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What Price Do You Put On Your Health?

Miranda McCurryHealth, Wellness
Cost of Coronary By-Pass Surgery (the general surgery required post heart attack) = $ 38, 100 Cost of Stroke Treatment Care = $10, 500 Cost of a Hip Replacement = $21, 200 And these are just Australian Hospital costs. This doesn’t even take into account specialist appointments before and after treatment. It doesn’t consider rehab...

Coach Chloe’s Go-to Mid Week Meal

Miranda McCurryHealth, Nutrition, Recipes
Warm Quinoa and Chickpea Salad (serves 1) Ingredients 100g broccoli, roasted with cumin and paprika 100g cauliflower, roasted with cumin and paprika 80g quinoa, cooked 120g canned chickpeas 40g feta 10g tahini 20ml apple cider vinegar Dash of water Combine broccoli, cauliflower, quinoa and chickpeas in a bowl. Crumble feta over the top. Combine tahini,...

7 Things to Give You The Perfect Hollow Hold

Miranda McCurrySkill Development
Although it's a fairly simple movement we see a lot of errors in the hollow hold. Here are 7 points to consider to ensure your hollow hold is perfect!! 1. Toes pointed, feet together. 2. Legs stretching away from you. 3. Lower back pressing against the floor (this is a must do!), belly button pulling...

You Don’t Know My Body

Chloe ItzsteinHealth, Mindset, Nutrition, Wellness
Flash back to seven years ago…. “Chloe, you need to be eating more to keep up with your training load” “Nah you don’t know my body, it doesn’t need that much food” ….turns out what I should have said was “You don’t know how messed up my metabolism is. I’ve slowed it down so much...

Is High Carb or High Fat Better for Performance?

Quinn CooteHealth, Nutrition
By Coach Quinn Disclaimer – for the purpose of this article, the assumption will be made that all other variables are held constant. Eg. protein intake, micronutrient variety, fibre consumption, suitable level of fats for healthy hormone levels/cellular health etc. * The article will also discuss carbs vs fats specifically in the context of performance,...

You Can’t Rush The Process

Chloe ItzsteinHealth, Wellness
Just like you can’t rush a PB to your Snatch, you can’t rush an injury to heal. In my physio world I see people trying to rush back to regular training, or get back into the game far before their body is physically ready for. The fact is, your body can heal. And that is...

Is Your Nutrition Still in Holiday Mode?

Miranda McCurryNutrition, Wellness
We’ve all been there. We make every effort to stay on top of our nutrition and be consistent with training. We formulate great habits and get into a solid routine. Then somewhere around late November/early December things start to unravel. Life gets a bit crazy. It ain’t called the silly season for nothing! Suddenly your...

Where is Your Comfort Zone?

Miranda McCurryMindset
I was having a discussion with someone the other day about comfort zones. And how regularly we put ourselves out of them. Initially I thought I was the type of person that rarely left my comfort zone, but as we talked more, I realised I left it all the time. As a teenager, afraid of...

Look for the Lessons

Miranda McCurryMindset, Wellness
I recently came across an article my sister had sent me last year. I liked it so much I saved it for later when I might need a reminder/inspiration. The whole article is worth a read and you can read it here. But one line in particular stood out to me: “ You will keep...