Redfern Street, Redfern N.S.W. – Sunday, October 9 2016.
No time to get fit? Think again
Researchers at McMaster University have found that a single minute of very intense exercise produces health benefits similar to longer, traditional endurance training. The findings put to rest the common excuse for not getting in shape – that there is simply not enough time. “This is a very time-efficient workout strategy,” says Martin Gibala, a professor of kinesiology at … [Read more...]
Help us find the worst sports team… anywhere
On Saturday morning the Channel 7 Sunrise program raised the big question about who is the worst sports team anywhere. They nominated the underperforming Nunawading Lions Australian Football team as pretty close to the bottom of the barrel but predicted that bigger things were in store for the boys. It was a great story. A heart-warming story. But… with their focus on how … [Read more...]
Tackling sheep? Surely someone would have more sense!
Late last week the ABC 7.30 program jumped all over a story about rugby teams from one of Sydney’s prominent private schools “tackling sheep” as part of a training drill at a pre-season training camp held on a country property in NSW. School rugby officials had videoed the training session and posted it on Facebook. Officials from both the RSPCA and the NSW Farmers Federation … [Read more...]