeguard your joints, much like cartilage helps to protect your bones from rubbing against each other. Joints can...