(2712,2,'2015-09-14 06:50:13','2015-09-14 06:50:13','Morning Team,\r\n\r\nToday’s post discusses the inevitable (self-sabotaging) performance limiting period in endurance events when your brain generates emotions like; damn my legs hurt, why am I hurting myself like this? I don’t need this sh^t! or, at worst, just get me out off this friggin course – NOW!<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/yyyyy.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2709 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/yyyyy-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" width=\"208\" height=\"139\" /></a>\r\n\r\nHopefully I’ll offer a few tools to overcome these likely (and usually illusory) emotions.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">This Sunday will see over 20, 000 tackle either the 9km Bridge run, the 21.1km Half Marathon or the Sydney 42.2km Marathon.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I have 28 runners involved – and Gus.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I wish my well prepared first timers, and also my seasoned campaigners all the very best.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">This post is for you.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRight then, let’s say everyone has prepared reasonably well. As in, slowly mounting miles on feet, naturally increasing speed, and efficiently adapted to metabolise and favour stored fat for energy. Oh, and overcome the staple of preparations – an Achilles injury and of course man-flu.\r\n\r\nBased on my experience, being, 1) courtesy of more than a few epic fails - and 2) countless candid chats with endurance super stars, the only dead certainty on race day will be the (potentially) performance limiting brain emotions which you’ll create and will likely hit somewhere between the 60-90% mark relative to the events full distance.\r\n\r\nI should clarify – I refer to the probable challenge faced for those pressing towards their <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2711 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"run 111\" width=\"152\" height=\"211\" /></a>best performance (on that day). For example, I’m running the 9km event with my 14 yr daughter, hence, I shouldn’t, well....I hope not anyway, reach that point of negative emotional kick back (actually.........on further thought, I still might!!!!!).\r\n\r\nSo why does the thought of SLOW-STOP-GIVE UP usually hit between 60-90% relative to the distance of your event? Well, you’ve already collated a tun of work (relative to you), and the finish is nowhere in sight. So you start to doubt your safety, or motivation for maintaining your current pace to the finish line.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">You’ll be asked to answer a question – usually asked by a little devil that sits on your right shoulder – I don’t know why he sits there.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou’ll be encouraged to slow, stop or pull the pin altogether. Your concerns – or reasons – for pulling the pin could range from anything like – sore legs (namely: quads, Achilles, calves, knees), gut aches, feeling hot, feeling cold, cramping, blisters, chaffing, muscle strains, back aches, hypo-glycaemia and feeling hungry, dehydrated, loose GIT, burning muscles, or just simply you feel s^&amp;thouse. Maybe a few of them.\r\n\r\nNow, at this point I’ve noticed the better athletes, 1) don’t generate the limiting invitations, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/athththt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2262 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/athththt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"athththt\" width=\"268\" height=\"201\" /></a>and 2) if they do, they have the ability to dissociate from them quickly allowing for continue top end pace on. Others however will concede that something really is wrong, and believe that slowing or giving up will solve the problem.\r\n\r\nBrain (behaviour) research suggests that 9/10 times we’re asked that question (in a safe endurance race), the perceived physical breakdown or weakness is in fact a myth – an illusory emotion produced by the person. It’s believed irrespective of your emotional beliefs at the time, you are in actual fact physically more than equipped to continue at your desired pace. It’s simply your healthy brain doing it’s job to protect you at all costs. It’s your emotions signalling that hey perhaps you’re getting close to placing your well-being in danger.\r\n\r\nThese negative (potentially performance limiting) emotions are said to kick in at about 50% near to death - with 98% near to death being you’re about to have no choice in shutting things down. Meaning, basically, you have a huge reserve to call upon. If you except (or believe) the first sign of discomfort (again – let’s say 40-50% near to death), and you accept that in actual fact you really are close to hurting yourself – then you will slow – or stop. And most do.\r\n\r\nSo why do we now know that in 9/10 times it really isn’t a physical limiter within the 60-90% mark of the race distance? Well, I’ve stood at the finishing line at hundreds of races and seen people who claimed to be cactus only 3 kms earlier, run the last km in world record time – high fiving the crowd hit the line with a photo now used in next year’s race promotion.\r\n\r\nObviously if you’re crook you’re crook. I’m just saying that more often than not you can endure – without placing your wellness at risk – far more than perhaps you believe. Your physical attributes are far less vulnerable than you really believe.\r\n\r\nSo how do you dismiss and dissociate from these negative feelings and continue pushing on?\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. BELIEF, BELIEF, BELIEF</span> – Once you’re fit the sole purpose of training becomes and an act of belief. We repeat consistently the same course at our desired pace under race –like simulated pressure – until it is rote learnt. When one toe’s the line – they’re not battling nerves – and certainly not doubting their performance – it just happens.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. MOTIVATION</span> – you either want it or you don’t. It either means something to you – as in you consider continuing at this pace of value – or, if it doesn’t really matter – more than likely you’ll bail. I suspect if you asked me to give everything I’ve possibly got into racing a 10km race with 8 weeks of perfect preparation, my aging body would knock out around 35.00. Now then, let’s say with limited preparation and a pre-race calorie hit of pizza &amp; beer on a minimal night-before sleep, I reckon if you said that one of my kids would die if I don’t run 33.30 – then I’ll run 33.25.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. BUILD BRAIN FILES</span> – In training, you have to practice re-directing negative thoughts towards something else – what? I tend to focus on form. Where my body is in space. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">More of this in another post.</span></blockquote>\r\nGood luck and see you at the finish line – I’ll have my camera ready.\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 36.15- THE “GREY” SECTION IN ENDURANCE EVENTS – BRING ON SUNDAY’S SYDNEY RUNNING FESTIVAL!','','inherit','closed','closed','','2708-revision-v1','','','2015-09-14 06:50:13','2015-09-14 06:50:13','',2708,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2708-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2714,2,'2015-09-21 20:32:16','2015-09-21 20:32:16','This post discusses the past 12 months where I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with a group of individuals, who, for various reasons, acknowledged the necessity to return their body composition to its original and intended state.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIt became clear the instinctive trigger of “hunger” played the most significant role in <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2717 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER-300x115.png\" alt=\"HUNGER\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" /></a>weight loss, and towards continued lifestyle weight management.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhen starting their “reboot journey”, all 9 subjects were visibly and medically assessed to be potentially at high (ill-health) risk. And, I’m talking about 30-40 years prematurely at risk. Yikes!\r\nWhile I usually offer names and photos in case studies, I will refrain in this post. But the principles they all followed are clearly represented.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOf note - all members, who didn’t know each other, were genetically highly intolerant to carbohydrates (namely; simple sugars). All were instinctively lead towards sugars when under emotional lifestyle stress or tiredness. And all believed the main ingredient towards weight loss was to simply reduce total calories. And, given the staple message from Health Experts and Governments over the last 40 years they had every right to believe this dogma to be correct.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOh, and if you’re thinking they all lead predominately sedentary sloth-like lifestyles, you’re wrong. They were no less sedentary than the average. Which, OK, is not great, but incidentally, they all logged a few extra heart beats per day.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I kicked off our journey offering this legendary experiment – based on the biochemistry of hunger.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nImmediately post WW2 an experiment was conducted on the psychology and physiology of human starvation — and, thus, on hunger. More so, it became an experiment on caloric deprivation.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nFor 24 weeks 36 subjects (some overweight, some not) were semi-starved on 1600 calories a day. Note, the average male would consume around 3,500 cals per day. Making up those 1600 cals where foods that represented “normal” European choices – that being: “whole-wheat bread, potatoes, cereals and considerable amounts of turnips and cabbage” with “token amounts” of meat and dairy. So basically a low cal, low fat diet (with only 17% coming from fat).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOver the first 12 weeks subjects lost an average of 400grams of stored fat per week. Fat <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2715 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" /></a>loss dropped to an average of 100 grams per week for the last 12 weeks of the experiment period. Also assessed &amp; noted was consistent swelling of extremities, hair loss and skin irritations, and most complained of feeling continually cold and recurrently complained of joint aches.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMore alarming were the psychological effects. The men became depressed, lethargic, ill-tempered and lost their libido. They obsessed about food, day and night. The researchers called this “semi-starvation neurosis.” Two had breakdowns, one with talk of suicide and another displayed repeated threats of violence.” He was eventually committed to the psychiatric ward.\r\nWhen the imposed semi-starvation ended, the subjects were allowed to “refeed.” The men consumed prodigious amounts of food (their choice), up to 10,000 calories a day. They regained weight and fat with remarkable speed. After 20 weeks of recovery, they averaged 50 percent more body fat than they had when it began — “post-starvation obesity,” the researchers called it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo my point to our group was, hunger, or food deprivation, will likely lead to (serious) metabolic, and perhaps more damaging, psychological challenges.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Stripping back on cals with low-satiating foods will only lead brain pathways going on the war path towards all things that make us fat (in most cases). Employing lifestyle pliable self –discipline WILL NOT WORK.</span></blockquote>\r\nJust don’t eat, just eat less, just eat veggies and salad, simply drink this chocolate protein shake every morning, just start with these supplements – ALL OF IT IS RUBBISH! It’s doesn’t work and never will.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Let’s talk about hunger!</strong></span>\r\nWhen your stomach feels full you probably do not feel hungry and when your stomach is empty you probably experience the trigger of “go eat”. Researchers used to believe that the feeling of hunger comes from our stomach. To test the theory out, they made some bloke swallow a balloon and inflated the balloon inside his stomach.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHe felt full for awhile. But after a few hours he began to feel hungry again (even with the full stomach). The bloke showed us that hunger does not come just from our stomach. In fact, most of the biological feeling of hunger comes from the brain in a structure called the hypothalamus.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThere are two areas on the hypothalamus that control hunger. First, there is the lateral hypothalamus that, if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger. So every time you feel hungry, you know your lateral hypothalamus is working. If I took a knife and cut your lateral hypothalamus, you would NEVER again feel hungry from a physical perspective.  Consequently you could expect to lose a tun of weight – including your legs!!\r\n\r\nNext there is the ventromedial hypothalamus, which, when stimulated, makes you feel full. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2716 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER-292x300.png\" alt=\"ROAMINGHUUNER\" width=\"257\" height=\"264\" /></a>Whenever you eat a big meal and don\'t even want to think about eating another bite, the ventromedial hypothalamus is doing its job - well. If I cut out your ventromedial hypothalamus, you would never feel full again (much like a dog), and, without this gauge, it’s likely you’ll be seriously over-fat – and quickly.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIf the hypothalamus is functioning normally, these two areas oppose each other and signal impulses to eat and stop eating at appropriate times. Set-point theory describes how the hypothalamus might decide what impulse to send (via the hormone leptin – discussed in other posts). This theory states that the hypothalamus wants to maintain a certain optimum body weight. When we drop below that weight, the hypothalamus tells us we should eat and lowers our metabolic rate- how quickly our body uses energy. The hypothalamus tells us to stop eating when that set point is reached and raises our metabolic rate to burn any excess food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Psychological Factors in Hunger Motivation</strong></span>\r\nSome of us eat even though our hypothalamus is not sending us any cues. If you are motivated to eat by external cues, such as stress, smell, or just the fact that food is in front of you, then you are driven by external means. If you are more motivated to eat by internal cues, empty stomach, feelings of hunger, then you are an internal. Most of us are a combination of both, although my group seemed to be very much on the external side of the fence.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn PART 2, we’ll discuss finding appropriate foods that switched on the ventromedial hypothalamus - quickly – AND – kept it switched ON for long periods of time. Equally, it<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2718\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\" alt=\"hea\" width=\"213\" height=\"142\" /></a> also became important to select food type, volume and timing to prevent the lateral hypothalamus from cranking into overdrive.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIf this happened it was good night nurse – game over!\r\nFoods that encouraged ventromedial hypothalamus drive, seems to have an improved (calming) influence on behaviour. Meaning, if we could control hunger, we had a far better chance of controlling emotional stress – which – often lead towards poor choices – and lots of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 37.15 – HUNGER IS THE KEY TO SUSTAINED IDEAL BODY WEIGHT! 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And, I’m talking about 30-40 years prematurely at risk. Yikes!\r\nWhile I usually offer names and photos in case studies, I will refrain in this post. But the principles they all followed are clearly represented.\r\nOf note - all members, who didn’t know each other, were genetically highly intolerant to carbohydrates (namely; simple sugars). All were instinctively lead towards sugars when under emotional lifestyle stress or tiredness. And all believed the main ingredient towards weight loss was to simply reduce total calories. And, given the staple message from Health Experts and Governments over the last 40 years they had every right to believe this dogma to be correct.\r\nOh, and if you’re thinking they all lead predominately sedentary sloth-like lifestyles, you’re wrong. They were no less sedentary than the average. Which, OK, is not great, but incidentally, they all logged a few extra heart beats per day.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I kicked off our journey offering this legendary experiment – based on the biochemistry of hunger.</span></blockquote>\r\nImmediately post WW2 an experiment was conducted on the psychology and physiology of human starvation — and, thus, on hunger. More so, it became an experiment on caloric deprivation.\r\nFor 24 weeks 36 subjects (some overweight, some not) were semi-starved on 1600 calories a day. Note, the average male would consume around 3,500 cals per day. Making up those 1600 cals where foods that represented “normal” European choices – that being: “whole-wheat bread, potatoes, cereals and considerable amounts of turnips and cabbage” with “token amounts” of meat and dairy. So basically a low cal, low fat diet (with only 17% coming from fat).\r\nOver the first 12 weeks subjects lost an average of 400grams of stored fat per week. Fat <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2715 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" /></a>loss dropped to an average of 100 grams per week for the last 12 weeks of the experiment period. Also assessed &amp; noted was consistent swelling of extremities, hair loss and skin irritations, and most complained of feeling continually cold and recurrently complained of joint aches.\r\nMore alarming were the psychological effects. The men became depressed, lethargic, ill-tempered and lost their libido. They obsessed about food, day and night. The researchers called this “semi-starvation neurosis.” Two had breakdowns, one with talk of suicide and another displayed repeated threats of violence.” He was eventually committed to the psychiatric ward.\r\nWhen the imposed semi-starvation ended, the subjects were allowed to “refeed.” The men consumed prodigious amounts of food (their choice), up to 10,000 calories a day. They regained weight and fat with remarkable speed. After 20 weeks of recovery, they averaged 50 percent more body fat than they had when it began — “post-starvation obesity,” the researchers called it.\r\nSo my point to our group was, hunger, or food deprivation, will likely lead to (serious) metabolic, and perhaps more damaging, psychological challenges.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Stripping back on cals with low-satiating foods will only lead brain pathways going on the war path towards all things that make us fat (in most cases). Employing lifestyle pliable self –discipline WILL NOT WORK.</span></blockquote>\r\nJust don’t eat, just eat less, just eat veggies and salad, simply drink this chocolate protein shake every morning, just start with these supplements – ALL OF IT IS RUBBISH! It’s doesn’t work and never will.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Let’s talk about hunger!</strong></span>\r\nWhen your stomach feels full you probably do not feel hungry and when your stomach is empty you probably experience the trigger of “go eat”. Researchers used to believe that the feeling of hunger comes from our stomach. To test the theory out, they made some bloke swallow a balloon and inflated the balloon inside his stomach.\r\nHe felt full for awhile. But after a few hours he began to feel hungry again (even with the full stomach). The bloke showed us that hunger does not come just from our stomach. In fact, most of the biological feeling of hunger comes from the brain in a structure called the hypothalamus.\r\nThere are two areas on the hypothalamus that control hunger. First, there is the lateral hypothalamus that, if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger. So every time you feel hungry, you know your lateral hypothalamus is working. If I took a knife and cut your lateral hypothalamus, you would NEVER again feel hungry from a physical perspective.  Consequently you could expect to lose a tun of weight – including your legs!!\r\n\r\nNext there is the ventromedial hypothalamus, which, when stimulated, makes you feel full. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2716 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER-292x300.png\" alt=\"ROAMINGHUUNER\" width=\"257\" height=\"264\" /></a>Whenever you eat a big meal and don\'t even want to think about eating another bite, the ventromedial hypothalamus is doing its job - well. If I cut out your ventromedial hypothalamus, you would never feel full again (much like a dog), and, without this gauge, it’s likely you’ll be seriously over-fat – and quickly.\r\nIf the hypothalamus is functioning normally, these two areas oppose each other and signal impulses to eat and stop eating at appropriate times. Set-point theory describes how the hypothalamus might decide what impulse to send (via the hormone leptin – discussed in other posts). This theory states that the hypothalamus wants to maintain a certain optimum body weight. When we drop below that weight, the hypothalamus tells us we should eat and lowers our metabolic rate- how quickly our body uses energy. The hypothalamus tells us to stop eating when that set point is reached and raises our metabolic rate to burn any excess food.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Psychological Factors in Hunger Motivation</strong></span>\r\nSome of us eat even though our hypothalamus is not sending us any cues. If you are motivated to eat by external cues, such as stress, smell, or just the fact that food is in front of you, then you are driven by external means. If you are more motivated to eat by internal cues, empty stomach, feelings of hunger, then you are an internal. Most of us are a combination of both, although my group seemed to be very much on the external side of the fence.\r\nIn PART 2, we’ll discuss finding appropriate foods that switched on the ventromedial hypothalamus - quickly – AND – kept it switched ON for long periods of time. Equally, it<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2718\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\" alt=\"hea\" width=\"213\" height=\"142\" /></a> also became important to select food type, volume and timing to prevent the lateral hypothalamus from cranking into overdrive.\r\nIf this happened it was good night nurse – game over!\r\nFoods that encouraged ventromedial hypothalamus drive, seems to have an improved (calming) influence on behaviour. Meaning, if we could control hunger, we had a far better chance of controlling emotional stress – which – often lead towards poor choices – and lots of it.\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 37.15 – HUNGER IS THE KEY TO SUSTAINED IDEAL BODY WEIGHT! SO IT SEEMS! – PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2714-revision-v1','','','2015-09-21 20:32:16','2015-09-21 20:32:16','',2714,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2714-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2720,2,'2015-09-21 20:36:24','2015-09-21 20:36:24','This post discusses the past 12 months where I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with a group of individuals, who, for various reasons, acknowledged the necessity to return their body composition to its original and intended state.\n\n&nbsp;\nIt became clear the instinctive trigger of “hunger” played the most significant role in <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2717 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER-300x115.png\" alt=\"HUNGER\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" /></a>weight loss, and towards continued lifestyle weight management.\n\n&nbsp;\nWhen starting their “reboot journey”, all 9 subjects were visibly and medically assessed to be potentially at high (ill-health) risk. And, I’m talking about 30-40 years prematurely at risk. Yikes!\nWhile I usually offer names and photos in case studies, I will refrain in this post. But the principles they all followed are clearly represented.\n\n&nbsp;\nOf note - all members, who didn’t know each other, were genetically highly intolerant to carbohydrates (namely; simple sugars). All were instinctively lead towards sugars when under emotional lifestyle stress or tiredness. And all believed the main ingredient towards weight loss was to simply reduce total calories. And, given the staple message from Health Experts and Governments over the last 40 years they had every right to believe this dogma to be correct.\n\n&nbsp;\nOh, and if you’re thinking they all lead predominately sedentary sloth-like lifestyles, you’re wrong. They were no less sedentary than the average. Which, OK, is not great, but incidentally, they all logged a few extra heart beats per day.\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I kicked off our journey offering this legendary experiment – based on the biochemistry of hunger.</span>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\nImmediately post WW2 an experiment was conducted on the psychology and physiology of human starvation — and, thus, on hunger. More so, it became an experiment on caloric deprivation.\n\n&nbsp;\nFor 24 weeks 36 subjects (some overweight, some not) were semi-starved on 1600 calories a day. Note, the average male would consume around 3,500 cals per day. Making up those 1600 cals where foods that represented “normal” European choices – that being: “whole-wheat bread, potatoes, cereals and considerable amounts of turnips and cabbage” with “token amounts” of meat and dairy. So basically a low cal, low fat diet (with only 17% coming from fat).\n\n&nbsp;\nOver the first 12 weeks subjects lost an average of 400grams of stored fat per week. Fat <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2715 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" /></a>loss dropped to an average of 100 grams per week for the last 12 weeks of the experiment period. Also assessed &amp; noted was consistent swelling of extremities, hair loss and skin irritations, and most complained of feeling continually cold and recurrently complained of joint aches.\nMore alarming were the psychological effects. The men became depressed, lethargic, ill-tempered and lost their libido. They obsessed about food, day and night. The researchers called this “semi-starvation neurosis.” Two had breakdowns, one with talk of suicide and another displayed repeated threats of violence.” He was eventually committed to the psychiatric ward.\nWhen the imposed semi-starvation ended, the subjects were allowed to “refeed.” The men consumed prodigious amounts of food (their choice), up to 10,000 calories a day. They regained weight and fat with remarkable speed. After 20 weeks of recovery, they averaged 50 percent more body fat than they had when it began — “post-starvation obesity,” the researchers called it.\nSo my point to our group was, hunger, or food deprivation, will likely lead to (serious) metabolic, and perhaps more damaging, psychological challenges.\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Stripping back on cals with low-satiating foods will only lead brain pathways going on the war path towards all things that make us fat (in most cases). Employing lifestyle pliable self –discipline WILL NOT WORK.</span></blockquote>\nJust don’t eat, just eat less, just eat veggies and salad, simply drink this chocolate protein shake every morning, just start with these supplements – ALL OF IT IS RUBBISH! It’s doesn’t work and never will.\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Let’s talk about hunger!</strong></span>\nWhen your stomach feels full you probably do not feel hungry and when your stomach is empty you probably experience the trigger of “go eat”. Researchers used to believe that the feeling of hunger comes from our stomach. To test the theory out, they made some bloke swallow a balloon and inflated the balloon inside his stomach.\nHe felt full for awhile. But after a few hours he began to feel hungry again (even with the full stomach). The bloke showed us that hunger does not come just from our stomach. In fact, most of the biological feeling of hunger comes from the brain in a structure called the hypothalamus.\nThere are two areas on the hypothalamus that control hunger. First, there is the lateral hypothalamus that, if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger. So every time you feel hungry, you know your lateral hypothalamus is working. If I took a knife and cut your lateral hypothalamus, you would NEVER again feel hungry from a physical perspective.  Consequently you could expect to lose a tun of weight – including your legs!!\n\nNext there is the ventromedial hypothalamus, which, when stimulated, makes you feel full. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2716 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER-292x300.png\" alt=\"ROAMINGHUUNER\" width=\"257\" height=\"264\" /></a>Whenever you eat a big meal and don\'t even want to think about eating another bite, the ventromedial hypothalamus is doing its job - well. If I cut out your ventromedial hypothalamus, you would never feel full again (much like a dog), and, without this gauge, it’s likely you’ll be seriously over-fat – and quickly.\nIf the hypothalamus is functioning normally, these two areas oppose each other and signal impulses to eat and stop eating at appropriate times. Set-point theory describes how the hypothalamus might decide what impulse to send (via the hormone leptin – discussed in other posts). This theory states that the hypothalamus wants to maintain a certain optimum body weight. When we drop below that weight, the hypothalamus tells us we should eat and lowers our metabolic rate- how quickly our body uses energy. The hypothalamus tells us to stop eating when that set point is reached and raises our metabolic rate to burn any excess food.\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Psychological Factors in Hunger Motivation</strong></span>\nSome of us eat even though our hypothalamus is not sending us any cues. If you are motivated to eat by external cues, such as stress, smell, or just the fact that food is in front of you, then you are driven by external means. If you are more motivated to eat by internal cues, empty stomach, feelings of hunger, then you are an internal. Most of us are a combination of both, although my group seemed to be very much on the external side of the fence.\nIn PART 2, we’ll discuss finding appropriate foods that switched on the ventromedial hypothalamus - quickly – AND – kept it switched ON for long periods of time. Equally, it<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2718\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\" alt=\"hea\" width=\"213\" height=\"142\" /></a> also became important to select food type, volume and timing to prevent the lateral hypothalamus from cranking into overdrive.\nIf this happened it was good night nurse – game over!\nFoods that encouraged ventromedial hypothalamus drive, seems to have an improved (calming) influence on behaviour. Meaning, if we could control hunger, we had a far better chance of controlling emotional stress – which – often lead towards poor choices – and lots of it.\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 37.15 – HUNGER IS THE KEY TO SUSTAINED IDEAL BODY WEIGHT! SO IT SEEMS! – PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2714-autosave-v1','','','2015-09-21 20:36:24','2015-09-21 20:36:24','',2714,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2714-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2721,2,'2015-09-21 20:37:38','2015-09-21 20:37:38','This post discusses the past 12 months where I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with a group of individuals, who, for various reasons, acknowledged the necessity to return their body composition to its original and intended state.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIt became clear the instinctive trigger of “hunger” played the most significant role in <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2717 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER-300x115.png\" alt=\"HUNGER\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" /></a>weight loss, and towards continued lifestyle weight management.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhen starting their “reboot journey”, all 9 subjects were visibly and medically assessed to be potentially at high (ill-health) risk. And, I’m talking about 30-40 years prematurely at risk. Yikes!\r\nWhile I usually offer names and photos in case studies, I will refrain in this post. But the principles they all followed are clearly represented.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOf note - all members, who didn’t know each other, were genetically highly intolerant to carbohydrates (namely; simple sugars). All were instinctively lead towards sugars when under emotional lifestyle stress or tiredness. And all believed the main ingredient towards weight loss was to simply reduce total calories. And, given the staple message from Health Experts and Governments over the last 40 years they had every right to believe this dogma to be correct.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOh, and if you’re thinking they all lead predominately sedentary sloth-like lifestyles, you’re wrong. They were no less sedentary than the average. Which, OK, is not great, but incidentally, they all logged a few extra heart beats per day.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I kicked off our journey offering this legendary experiment – based on the biochemistry of hunger.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nImmediately post WW2 an experiment was conducted on the psychology and physiology of human starvation — and, thus, on hunger. More so, it became an experiment on caloric deprivation.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nFor 24 weeks 36 subjects (some overweight, some not) were semi-starved on 1600 calories a day. Note, the average male would consume around 3,500 cals per day. Making up those 1600 cals where foods that represented “normal” European choices – that being: “whole-wheat bread, potatoes, cereals and considerable amounts of turnips and cabbage” with “token amounts” of meat and dairy. So basically a low cal, low fat diet (with only 17% coming from fat).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOver the first 12 weeks subjects lost an average of 400grams of stored fat per week. Fat <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2715 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_002\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" /></a>loss dropped to an average of 100 grams per week for the last 12 weeks of the experiment period. Also assessed &amp; noted was consistent swelling of extremities, hair loss and skin irritations, and most complained of feeling continually cold and recurrently complained of joint aches.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMore alarming were the psychological effects. The men became depressed, lethargic, ill-tempered and lost their libido. They obsessed about food, day and night. The researchers called this “semi-starvation neurosis.” Two had breakdowns, one with talk of suicide and another displayed repeated threats of violence.” He was eventually committed to the psychiatric ward.\r\nWhen the imposed semi-starvation ended, the subjects were allowed to “refeed.” The men consumed prodigious amounts of food (their choice), up to 10,000 calories a day. They regained weight and fat with remarkable speed. After 20 weeks of recovery, they averaged 50 percent more body fat than they had when it began — “post-starvation obesity,” the researchers called it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo my point to our group was, hunger, or food deprivation, will likely lead to (serious) metabolic, and perhaps more damaging, psychological challenges.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Stripping back on cals with low-satiating foods will only lead brain pathways going on the war path towards all things that make us fat (in most cases). Employing lifestyle pliable self –discipline WILL NOT WORK.</span></blockquote>\r\nJust don’t eat, just eat less, just eat veggies and salad, simply drink this chocolate protein shake every morning, just start with these supplements – ALL OF IT IS RUBBISH! It’s doesn’t work and never will.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Let’s talk about hunger!</strong></span>\r\nWhen your stomach feels full you probably do not feel hungry and when your stomach is empty you probably experience the trigger of “go eat”. Researchers used to believe that the feeling of hunger comes from our stomach. To test the theory out, they made some bloke swallow a balloon and inflated the balloon inside his stomach.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHe felt full for awhile. But after a few hours he began to feel hungry again (even with the full stomach). The bloke showed us that hunger does not come just from our stomach. In fact, most of the biological feeling of hunger comes from the brain in a structure called the hypothalamus.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThere are two areas on the hypothalamus that control hunger. First, there is the lateral hypothalamus that, if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger. So every time you feel hungry, you know your lateral hypothalamus is working. If I took a knife and cut your lateral hypothalamus, you would NEVER again feel hungry from a physical perspective.  Consequently you could expect to lose a tun of weight – including your legs!!\r\n\r\nNext there is the ventromedial hypothalamus, which, when stimulated, makes you feel full. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2716 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ROAMINGHUUNER-292x300.png\" alt=\"ROAMINGHUUNER\" width=\"257\" height=\"264\" /></a>Whenever you eat a big meal and don\'t even want to think about eating another bite, the ventromedial hypothalamus is doing its job - well. If I cut out your ventromedial hypothalamus, you would never feel full again (much like a dog), and, without this gauge, it’s likely you’ll be seriously over-fat – and quickly.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIf the hypothalamus is functioning normally, these two areas oppose each other and signal impulses to eat and stop eating at appropriate times. Set-point theory describes how the hypothalamus might decide what impulse to send (via the hormone leptin – discussed in other posts). This theory states that the hypothalamus wants to maintain a certain optimum body weight. When we drop below that weight, the hypothalamus tells us we should eat and lowers our metabolic rate- how quickly our body uses energy. The hypothalamus tells us to stop eating when that set point is reached and raises our metabolic rate to burn any excess food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Psychological Factors in Hunger Motivation</strong></span>\r\nSome of us eat even though our hypothalamus is not sending us any cues. If you are motivated to eat by external cues, such as stress, smell, or just the fact that food is in front of you, then you are driven by external means. If you are more motivated to eat by internal cues, empty stomach, feelings of hunger, then you are an internal. Most of us are a combination of both, although my group seemed to be very much on the external side of the fence.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn PART 2, we’ll discuss finding appropriate foods that switched on the ventromedial hypothalamus - quickly – AND – kept it switched ON for long periods of time. Equally, it<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2718\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hea.jpg\" alt=\"hea\" width=\"213\" height=\"142\" /></a> also became important to select food type, volume and timing to prevent the lateral hypothalamus from cranking into overdrive.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIf this happened it was good night nurse – game over!\r\nFoods that encouraged ventromedial hypothalamus drive, seems to have an improved (calming) influence on behaviour. Meaning, if we could control hunger, we had a far better chance of controlling emotional stress – which – often lead towards poor choices – and lots of it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 37.15 – HUNGER IS THE KEY TO SUSTAINED IDEAL BODY WEIGHT! SO IT SEEMS! – PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2714-revision-v1','','','2015-09-21 20:37:38','2015-09-21 20:37:38','',2714,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2714-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2722,2,'2015-09-28 10:17:52','2015-09-28 10:17:52','<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-37-15-hunger-is-the-key-to-sustained-ideal-body-weight-so-it-seems-part-1/\">Last week’s post</a> offered my assessment on the link between gaining and carrying excessive body fat and the bio-chemistry related to hunger and it’s response on behaviour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHere’s a super quick recap of the study: For 12 months I assessed and tracked (while being <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gluc.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2724 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gluc-300x233.png\" alt=\"gluc\" width=\"218\" height=\"169\" /></a>guided by a number of experts) the response of 9 clients. All were genetically highly sensitive to insulin *, and ranged from a starting weight of 20-70kgs over their healthy (or natural) living weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n*Insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas to reduce the toxicity of elevated blood glucose. In about 40% of Australians (including my entire group), most glucose, or sugar, is transported to the liver where it is converted to stored body fat with efficient ease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThis week’s post offers what I learnt after 2 x 20 week programs (2 groups). And, while most readers are not living at 20-70kgs over their intended weight, the principles and link of food type/lifestyle stress/ tiredness and behavioural choices seem to be reflective for all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Approach</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">By giving my groups a definitive list of food choices to AVOID, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"140\" height=\"123\" /></a>and, outline clearly how these ‘black-banned’ choices will likely react physically and emotionally given their inborn (and somewhat inefficient) bio-chemistry - I was certain they’d all, 1) lose a tonne of redundant fat, and 2) maintain that new body composition forever. While “I” was certain they ALL understood the message, early results suggested (to me), that maybe my message was not totally understood.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMy message; AVOID; preservative riddled choices, food additives – flavours &amp; colours, excessive processed carbohydrates (particularly from grain products), unnecessary alcohol, mainly in the form of beer or sweet liquors, and of course good old sugar. More so avoid the 105 products masquerading as sugar.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Do this and it’s likely your metabolism – free of all these blocking agents - will do its job just fine.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIt all worked a treat until the introduction of lifestyle stress, tiredness, persuasive <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hhbhbhb.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2728 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hhbhbhb.jpg\" alt=\"hhbhbhb\" width=\"213\" height=\"143\" /></a>subliminal advertising, and, yes, slightly harder exercise. Enter - the sliding retention of my message.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWith this introduction, most increased their appetite and re-introduced the very foods that hijack the brain, warp the reward system, and of course flip the metabolism to sugar burning and fat storing.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Damn it, that didn’t work.</strong> </span></blockquote>\r\n<em>So what I need is this.</em>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Are there REAL FOODS that:</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Reduce, or balance the severity of the stress hormone cortisol. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Limit the hormone dopamine from cranking into overdrive “get me sugar now”!!!!!</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Reduce the hormone melatonin from producing excessive tiredness and continue to allow focussed concentration over long periods of time.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Offer a steady stream of energy both during and post exercise <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vhvhv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2727 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vhvhv-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"vhvhv\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" /></a>– because WE NEED to exercise. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Increase or promote the neurotransmitter serotonin so we can tolerate dickheads more easily.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Never leave the stomach too empty or full and thus limit the spike of the hormone grehlin (go eat!).</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Limit insulin and thus promote the hormone glycogen to encourage stored fat metabolism.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Allow the hormone leptin to do its’ job – manage our optimum weight.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Encourage and lead us to our best food types without thinking. Or more so, lead us to these options even with immoral subliminal persuasion. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Prevent me from consuming excessive alcohol - just because I’ve had a long, sh^t day.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">After failing with Group 1, here are the 4 KEY differentiating POINTS I introduced to Group 2.</span> </strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. While listing (with education) the AVOID choices, FAR MORE important was to list MUST consume choices.</strong> </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhile I have sent a fully defined list to my clients, the following choices produced an optimum balance of hormones and neuro-transmitters – and hence influenced a more positive behaviour. Without question, (quality) olive oil, avocados, salmon, eggs, butter, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2717 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER-300x115.png\" alt=\"HUNGER\" width=\"235\" height=\"90\" /></a>heavy cream and very much coconut all had the greatest positive influence on long-term behaviour. These options in various combinations made up 50% of their total caloric intake.\r\nOK here’s the thing. The “hunger”” hormone Ghrelin (made in the stomach &amp; pancreas), rips into over drive, encouraging “go eat”, when 1) the stomach is empty (which makes sense), and 2) when it’s bursting at the seams.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nCertainly if the stomach (in fact the entire GIT) was empty, given the sugar burning nature of the group, blood glucose would drop dramatically. The brain would detect low blood sugar - release Ghrelin = get me carbohydrate (or alcohol) now (brain sent into <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/butter.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2730 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/butter-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"butter\" width=\"127\" height=\"95\" /></a>meltdown – and my message of avoiding whole insulin spike thing goes out the door). So, one would naturally eat up deluxe, fill to the brim, which, would then encourage more Ghrelin again and of course interest in eating about 45 minutes later.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAs for alcohol.....if the stomach had a slow, satiating release of energy, the inclination for a 2nd, 3rd, &amp; fk it the bottle, would be minimised.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo it became clear the answer was to only half full the stomach with foods that were broken down super slowly. Foods that leak energy over a long period of time, and lessen (quieten) the activity of the lateral hypothalamus – go eat signal in the brain. So when ghrelin is low, the hormone leptin is released from fat tissue. The brain is then instructed to release more stored fat as a fuel source – and in doing so, maintain a steady stream of energy to the brain (think happy) and of course muscles and other organs etc. Foods that encourage a continual leakage of energy also encourage a continual supply of “feel good” hormones like dopamine, serotonin, and even endorphins. So his way, we avoided, 1) over-eating, 2) interest for carbs &amp; and excessive alcohol, and 3) improved management of lifestyle stress.\r\nThe challenge now – convincing them real fats are NOT going to hurt them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. Regular purposeful exercise MUST play a role. A mix of stress-free rhythmic movement and structural resistance training provided best results. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nPurposeful means committing towards an event that meant something to the indi<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_68241.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2139 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_68241-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6824[1]\" width=\"119\" height=\"213\" /></a>vidual. We found controlled pressure seemed to boost commitment.\r\nIf they exercised outside this conservative model, ultimately, long-term success was unlikely.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. If they cheated, ie consuming a banned listed choice within the first 6-10 weeks, the effect, or addictive result if you like from these choices, was typically so great they spiralled back to the start and worse still, beyond.</strong> </span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Yep, it sucks! but a drug addict can’t have just tinsey bit of ice, an alcoholic can’t just have 3 sips, it’s just the way it is when you’re attempting to break down bio-chemistry set in stone. But, eventually, with patience, and the positive brain effect of the selected foods, the battle softened, and was won.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. I’m NOT the optimum messenger – with this group anyway.</strong> </span>\r\n\r\nYep, while I may understand the science, I suspect I’m not believable. Courtesy of years of training (at times very committed), a clear understanding of exactly what food groups will <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5429.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1556 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5429-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5429\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" /></a>serve me best, and I suppose genetics, I suspect the individual living at 70kgs overweight would know I am not challenged by the brain when it comes to hunger and metabolism.\r\n\r\nSo I had my mate and former 150kger Gus Worland deliver my diluted message. Gus, now living at a comfortable and healthy weight of around 108kgs, clearly outlined his journey to the entire group. He outlined how it worked, his challenges, his absolute no go’s, and therefore what they can also expect.\r\nThey bought his delivery over mine. Whatever it takes I guess.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Patience – Axl was right.</strong></span>\r\n\r\nGus made it very clear that establishing life-long hormonal balance would take time – like 12mths to 3 years.\r\nWhile this post offered the metabolic challenges of a specific group, I believe the principles (of long term success) are appropriate for 90% of Australians.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 38.15 – HUNGER GAMES PART 2','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-38-15-hunger-games-part-2','','','2015-09-28 10:17:52','2015-09-28 10:17:52','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2722',0,'post','',0),(2723,2,'2015-09-28 09:57:43','2015-09-28 09:57:43','','fork','','inherit','closed','closed','','fork','','','2015-09-28 09:57:43','2015-09-28 09:57:43','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fork.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2724,2,'2015-09-28 09:57:59','2015-09-28 09:57:59','','gluc','','inherit','closed','closed','','gluc','','','2015-09-28 09:57:59','2015-09-28 09:57:59','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gluc.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2725,2,'2015-09-28 09:58:22','2015-09-28 09:58:22','','bnbb','','inherit','closed','closed','','bnbb','','','2015-09-28 09:58:22','2015-09-28 09:58:22','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2726,2,'2015-09-28 09:59:21','2015-09-28 09:59:21','','sgcgc','','inherit','closed','closed','','sgcgc','','','2015-09-28 09:59:21','2015-09-28 09:59:21','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2727,2,'2015-09-28 09:59:34','2015-09-28 09:59:34','','vhvhv','','inherit','closed','closed','','vhvhv','','','2015-09-28 09:59:34','2015-09-28 09:59:34','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vhvhv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2728,2,'2015-09-28 09:59:40','2015-09-28 09:59:40','','hhbhbhb','','inherit','closed','closed','','hhbhbhb','','','2015-09-28 09:59:40','2015-09-28 09:59:40','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hhbhbhb.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2729,2,'2015-09-28 10:00:18','2015-09-28 10:00:18','','vvgv','','inherit','closed','closed','','vvgv','','','2015-09-28 10:00:18','2015-09-28 10:00:18','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vvgv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2730,2,'2015-09-28 10:12:23','2015-09-28 10:12:23','','butter','','inherit','closed','closed','','butter','','','2015-09-28 10:12:23','2015-09-28 10:12:23','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/butter.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2731,2,'2015-09-28 10:17:52','2015-09-28 10:17:52','<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-37-15-hunger-is-the-key-to-sustained-ideal-body-weight-so-it-seems-part-1/\">Last week’s post</a> offered my assessment on the link between gaining and carrying excessive body fat and the bio-chemistry related to hunger and it’s response on behaviour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHere’s a super quick recap of the study: For 12 months I assessed and tracked (while being <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gluc.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2724 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gluc-300x233.png\" alt=\"gluc\" width=\"218\" height=\"169\" /></a>guided by a number of experts) the response of 9 clients. All were genetically highly sensitive to insulin *, and ranged from a starting weight of 20-70kgs over their healthy (or natural) living weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n*Insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas to reduce the toxicity of elevated blood glucose. In about 40% of Australians (including my entire group), most glucose, or sugar, is transported to the liver where it is converted to stored body fat with efficient ease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThis week’s post offers what I learnt after 2 x 20 week programs (2 groups). And, while most readers are not living at 20-70kgs over their intended weight, the principles and link of food type/lifestyle stress/ tiredness and behavioural choices seem to be reflective for all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Approach</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">By giving my groups a definitive list of food choices to AVOID, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"140\" height=\"123\" /></a>and, outline clearly how these ‘black-banned’ choices will likely react physically and emotionally given their inborn (and somewhat inefficient) bio-chemistry - I was certain they’d all, 1) lose a tonne of redundant fat, and 2) maintain that new body composition forever. While “I” was certain they ALL understood the message, early results suggested (to me), that maybe my message was not totally understood.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMy message; AVOID; preservative riddled choices, food additives – flavours &amp; colours, excessive processed carbohydrates (particularly from grain products), unnecessary alcohol, mainly in the form of beer or sweet liquors, and of course good old sugar. More so avoid the 105 products masquerading as sugar.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Do this and it’s likely your metabolism – free of all these blocking agents - will do its job just fine.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIt all worked a treat until the introduction of lifestyle stress, tiredness, persuasive <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hhbhbhb.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2728 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hhbhbhb.jpg\" alt=\"hhbhbhb\" width=\"213\" height=\"143\" /></a>subliminal advertising, and, yes, slightly harder exercise. Enter - the sliding retention of my message.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWith this introduction, most increased their appetite and re-introduced the very foods that hijack the brain, warp the reward system, and of course flip the metabolism to sugar burning and fat storing.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Damn it, that didn’t work.</strong> </span></blockquote>\r\n<em>So what I need is this.</em>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Are there REAL FOODS that:</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Reduce, or balance the severity of the stress hormone cortisol. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Limit the hormone dopamine from cranking into overdrive “get me sugar now”!!!!!</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Reduce the hormone melatonin from producing excessive tiredness and continue to allow focussed concentration over long periods of time.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Offer a steady stream of energy both during and post exercise <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vhvhv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2727 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vhvhv-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"vhvhv\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" /></a>– because WE NEED to exercise. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Increase or promote the neurotransmitter serotonin so we can tolerate dickheads more easily.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Never leave the stomach too empty or full and thus limit the spike of the hormone grehlin (go eat!).</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Limit insulin and thus promote the hormone glycogen to encourage stored fat metabolism.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Allow the hormone leptin to do its’ job – manage our optimum weight.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Encourage and lead us to our best food types without thinking. Or more so, lead us to these options even with immoral subliminal persuasion. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">• Prevent me from consuming excessive alcohol - just because I’ve had a long, sh^t day.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">After failing with Group 1, here are the 4 KEY differentiating POINTS I introduced to Group 2.</span> </strong></p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. While listing (with education) the AVOID choices, FAR MORE important was to list MUST consume choices.</strong> </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhile I have sent a fully defined list to my clients, the following choices produced an optimum balance of hormones and neuro-transmitters – and hence influenced a more positive behaviour. Without question, (quality) olive oil, avocados, salmon, eggs, butter, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2717 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/HUNGER-300x115.png\" alt=\"HUNGER\" width=\"235\" height=\"90\" /></a>heavy cream and very much coconut all had the greatest positive influence on long-term behaviour. These options in various combinations made up 50% of their total caloric intake.\r\nOK here’s the thing. The “hunger”” hormone Ghrelin (made in the stomach &amp; pancreas), rips into over drive, encouraging “go eat”, when 1) the stomach is empty (which makes sense), and 2) when it’s bursting at the seams.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nCertainly if the stomach (in fact the entire GIT) was empty, given the sugar burning nature of the group, blood glucose would drop dramatically. The brain would detect low blood sugar - release Ghrelin = get me carbohydrate (or alcohol) now (brain sent into <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/butter.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2730 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/butter-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"butter\" width=\"127\" height=\"95\" /></a>meltdown – and my message of avoiding whole insulin spike thing goes out the door). So, one would naturally eat up deluxe, fill to the brim, which, would then encourage more Ghrelin again and of course interest in eating about 45 minutes later.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAs for alcohol.....if the stomach had a slow, satiating release of energy, the inclination for a 2nd, 3rd, &amp; fk it the bottle, would be minimised.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo it became clear the answer was to only half full the stomach with foods that were broken down super slowly. Foods that leak energy over a long period of time, and lessen (quieten) the activity of the lateral hypothalamus – go eat signal in the brain. So when ghrelin is low, the hormone leptin is released from fat tissue. The brain is then instructed to release more stored fat as a fuel source – and in doing so, maintain a steady stream of energy to the brain (think happy) and of course muscles and other organs etc. Foods that encourage a continual leakage of energy also encourage a continual supply of “feel good” hormones like dopamine, serotonin, and even endorphins. So his way, we avoided, 1) over-eating, 2) interest for carbs &amp; and excessive alcohol, and 3) improved management of lifestyle stress.\r\nThe challenge now – convincing them real fats are NOT going to hurt them.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. Regular purposeful exercise MUST play a role. A mix of stress-free rhythmic movement and structural resistance training provided best results. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nPurposeful means committing towards an event that meant something to the indi<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_68241.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2139 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_68241-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6824[1]\" width=\"119\" height=\"213\" /></a>vidual. We found controlled pressure seemed to boost commitment.\r\nIf they exercised outside this conservative model, ultimately, long-term success was unlikely.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. If they cheated, ie consuming a banned listed choice within the first 6-10 weeks, the effect, or addictive result if you like from these choices, was typically so great they spiralled back to the start and worse still, beyond.</strong> </span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Yep, it sucks! but a drug addict can’t have just tinsey bit of ice, an alcoholic can’t just have 3 sips, it’s just the way it is when you’re attempting to break down bio-chemistry set in stone. But, eventually, with patience, and the positive brain effect of the selected foods, the battle softened, and was won.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. I’m NOT the optimum messenger – with this group anyway.</strong> </span>\r\n\r\nYep, while I may understand the science, I suspect I’m not believable. Courtesy of years of training (at times very committed), a clear understanding of exactly what food groups will <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5429.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1556 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5429-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5429\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" /></a>serve me best, and I suppose genetics, I suspect the individual living at 70kgs overweight would know I am not challenged by the brain when it comes to hunger and metabolism.\r\n\r\nSo I had my mate and former 150kger Gus Worland deliver my diluted message. Gus, now living at a comfortable and healthy weight of around 108kgs, clearly outlined his journey to the entire group. He outlined how it worked, his challenges, his absolute no go’s, and therefore what they can also expect.\r\nThey bought his delivery over mine. Whatever it takes I guess.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Patience – Axl was right.</strong></span>\r\n\r\nGus made it very clear that establishing life-long hormonal balance would take time – like 12mths to 3 years.\r\nWhile this post offered the metabolic challenges of a specific group, I believe the principles (of long term success) are appropriate for 90% of Australians.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 38.15 – HUNGER GAMES PART 2','','inherit','closed','closed','','2722-revision-v1','','','2015-09-28 10:17:52','2015-09-28 10:17:52','',2722,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2722-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2733,2,'2015-10-05 04:28:26','2015-10-05 04:28:26','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual animation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status','','','2015-10-05 04:55:05','2015-10-05 04:55:05','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2733',0,'post','',0),(2734,2,'2015-10-05 04:12:43','2015-10-05 04:12:43','','PUSHH','','inherit','closed','closed','','pushh','','','2015-10-05 04:12:43','2015-10-05 04:12:43','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2735,2,'2015-10-05 04:12:47','2015-10-05 04:12:47','','TRIGL','','inherit','closed','closed','','trigl','','','2015-10-05 04:12:47','2015-10-05 04:12:47','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2736,2,'2015-10-05 04:12:56','2015-10-05 04:12:56','','SPPIRO','','inherit','closed','closed','','sppiro','','','2015-10-05 04:12:56','2015-10-05 04:12:56','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/SPPIRO.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2737,2,'2015-10-05 04:13:19','2015-10-05 04:13:19','','BATT','','inherit','closed','closed','','batt','','','2015-10-05 04:13:19','2015-10-05 04:13:19','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/BATT.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2738,2,'2015-10-05 04:13:36','2015-10-05 04:13:36','','BLOOD TEST','','inherit','closed','closed','','blood-test','','','2015-10-05 04:13:36','2015-10-05 04:13:36','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/BLOOD-TEST.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2739,2,'2015-10-05 04:20:15','2015-10-05 04:20:15','','scales','','inherit','closed','closed','','scales','','','2015-10-05 04:20:15','2015-10-05 04:20:15','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2740,2,'2015-10-05 04:28:26','2015-10-05 04:28:26','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual anamation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\nYour Physiologic Age – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:28:26','2015-10-05 04:28:26','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2741,2,'2015-10-05 04:30:44','2015-10-05 04:30:44','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual anamation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\nYour Physiologic Age – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:30:44','2015-10-05 04:30:44','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2742,2,'2015-10-05 04:32:21','2015-10-05 04:32:21','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual anamation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:32:21','2015-10-05 04:32:21','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2743,2,'2015-10-05 04:34:01','2015-10-05 04:34:01','','ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15','','inherit','closed','closed','','andrew-stadler-assess-1-5-5-15','','','2015-10-05 04:34:01','2015-10-05 04:34:01','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(2744,2,'2015-10-05 04:34:12','2015-10-05 04:34:12','','ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15','','inherit','closed','closed','','andrew-stadler-assess-2-5-10-15','','','2015-10-05 04:34:12','2015-10-05 04:34:12','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf',0,'attachment','application/pdf',0),(2745,2,'2015-10-05 04:53:07','2015-10-05 04:53:07','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual animation.</span>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\n\n&nbsp;\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\n\n&nbsp;\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\n\n&nbsp;\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\n\n&nbsp;\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\n\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-autosave-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:53:07','2015-10-05 04:53:07','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2747,2,'2015-10-05 04:49:15','2015-10-05 04:49:15','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual animation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:49:15','2015-10-05 04:49:15','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2746,2,'2015-10-05 04:38:06','2015-10-05 04:38:06','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual anamation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:38:06','2015-10-05 04:38:06','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2748,2,'2015-10-05 04:51:23','2015-10-05 04:51:23','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual animation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:51:23','2015-10-05 04:51:23','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2749,2,'2015-10-05 04:53:12','2015-10-05 04:53:12','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual animation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:53:12','2015-10-05 04:53:12','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2750,2,'2015-10-05 04:55:05','2015-10-05 04:55:05','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Today’s post asks the question;</span> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">can a non-invasive health assessment*, a snapshot of your health status if you like, let YOU know you’re giving yourself your best chance of optimum performance?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>*A Health Assessment</strong> </span>is NOT a full Fitness ECG Stress Test. It is NOT an athletic aerobic threshold or VO2 max test. It is more a means of accurately emphasizing your collective health status relative to your potential maximum output. Read on...\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What’s optimal performance?</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your health status; mentally, emotionally, sexually and athletically, allows for maximum “life in your years”. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">And, you live free of unnecessary self-sabotaging illness. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So, what is a Health Assessment?</strong></span>\r\nIn today’s world, I figure I’ve got no longer than 25 minutes to succinctly outline an <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" /></a>individual’s current Health/ Wellness Status.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo my <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Health Assessment</strong></span> includes repeatable, reliable, and non-invasive tests that (quickly) offer the following:\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1. Highlight the <span style=\"color: #993366;\">“howler”</span> – your personal sleeping giant, if you have one – like for example the possibility of having one of many premature cardiopulmonary diseases. My collated data suggests uncovering, and consequently referring to their GP, about 1/100 serious potential risks. The link between high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low cholesterol, and poor postural stability is now an immediate red flag. Interestingly, excessive weight (related to excessive body fat), within reason of course, is well behind as a “potential health risk” compared to the link mentioned above.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">2. An <span style=\"color: #993366;\">accurate snap shot</span> of where your health &amp; wellness sits on this day. Your results are collated, documented (graphed), and sent to you for your personal records. It’s a useful reference as you age, or, perhaps more importantly, how your health is holding up against a sh^t tonne of stress. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">3. Results indicate where your health status sits <span style=\"color: #993366;\">relative to your <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bnbb-300x264.png\" alt=\"bnbb\" width=\"177\" height=\"156\" /></a>demographic average*.</span> Also indicated are healthy or optimal ranges, along with goal zones in the event you’re not currently living at your ideal wellness within that area of health.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Australian means are currently poor compared to most other first world countries. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">4. While ALL tests evaluate physicality, interestingly, combined results draw attention (certainly clues anyway) to <span style=\"color: #993366;\">potential risks of unmanaged (or unbalanced) lifestyle stress</span>. More on this later...</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">5. Your<span style=\"color: #993366;\"> relative physiologic AGE</span>. Yep, based on normative means, I’ll tell you how old your body really is. Yikes!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Below is what I believe to be the most useful combination of assessments performed within this 25 minute period.</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Each test is accompanied with a brief “on the run” explanation – both verbal and with visual animation.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">All testing and results are strictly confidential.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>The Health Assessment – my standard group of tests</strong></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1) Body Composition</strong></span></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Weight</strong> </span>– just a quick reference, nothing more.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>BMI</strong></span> – again, just a universal guide.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Body Fat%</strong></span> (using bio-impedance unit) - now we’re talking. Your ratio of lean muscle<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2739 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/scales.png\" alt=\"scales\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" /></a> mass &amp; bone/ relative to stored body fat is a good representation of your lifestyle health and possible risks. Also a useful guide for budding athletes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Girth measurements</span></strong>/ Chest &amp; Waist for the boys, and Waist and Hips for the girls – Weight &amp; body fat are relative to your shape. All tests need to be considered before judging your composition status. One can certainly change shape and lose unnecessary body fat, yet remain the same total weight.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2) Basic Pathology</strong></span></p>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Blood Glucose</span></strong> – This is a big one in the headlines at the moment, with ensuing diabetic ill-health leading the way. While this test is non-fasting it offers a useful guide and reflection of your: food choices (eg excessive sugars), insulin sensitivity and your metabolic preference – fat or sugar, and possible pre-diabetes.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Cholesterol (total)</strong> </span>– Firstly, blood cholesterol has been well proven to be a critical component of continued good health. Secondly, foods containing CHOL should be included in our diet. The importance of avoiding too little cholesterol dense food options is well documented in the internet. However, still, if total CHOL is off the charts high, it is still regarded a red flag towards potential health risks – CV disease being the King. A GP will assess a more thorough breakdown of your CHOL status and direct appropriate action.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Triglycerides</span></strong> – your TG result, coupled with blood glucose, gives us an accurate reflection of your existing health. TG’s are the fats circulating in your blood. TG’s, 1) provide us with usable energy, and 2) store unused energy in the form of body fat. Unlike <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2735 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/TRIGL-300x133.png\" alt=\"TRIGL\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" /></a>cholesterol (also under the fat banner), which builds cells and vital hormones, your TG’s status provides us with information related to your food volume, type, exercise habits, and your metabolic preference (fat or sugar). High TG’s and High (LDL) CHOL is usually a bad (risky) combination. The good (HDL) CHOL don’t usually accompany high TG’s, and again, provides a double whammy towards potential CV disease.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3) Cardiovascular/Respiratory System</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Blood Pressure</strong> </span>– A one off test indicating high BP could be for two possible reasons. 1) Possible blood vessel congestion – eg blockages (namely; atherosclerosis), or possible vessel wall deficiencies, and, if this was the case, it’s straight off to your GP. And 2) an emotional – lifestyle stress driven – effect. When we perceive overwhelming stress, we tighten up, as in everything, including our blood vessels. This effect, if maintained, ultimately places excessive strain and stress in our engine (heart) and pipes (namely; vital arteries).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Resting Heart Rate</strong></span> – A low resting heart usually indicates good CV health. Less work = less stress. More inefficient work = more stress. More functional (eg heart) stress = usually means more emotional stress. OK you get it!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Lung Capacity &amp; Power</strong></span> – I’ve placed increasingly value on lung assessments in passing years. With increasing sedentary lifestyles (usually spent sitting and focussed on a screen), decreasing postural balance, and decreasing city air quality, my results suggest decreasing <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2652 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hrxx.jpg\" alt=\"hrxx\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" /></a>lung capacity &amp; power, and as a result relative <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“lung age”</span> is increasing. Efficient full capacity breathing seems to offer significant support in lowering hormonal stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4) Physiologic Age Test</strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"></p>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Queens Step Up test</strong> </span>– a simple 3min step up test to the rhythm of 24 steps per minute. Your pulse (in beats per minute) is recorded and along with your collective health test results to date, a formula is used to predict your VO2. Meaning, how well (or efficiently) do you intake, transport, uptake, and utilise oxygen. Exercise, posture, and genetics all play a role in your VO2 score.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Push Up test</strong> </span>– After 25 years of studying first hand human movement, I place the <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2734 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/PUSHH-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"PUSHH\" width=\"216\" height=\"210\" /></a>classic pure push up as the most important postural strength exercise of them all. You recruit more associated postural muscle groups to perform a perfectly aligned push up than anything else. How many do you score?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Crunch Test</strong></span> – It’s just a complementary guide indicating core strength and control. A less than average result commonly leads to lower and upper back vulnerability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Flexibility</span></strong> – Sitting = inactive calves, tight hamstrings, weak glutes, unstable low back, tight shoulders &amp; neck = poor collective range of movement = sub-par functional health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Your Physiologic Age</strong></span> – combining the results of the 4 tests above relative to normative (Australian) values, I’ll calculate a value of your physical age – hopefully you’re younger than your biological age.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>So where to from here?</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n1. Each individual is<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> e-mailed their results</span> – pfd (pls see example)\r\n2. Results are associated with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">helpful “go to” links related to areas of interest</span> or concern – eg, weight management, stress management, postural improvements, etc\r\n3. If applicable, I’ll strongly <span style=\"color: #008080;\">recommend a GP visit</span> - and why.\r\n4. Most results are accompanied with <span style=\"color: #008080;\">mean (Australian) scores</span>, healthy ranges, and your ideal goal range.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-2-5.10.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 2 - 5.10.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ANDREW-STADLER-ASSESS-1-5.5.15.pdf\">ANDREW STADLER - ASSESS 1 - 5.5.15</a></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Conclusion</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAll in all, other than detecting the <span style=\"color: #008080;\">“Howler”,</span> results offer no bullsh^t realism of where your health status really sits - today. This is a non-bias snapshot of your health on any given day.\r\nWhile one maybe lean, and equally understand the payback of balancing lifestyle stress with appropriate nutrition and movement, test results can often reveal potential health risk, and, a sub-par platform for optimum performance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">As for the aging process, well, there’s nothing in the Anatomy &amp; Physiology text book that suggests we need to concede losing significant physicality, mental sharpness, sexuality or excepting that first world self-sabotaging illness is normal. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">BP </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">brad@balancehealthprograms.com.au </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ph: 0412 487 034</span>','PAMPY’S POST 39.15 – WHY TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR HEALTH STATUS?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2733-revision-v1','','','2015-10-05 04:55:05','2015-10-05 04:55:05','',2733,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2733-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2752,2,'2015-10-18 03:19:02','2015-10-18 03:19:02','Based on the last 400 Health Assessments I\'ve conducted, performed on a mix white and blue collar workers, results suggest the greatest threat to continued good health and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2760 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp-300x226.png\" alt=\"health  pp\" width=\"165\" height=\"124\" /></a>performance could be related to the influence of lifestyle (work) demands, and one\'s perception and tolerance of stress.\r\n\r\nThe media commonly has us believing the main reasons for declining Australian health statistics are most influenced by:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1) The consumption of excessive dietary fat, excessive alcohol, and more recently sugar, and </span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">2) Increasing sedentary lifestyles.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBased on my results, I believe more appreciation should to given to the negative influence of chronic on chronic mental and emotional stress.  Assessing my results, involving both physical tests like: blood pressure, blood sugar and triglycerides link between hormones (in the body) and neurotransmitters (in the brain) constantly in a chronic state of imbalance. While most people seem to tolerate and even thrive with increasing work demands, it also seems clear to me many Aussies employ inadequate counter –balancing choices to this increasing stress.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">*Optimum performance refers to one’s sustained best output at work, while leaving work (physically &amp; mentally) with enough in the tank (again, physically &amp; emotionally) to enjoy relationships, family, animals, and your athletic interests.</span> </strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis post (Part 1) discusses the emotional and the physical result of the cumulative effect of lifestyle (work specifically) stress. I’m talking about the bio-chemical imbalance, which is leaving an impact on behaviour and physicality. In my next posts (Part 2 &amp; 3) I’ll talk about the hormones involved and tools to help balance those work stressors, which I have witnessed as successful in the past.\r\nSo what did those 400 Health Assessments actually show me? <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2757 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"beeeeee\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most significant revelation to me was the link between those who assessed with high (systolic) blood pressure, elevated (non-fasting) blood glucose, and/or low triglycerides along with a candid reflection on their personal lifestyle questionnaire (which is a confidential self-assessment on how you actually feel), resulting in quite low moods. These results were quite confronting for many, as they were seemingly “getting the job done”.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe realisation that they had little left in the tank (both emotionally &amp; physically) once they left the building highlights the body’s default of using of coping mechanisms which continue to add to their growing ill-health.\r\nTo counter increasing and often unrelenting work pressure and expectations, both in the body and brain we have two significant bio-chemical responses.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1) Adrenalin (body), and, </strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2) Serotonin (brain).</strong> </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Adrenalin</strong></em></span> is a hormone (along with norepinephrine and dopamine) released from the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys. Adrenalin is one powerful hormone and is <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2755 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epinephrine-ampule\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" /></a>only slightly varied to the drug speed on a molecular level. Its natural action is to respond swiftly to a potentially dangerous flight or fight situation. And, it works a treat.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin:</strong></span>\r\n• Increases in strength and power.\r\n• Increases our concentration (even eye sight) and problem solving capacity – at speed.\r\n• Increases confidence.\r\n• Drives ready to use sugar into the blood stream for sharp energy.\r\n• Increases heart and breathing rate without fatigue or perception of pain.\r\nIt also works in tandem with cortisol (a glucocorticoid hormone) which is necessary to shut down (inhibit) less important bodily systems when in need of an energy booster – like your reproduction, digestive and immune systems.\r\nSo, if used wisely and sparingly, adrenalin can be a real a cracker!\r\nWhen under a constant heightened strain at work, it’s likely your adrenalin pump, and therefore cortisol production will be switched to overdrive. If this is happening day after day, with little counter-balancing, this is when behaviour and physical health can uncharacteristically change. Not good.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Serotonin</strong></em></span> is a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan (an amino acid), and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), blood platelets, and the central <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser.gif\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser-300x225.gif\" alt=\"ser\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" /></a>nervous system (CNS). It makes us calm, centred, happy and tolerant. It assists in maintaining a steady stream of energy, facilitates our appropriate appetite, and promotes daily motivation and verve.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Serotonin:</strong></span>\r\n• Makes us content and optimistic.\r\n• Offers the funny side of life.\r\n• Makes us more productive and creative.\r\n• Makes us understanding and charitable.\r\n• Contributes in conjunction with melatonin to a quality night’s sleep, beating the alarm, and bouncing out of bed.\r\nSo basically it’s a superstar in health maintenance and keeps you somewhat nice 24/7. And, I guess the trick towards continued emotional wellness (particularly for when you leave the building) is fine tuning the balance of both <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin</strong> </span>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Serotonin</span></strong>. This balance involves learning to recover from both good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress), whilst at work and outside of work.\r\nWhat can you expect when you are living in this constant state of imbalance?\r\nBelow are <strong><em>common behaviour and physical traits</em></strong> linked with sustained excessive adrenalin/cortisol levels, alongside diminishing serotonin levels.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNote that 80% of behaviour is more reflective of outside work hours.\r\n• Reduced tolerance.\r\n• Communication shutdown – dismissive, particularly at social gigs.\r\n• Forget to eat and reach a point of crave–like starvation.\r\n• Feel apathetic and empty.\r\n• Sleep is distorted, and thus wake un-rested – the cycle continues.\r\n• Complain of restless legs when sleeping.\r\n• Unusually pessimistic.\r\n• Warmish and slightly red face.\r\n• Headaches and jitters.\r\n• Little interest to exercise (lethargy) – worn out at the end of a day.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2758 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"braaaaa\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" /></a>\r\n• More shallow breath than normal.\r\n• Diminishing sex-drive.\r\n• Niggles in joints – knees and lower back head the list.\r\n• Diminishing posture – shoulders hunched and pelvis tilted slightly forward.\r\n• “Pick me up” food options like caffeine, sugar, and alcohol become far more appealing (if not necessary).\r\n• A losing battle to stop at 1 alcoholic drink.\r\n• Overeating in a sitting as “switch off” hormones became ineffective.\r\n• Self-sabotaging habits – poor food choices, smoking, alcohol, etc\r\n• Function with two gears – flat out (hectic energy) or stop – arousal ascent &amp; descent is steep.\r\n• Almost a cold turkey or homesickness (blue) feeling.\r\n• Pancreatic, Liver, and Cardio-vascular ill-health concerns.\r\nWhile we all suffer from one or two of these every so often without cause for concern, with prolonged presence many of these ‘signs and symptoms’ will encourage your body into a further adrenalin overdose and serotonin deficit. It’s a common cycle.\r\nThere are many reasons for these behavioural and physical traits to come about – like travelling and time zone changes, irregular nutritional consumption, irregular sleeping patterns and lifestyle (outside work) stress BUT work challenges seem to over contribute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow do we know this?  Well, a lot of these issues seem to disappear when we’re on holidays!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe long-term danger of excessive adrenalin stimulation being left on overdrive (from <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /></a>repeated, unrested work pressure) it becomes increasingly difficult to counter-balance the hormones and can then lead to an adrenal crash - resulting in burnout and ensuing ill-health (as in a howler - heart attack or the likes).\r\nSo how do we counter balance the demands of work pressure (which is accepted and probably won’t change) AND have a fulfilling life outside of work?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">We attempt to dial down adrenalin/ cortisol production and crank up serotonin, whilst accepting one’s work demands! And I think this is possible for all.</span></blockquote>\r\nIn ‘PART 2’, I’ll cover the 5 major players involved with balancing mood, along with 5 PROVEN WAYS to help balance work demands - enabling your best “flow” on and off the field.\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. Adrenalin</span> – heightened awareness.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" /></a></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. Serotonin</span> – enduring motivation.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. Cortisol</span> – prioritises systems.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. Melatonin</span> – the nocturnal opposite to serotonin – in producing our best sleep quality.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. 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While most people seem to tolerate and even thrive with increasing work demands, it could also be said that most have inadequate counter –balancing tools, both during work hours and certainly post work hours.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">*Optimum performance refers to one’s sustained best output at work, while leaving work (physically &amp; mentally) with enough in the tank (again, physically &amp; emotionally) to enjoy relationships, family, animals, and your athletic interests.</span> </strong></blockquote>\r\nThis post (Part 1) discusses the emotional and the physical result of the cumulative effect of lifestyle (work specifically) stress. I’m talking about the bio-chemical imbalance, which is leaving an impact on behaviour and physicality. In my next posts (Part 2 &amp; 3) I’ll talk about the hormones involved and tools to help balance those work stressors, which I have witnessed as successful in the past.\r\nSo what did those 400 Health Assessments actually show me? <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2757 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"beeeeee\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most significant revelation to me was the link between those who assessed with high (systolic) blood pressure, elevated (non-fasting) blood glucose, and/or low triglycerides along with a candid reflection on their personal lifestyle questionnaire (which is a confidential self-assessment on how you actually feel), resulting in quite low moods. These results were quite confronting for many, as they were seemingly “getting the job done”.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe realisation that they had little left in the tank (both emotionally &amp; physically) once they left the building highlights the body’s default of using of coping mechanisms which continue to add to their growing ill-health.\r\nTo counter increasing and often unrelenting work pressure and expectations, both in the body and brain we have two significant bio-chemical responses.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1) Adrenalin (body), and, </strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2) Serotonin (brain).</strong> </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Adrenalin</strong></em></span> is a hormone (along with norepinephrine and dopamine) released from the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys. Adrenalin is one powerful hormone and is <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2755 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epinephrine-ampule\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" /></a>only slightly varied to the drug speed on a molecular level. Its natural action is to respond swiftly to a potentially dangerous flight or fight situation. And, it works a treat.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin:</strong></span>\r\n• Increases in strength and power.\r\n• Increases our concentration (even eye sight) and problem solving capacity – at speed.\r\n• Increases confidence.\r\n• Drives ready to use sugar into the blood stream for sharp energy.\r\n• Increases heart and breathing rate without fatigue or perception of pain.\r\nIt also works in tandem with cortisol (a glucocorticoid hormone) which is necessary to shut down (inhibit) less important bodily systems when in need of an energy booster – like your reproduction, digestive and immune systems.\r\nSo, if used wisely and sparingly, adrenalin can be a real a cracker!\r\nWhen under a constant heightened strain at work, it’s likely your adrenalin pump, and therefore cortisol production will be switched to overdrive. If this is happening day after day, with little counter-balancing, this is when behaviour and physical health can uncharacteristically change. Not good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Serotonin</strong></em></span> is a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan (an amino acid), and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), blood platelets, and the central <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser.gif\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser-300x225.gif\" alt=\"ser\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" /></a>nervous system (CNS). It makes us calm, centred, happy and tolerant. It assists in maintaining a steady stream of energy, facilitates our appropriate appetite, and promotes daily motivation and verve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Serotonin:</strong></span>\r\n• Makes us content and optimistic.\r\n• Offers the funny side of life.\r\n• Makes us more productive and creative.\r\n• Makes us understanding and charitable.\r\n• Contributes in conjunction with melatonin to a quality night’s sleep, beating the alarm, and bouncing out of bed.\r\nSo basically it’s a superstar in health maintenance and keeps you somewhat nice 24/7. And, I guess the trick towards continued emotional wellness (particularly for when you leave the building) is fine tuning the balance of both <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin</strong> </span>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Serotonin</span></strong>. This balance involves learning to recover from both good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress), whilst at work and outside of work.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhat can you expect when you are living in this constant state of imbalance?\r\nBelow are <strong><em>common behaviour and physical traits</em></strong> linked with sustained excessive adrenalin/cortisol levels, alongside diminishing serotonin levels. Note that 80% of behaviour is more reflective of outside work hours.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n• Reduced tolerance.\r\n• Communication shutdown – dismissive, particularly at social gigs.\r\n• Forget to eat and reach a point of crave–like starvation.\r\n• Feel apathetic and empty.\r\n• Sleep is distorted, and thus wake un-rested – the cycle continues.\r\n• Complain of restless legs when sleeping.\r\n• Unusually pessimistic.\r\n• Warmish and slightly red face.\r\n• Headaches and jitters.\r\n• Little interest to exercise (lethargy) – worn out at the end of a day.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2758 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"braaaaa\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" /></a>\r\n• More shallow breath than normal.\r\n• Diminishing sex-drive.\r\n• Niggles in joints – knees and lower back head the list.\r\n• Diminishing posture – shoulders hunched and pelvis tilted slightly forward.\r\n• “Pick me up” food options like caffeine, sugar, and alcohol become far more appealing (if not necessary).\r\n• A losing battle to stop at 1 alcoholic drink.\r\n• Overeating in a sitting as “switch off” hormones became ineffective.\r\n• Self-sabotaging habits – poor food choices, smoking, alcohol, etc\r\n• Function with two gears – flat out (hectic energy) or stop – arousal ascent &amp; descent is steep.\r\n• Almost a cold turkey or homesickness (blue) feeling.\r\n• Pancreatic, Liver, and Cardio-vascular ill-health concerns.\r\nWhile we all suffer from one or two of these every so often without cause for concern, with prolonged presence many of these ‘signs and symptoms’ will encourage your body into a further adrenalin overdose and serotonin deficit. It’s a common cycle.\r\nThere are many reasons for these behavioural and physical traits to come about – like travelling and time zone changes, irregular nutritional consumption, irregular sleeping patterns and lifestyle (outside work) stress BUT work challenges seem to over contribute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow do we know this?  Well, a lot of these issues seem to disappear when we’re on holidays!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe long-term danger of excessive adrenalin stimulation being left on overdrive (from <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /></a>repeated, unrested work pressure) it becomes increasingly difficult to counter-balance the hormones and can then lead to an adrenal crash - resulting in burnout and ensuing ill-health (as in a howler - heart attack or the likes).\r\nSo how do we counter balance the demands of work pressure (which is accepted and probably won’t change) AND have a fulfilling life outside of work? We attempt to dial down adrenalin/ cortisol production and crank up serotonin, whilst accepting one’s work demands! And I think this is possible for all.\r\nIn ‘PART 2’, I’ll cover the 5 major players involved with balancing mood, along with 5 PROVEN WAYS to help balance work demands - enabling your best “flow” on and off the field.\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. Adrenalin</span> – heightened awareness.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" /></a></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. Serotonin</span> – enduring motivation.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. Cortisol</span> – prioritises systems.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. Melatonin</span> – the nocturnal opposite to serotonin – in producing our best sleep quality.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. Insulin</span> – blood glucose balance plays a huge role in mood and sustained energy. </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nBP\r\nNOTE – I am currently presenting this topic in the format of “on-site” presentations to corporate groups, if you would like further information, please feel free to make contact with me on the details below.','PAMPY’S POST 40.15 - IS WORK PRESSURE LEAVING YOUR TANK DRY WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR? PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2752-revision-v1','','','2015-10-18 03:20:40','2015-10-18 03:20:40','',2752,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2752-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2761,2,'2015-10-18 03:19:02','2015-10-18 03:19:02','Based on the last 400 Health Assessments I have performed on white collar business workers, it seems to me, the greatest threat to continued good health and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2760 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp-300x226.png\" alt=\"health  pp\" width=\"165\" height=\"124\" /></a>performance* (within this demographic) is the imbalance of lifestyle (work) stress, and the disproportionate balance in mood bio-chemicals.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHowever, the media has us believing the main reasons for declining white collar workers good health are:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1) The consumption of excessive fat and sugar, coupled with,</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">2) A sedentary lifestyle.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBased on my testing results, my opinion is that declining health within this demograph<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"127\" height=\"171\" /></a>ic, is more likely due to the link between hormones (in the body) and neurotransmitters (in the brain) constantly in a chronic state of imbalance. While most people seem to tolerate and even thrive with increasing work demands, it could also be said that most have inadequate counter –balancing tools, both during work hours and certainly post work hours.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">*Optimum performance refers to one’s sustained best output at work, while leaving work (physically &amp; mentally) with enough in the tank (again, physically &amp; emotionally) to enjoy relationships, family, animals, and your athletic interests.</span> </strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThis post (Part 1) discusses the emotional and the physical result of the cumulative effect of lifestyle (work specifically) stress. I’m talking about the bio-chemical imbalance, which is leaving an impact on behaviour and physicality. In my next posts (Part 2 &amp; 3) I’ll talk about the hormones involved and tools to help balance those work stressors, which I have witnessed as successful in the past.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo what did those 400 Health Assessments actually show me? <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2757 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"beeeeee\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most significant revelation to me was the link between those who assessed with high (systolic) blood pressure, elevated (non-fasting) blood glucose, and/or low triglycerides along with a candid reflection on their personal lifestyle questionnaire (which is a confidential self-assessment on how you actually feel), resulting in quite low moods. These results were quite confronting for many, as they were seemingly “getting the job done”.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe realisation that they had little left in the tank (both emotionally &amp; physically) once they left the building highlights the body’s default of using of coping mechanisms which continue to add to their growing ill-health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nTo counter increasing and often unrelenting work pressure and expectations, both in the body and brain we have two significant bio-chemical responses.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1) Adrenalin (body), and, </strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2) Serotonin (brain).</strong> </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Adrenalin</strong></em></span> is a hormone (along with norepinephrine and dopamine) released from the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys. Adrenalin is one powerful hormone and is <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2755 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epinephrine-ampule\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" /></a>only slightly varied to the drug speed on a molecular level. Its natural action is to respond swiftly to a potentially dangerous flight or fight situation. And, it works a treat.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin:</strong></span>\r\n• Increases in strength and power.\r\n• Increases our concentration (even eye sight) and problem solving capacity – at speed.\r\n• Increases confidence.\r\n• Drives ready to use sugar into the blood stream for sharp energy.\r\n• Increases heart and breathing rate without fatigue or perception of pain.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIt also works in tandem with cortisol (a glucocorticoid hormone) which is necessary to shut down (inhibit) less important bodily systems when in need of an energy booster – like your reproduction, digestive and immune systems.\r\nSo, if used wisely and sparingly, adrenalin can be a real a cracker!\r\nWhen under a constant heightened strain at work, it’s likely your adrenalin pump, and therefore cortisol production will be switched to overdrive. If this is happening day after day, with little counter-balancing, this is when behaviour and physical health can uncharacteristically change. Not good.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Serotonin</strong></em></span> is a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan (an amino acid), and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), blood platelets, and the central <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser.gif\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser-300x225.gif\" alt=\"ser\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" /></a>nervous system (CNS). It makes us calm, centred, happy and tolerant. It assists in maintaining a steady stream of energy, facilitates our appropriate appetite, and promotes daily motivation and verve.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Serotonin:</strong></span>\r\n• Makes us content and optimistic.\r\n• Offers the funny side of life.\r\n• Makes us more productive and creative.\r\n• Makes us understanding and charitable.\r\n• Contributes in conjunction with melatonin to a quality night’s sleep, beating the alarm, and bouncing out of bed.\r\nSo basically it’s a superstar in health maintenance and keeps you somewhat nice 24/7. And, I guess the trick towards continued emotional wellness (particularly for when you leave the building) is fine tuning the balance of both <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin</strong> </span>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Serotonin</span></strong>. This balance involves learning to recover from both good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress), whilst at work and outside of work.\r\nWhat can you expect when you are living in this constant state of imbalance?\r\nBelow are <strong><em>common behaviour and physical traits</em></strong> linked with sustained excessive adrenalin/cortisol levels, alongside diminishing serotonin levels. Note that 80% of behaviour is more reflective of outside work hours.\r\n• Reduced tolerance.\r\n• Communication shutdown – dismissive, particularly at social gigs.\r\n• Forget to eat and reach a point of crave–like starvation.\r\n• Feel apathetic and empty.\r\n• Sleep is distorted, and thus wake un-rested – the cycle continues.\r\n• Complain of restless legs when sleeping.\r\n• Unusually pessimistic.\r\n• Warmish and slightly red face.\r\n• Headaches and jitters.\r\n• Little interest to exercise (lethargy) – worn out at the end of a day.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2758 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"braaaaa\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" /></a>\r\n• More shallow breath than normal.\r\n• Diminishing sex-drive.\r\n• Niggles in joints – knees and lower back head the list.\r\n• Diminishing posture – shoulders hunched and pelvis tilted slightly forward.\r\n• “Pick me up” food options like caffeine, sugar, and alcohol become far more appealing (if not necessary).\r\n• A losing battle to stop at 1 alcoholic drink.\r\n• Overeating in a sitting as “switch off” hormones became ineffective.\r\n• Self-sabotaging habits – poor food choices, smoking, alcohol, etc\r\n• Function with two gears – flat out (hectic energy) or stop – arousal ascent &amp; descent is steep.\r\n• Almost a cold turkey or homesickness (blue) feeling.\r\n• Pancreatic, Liver, and Cardio-vascular ill-health concerns.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWhile we all suffer from one or two of these every so often without cause for concern, with prolonged presence many of these ‘signs and symptoms’ will encourage your body into a further adrenalin overdose and serotonin deficit. It’s a common cycle.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThere are many reasons for these behavioural and physical traits to come about – like travelling and time zone changes, irregular nutritional consumption, irregular sleeping patterns and lifestyle (outside work) stress BUT work challenges seem to over contribute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow do we know this?  Well, a lot of these issues seem to disappear when we’re on holidays!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe long-term danger of excessive adrenalin stimulation being left on overdrive (from <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /></a>repeated, unrested work pressure) it becomes increasingly difficult to counter-balance the hormones and can then lead to an adrenal crash - resulting in burnout and ensuing ill-health (as in a howler - heart attack or the likes).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo how do we counter balance the demands of work pressure (which is accepted and probably won’t change) AND have a fulfilling life outside of work? We attempt to dial down adrenalin/ cortisol production and crank up serotonin, whilst accepting one’s work demands! And I think this is possible for all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn ‘PART 2’, I’ll cover the 5 major players involved with balancing mood, along with 5 PROVEN WAYS to help balance work demands - enabling your best “flow” on and off the field.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. Adrenalin</span> – heightened awareness.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" /></a></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. Serotonin</span> – enduring motivation.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. Cortisol</span> – prioritises systems.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. Melatonin</span> – the nocturnal opposite to serotonin – in producing our best sleep quality.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. Insulin</span> – blood glucose balance plays a huge role in mood and sustained energy. </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nBP\r\nNOTE – I am currently presenting this topic in the format of “on-site” presentations to corporate groups, if you would like further information, please feel free to make contact with me on the details below.','PAMPY’S POST 40.15 - IS WORK PRESSURE LEAVING YOUR TANK DRY WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR? PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2752-revision-v1','','','2015-10-18 03:19:02','2015-10-18 03:19:02','',2752,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2752-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2763,2,'2015-10-18 05:08:40','2015-10-18 05:08:40','Based on the last 400 Health Assessments I have performed on white collar business workers, it seems to me, the greatest threat to continued good health and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2760 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp-300x226.png\" alt=\"health  pp\" width=\"165\" height=\"124\" /></a>performance* (within this demographic) is the imbalance of lifestyle (work) stress, and the disproportionate balance in mood bio-chemicals.\r\nHowever, the media has us believing the main reasons for declining white collar workers good health are:\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1) The consumption of excessive fat and sugar, coupled with,</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">2) A sedentary lifestyle.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\nBased on my testing results, my opinion is that declining health within this demograph<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"127\" height=\"171\" /></a>ic, is more likely due to the link between hormones (in the body) and neurotransmitters (in the brain) constantly in a chronic state of imbalance. While most people seem to tolerate and even thrive with increasing work demands, it could also be said that most have inadequate counter –balancing tools, both during work hours and certainly post work hours.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">*Optimum performance refers to one’s sustained best output at work, while leaving work (physically &amp; mentally) with enough in the tank (again, physically &amp; emotionally) to enjoy relationships, family, animals, and your athletic interests.</span> </strong></blockquote>\r\nThis post (Part 1) discusses the emotional and the physical result of the cumulative effect of lifestyle (work specifically) stress. I’m talking about the bio-chemical imbalance, which is leaving an impact on behaviour and physicality. In my next posts (Part 2 &amp; 3) I’ll talk about the hormones involved and tools to help balance those work stressors, which I have witnessed as successful in the past.\r\nSo what did those 400 Health Assessments actually show me? <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2757 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"beeeeee\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most significant revelation to me was the link between those who assessed with high (systolic) blood pressure, elevated (non-fasting) blood glucose, and/or low triglycerides along with a candid reflection on their personal lifestyle questionnaire (which is a confidential self-assessment on how you actually feel), resulting in quite low moods. These results were quite confronting for many, as they were seemingly “getting the job done”.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe realisation that they had little left in the tank (both emotionally &amp; physically) once they left the building highlights the body’s default of using of coping mechanisms which continue to add to their growing ill-health.\r\nTo counter increasing and often unrelenting work pressure and expectations, both in the body and brain we have two significant bio-chemical responses.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1) Adrenalin (body), and, </strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2) Serotonin (brain).</strong> </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Adrenalin</strong></em></span> is a hormone (along with norepinephrine and dopamine) released from the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys. Adrenalin is one powerful hormone and is <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2755 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epinephrine-ampule\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" /></a>only slightly varied to the drug speed on a molecular level. Its natural action is to respond swiftly to a potentially dangerous flight or fight situation. And, it works a treat.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin:</strong></span>\r\n• Increases in strength and power.\r\n• Increases our concentration (even eye sight) and problem solving capacity – at speed.\r\n• Increases confidence.\r\n• Drives ready to use sugar into the blood stream for sharp energy.\r\n• Increases heart and breathing rate without fatigue or perception of pain.\r\nIt also works in tandem with cortisol (a glucocorticoid hormone) which is necessary to shut down (inhibit) less important bodily systems when in need of an energy booster – like your reproduction, digestive and immune systems.\r\nSo, if used wisely and sparingly, adrenalin can be a real a cracker!\r\nWhen under a constant heightened strain at work, it’s likely your adrenalin pump, and therefore cortisol production will be switched to overdrive. If this is happening day after day, with little counter-balancing, this is when behaviour and physical health can uncharacteristically change. Not good.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Serotonin</strong></em></span> is a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan (an amino acid), and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), blood platelets, and the central <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser.gif\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser-300x225.gif\" alt=\"ser\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" /></a>nervous system (CNS). It makes us calm, centred, happy and tolerant. It assists in maintaining a steady stream of energy, facilitates our appropriate appetite, and promotes daily motivation and verve.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Serotonin:</strong></span>\r\n• Makes us content and optimistic.\r\n• Offers the funny side of life.\r\n• Makes us more productive and creative.\r\n• Makes us understanding and charitable.\r\n• Contributes in conjunction with melatonin to a quality night’s sleep, beating the alarm, and bouncing out of bed.\r\nSo basically it’s a superstar in health maintenance and keeps you somewhat nice 24/7. And, I guess the trick towards continued emotional wellness (particularly for when you leave the building) is fine tuning the balance of both <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin</strong> </span>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Serotonin</span></strong>. This balance involves learning to recover from both good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress), whilst at work and outside of work.\r\nWhat can you expect when you are living in this constant state of imbalance?\r\nBelow are <strong><em>common behaviour and physical traits</em></strong> linked with sustained excessive adrenalin/cortisol levels, alongside diminishing serotonin levels. Note that 80% of behaviour is more reflective of outside work hours.\r\n• Reduced tolerance.\r\n• Communication shutdown – dismissive, particularly at social gigs.\r\n• Forget to eat and reach a point of crave–like starvation.\r\n• Feel apathetic and empty.\r\n• Sleep is distorted, and thus wake un-rested – the cycle continues.\r\n• Complain of restless legs when sleeping.\r\n• Unusually pessimistic.\r\n• Warmish and slightly red face.\r\n• Headaches and jitters.\r\n• Little interest to exercise (lethargy) – worn out at the end of a day.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2758 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"braaaaa\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" /></a>\r\n• More shallow breath than normal.\r\n• Diminishing sex-drive.\r\n• Niggles in joints – knees and lower back head the list.\r\n• Diminishing posture – shoulders hunched and pelvis tilted slightly forward.\r\n• “Pick me up” food options like caffeine, sugar, and alcohol become far more appealing (if not necessary).\r\n• A losing battle to stop at 1 alcoholic drink.\r\n• Overeating in a sitting as “switch off” hormones became ineffective.\r\n• Self-sabotaging habits – poor food choices, smoking, alcohol, etc\r\n• Function with two gears – flat out (hectic energy) or stop – arousal ascent &amp; descent is steep.\r\n• Almost a cold turkey or homesickness (blue) feeling.\r\n• Pancreatic, Liver, and Cardio-vascular ill-health concerns.\r\nWhile we all suffer from one or two of these every so often without cause for concern, with prolonged presence many of these ‘signs and symptoms’ will encourage your body into a further adrenalin overdose and serotonin deficit. It’s a common cycle.\r\nThere are many reasons for these behavioural and physical traits to come about – like travelling and time zone changes, irregular nutritional consumption, irregular sleeping patterns and lifestyle (outside work) stress BUT work challenges seem to over contribute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow do we know this?  Well, a lot of these issues seem to disappear when we’re on holidays!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe long-term danger of excessive adrenalin stimulation being left on overdrive (from <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /></a>repeated, unrested work pressure) it becomes increasingly difficult to counter-balance the hormones and can then lead to an adrenal crash - resulting in burnout and ensuing ill-health (as in a howler - heart attack or the likes).\r\nSo how do we counter balance the demands of work pressure (which is accepted and probably won’t change) AND have a fulfilling life outside of work?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe attempt to dial down adrenalin/ cortisol production and crank up serotonin, whilst accepting one’s work demands! And I think this is possible for all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn ‘PART 2’, I’ll cover the 5 major players involved with balancing mood, along with 5 PROVEN WAYS to help balance work demands - enabling your best “flow” on and off the field.\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. Adrenalin</span> – heightened awareness.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" /></a></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. Serotonin</span> – enduring motivation.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. Cortisol</span> – prioritises systems.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. Melatonin</span> – the nocturnal opposite to serotonin – in producing our best sleep quality.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. Insulin</span> – blood glucose balance plays a huge role in mood and sustained energy. </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nBP\r\nNOTE – I am currently presenting this topic in the format of “on-site” presentations to corporate groups, if you would like further information, please feel free to make contact with me on the details below.','PAMPY’S POST 40.15 - IS WORK PRESSURE LEAVING YOUR TANK DRY WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR? PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2752-revision-v1','','','2015-10-18 05:08:40','2015-10-18 05:08:40','',2752,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2752-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(3220,2,'2016-06-22 22:06:03','2016-06-22 22:06:03','Based on the last 400 Health Assessments I\'ve performed on a mix white and blue collar workers, results suggest the greatest threat to continued good health and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2760 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp-300x226.png\" alt=\"health  pp\" width=\"165\" height=\"124\" /></a>performance is the imbalance of lifestyle (work) demands (perception of stress), and the disproportionate balance in mood bio-chemicals.\r\n\r\nWhile the media commonly has us believing the main reasons for declining Australian health are:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1) The consumption of excessive dietary fat, and more recently sugar, and </span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">2) Increasing sedentary lifestyles.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBased on my results, I believe is more likely due to the link between hormones (in the body) and neurotransmitters (in the brain) constantly in a chronic state of imbalance. While most people seem to tolerate and even thrive with increasing work demands, it could also be said that most have inadequate counter –balancing tools, both during work hours and certainly post work hours.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">*Optimum performance refers to one’s sustained best output at work, while leaving work (physically &amp; mentally) with enough in the tank (again, physically &amp; emotionally) to enjoy relationships, family, animals, and your athletic interests.</span> </strong></blockquote>\r\nThis post (Part 1) discusses the emotional and the physical result of the cumulative effect of lifestyle (work specifically) stress. I’m talking about the bio-chemical imbalance, which is leaving an impact on behaviour and physicality. In my next posts (Part 2 &amp; 3) I’ll talk about the hormones involved and tools to help balance those work stressors, which I have witnessed as successful in the past.\r\nSo what did those 400 Health Assessments actually show me? <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2757 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"beeeeee\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most significant revelation to me was the link between those who assessed with high (systolic) blood pressure, elevated (non-fasting) blood glucose, and/or low triglycerides along with a candid reflection on their personal lifestyle questionnaire (which is a confidential self-assessment on how you actually feel), resulting in quite low moods. These results were quite confronting for many, as they were seemingly “getting the job done”.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe realisation that they had little left in the tank (both emotionally &amp; physically) once they left the building highlights the body’s default of using of coping mechanisms which continue to add to their growing ill-health.\r\nTo counter increasing and often unrelenting work pressure and expectations, both in the body and brain we have two significant bio-chemical responses.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1) Adrenalin (body), and, </strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2) Serotonin (brain).</strong> </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Adrenalin</strong></em></span> is a hormone (along with norepinephrine and dopamine) released from the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys. Adrenalin is one powerful hormone and is <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2755 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epinephrine-ampule\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" /></a>only slightly varied to the drug speed on a molecular level. Its natural action is to respond swiftly to a potentially dangerous flight or fight situation. And, it works a treat.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin:</strong></span>\r\n• Increases in strength and power.\r\n• Increases our concentration (even eye sight) and problem solving capacity – at speed.\r\n• Increases confidence.\r\n• Drives ready to use sugar into the blood stream for sharp energy.\r\n• Increases heart and breathing rate without fatigue or perception of pain.\r\nIt also works in tandem with cortisol (a glucocorticoid hormone) which is necessary to shut down (inhibit) less important bodily systems when in need of an energy booster – like your reproduction, digestive and immune systems.\r\nSo, if used wisely and sparingly, adrenalin can be a real a cracker!\r\nWhen under a constant heightened strain at work, it’s likely your adrenalin pump, and therefore cortisol production will be switched to overdrive. If this is happening day after day, with little counter-balancing, this is when behaviour and physical health can uncharacteristically change. Not good.\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Serotonin</strong></em></span> is a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan (an amino acid), and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), blood platelets, and the central <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser.gif\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser-300x225.gif\" alt=\"ser\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" /></a>nervous system (CNS). It makes us calm, centred, happy and tolerant. It assists in maintaining a steady stream of energy, facilitates our appropriate appetite, and promotes daily motivation and verve.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Serotonin:</strong></span>\r\n• Makes us content and optimistic.\r\n• Offers the funny side of life.\r\n• Makes us more productive and creative.\r\n• Makes us understanding and charitable.\r\n• Contributes in conjunction with melatonin to a quality night’s sleep, beating the alarm, and bouncing out of bed.\r\nSo basically it’s a superstar in health maintenance and keeps you somewhat nice 24/7. And, I guess the trick towards continued emotional wellness (particularly for when you leave the building) is fine tuning the balance of both <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin</strong> </span>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Serotonin</span></strong>. This balance involves learning to recover from both good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress), whilst at work and outside of work.\r\nWhat can you expect when you are living in this constant state of imbalance?\r\nBelow are <strong><em>common behaviour and physical traits</em></strong> linked with sustained excessive adrenalin/cortisol levels, alongside diminishing serotonin levels.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNote that 80% of behaviour is more reflective of outside work hours.\r\n• Reduced tolerance.\r\n• Communication shutdown – dismissive, particularly at social gigs.\r\n• Forget to eat and reach a point of crave–like starvation.\r\n• Feel apathetic and empty.\r\n• Sleep is distorted, and thus wake un-rested – the cycle continues.\r\n• Complain of restless legs when sleeping.\r\n• Unusually pessimistic.\r\n• Warmish and slightly red face.\r\n• Headaches and jitters.\r\n• Little interest to exercise (lethargy) – worn out at the end of a day.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2758 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"braaaaa\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" /></a>\r\n• More shallow breath than normal.\r\n• Diminishing sex-drive.\r\n• Niggles in joints – knees and lower back head the list.\r\n• Diminishing posture – shoulders hunched and pelvis tilted slightly forward.\r\n• “Pick me up” food options like caffeine, sugar, and alcohol become far more appealing (if not necessary).\r\n• A losing battle to stop at 1 alcoholic drink.\r\n• Overeating in a sitting as “switch off” hormones became ineffective.\r\n• Self-sabotaging habits – poor food choices, smoking, alcohol, etc\r\n• Function with two gears – flat out (hectic energy) or stop – arousal ascent &amp; descent is steep.\r\n• Almost a cold turkey or homesickness (blue) feeling.\r\n• Pancreatic, Liver, and Cardio-vascular ill-health concerns.\r\nWhile we all suffer from one or two of these every so often without cause for concern, with prolonged presence many of these ‘signs and symptoms’ will encourage your body into a further adrenalin overdose and serotonin deficit. It’s a common cycle.\r\nThere are many reasons for these behavioural and physical traits to come about – like travelling and time zone changes, irregular nutritional consumption, irregular sleeping patterns and lifestyle (outside work) stress BUT work challenges seem to over contribute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow do we know this?  Well, a lot of these issues seem to disappear when we’re on holidays!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe long-term danger of excessive adrenalin stimulation being left on overdrive (from <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /></a>repeated, unrested work pressure) it becomes increasingly difficult to counter-balance the hormones and can then lead to an adrenal crash - resulting in burnout and ensuing ill-health (as in a howler - heart attack or the likes).\r\nSo how do we counter balance the demands of work pressure (which is accepted and probably won’t change) AND have a fulfilling life outside of work?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">We attempt to dial down adrenalin/ cortisol production and crank up serotonin, whilst accepting one’s work demands! And I think this is possible for all.</span></blockquote>\r\nIn ‘PART 2’, I’ll cover the 5 major players involved with balancing mood, along with 5 PROVEN WAYS to help balance work demands - enabling your best “flow” on and off the field.\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. Adrenalin</span> – heightened awareness.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" /></a></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. Serotonin</span> – enduring motivation.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. Cortisol</span> – prioritises systems.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. Melatonin</span> – the nocturnal opposite to serotonin – in producing our best sleep quality.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. Insulin</span> – blood glucose balance plays a huge role in mood and sustained energy. </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nBP\r\nNOTE – I am currently presenting this topic in the format of “on-site” presentations to corporate groups, if you would like further information, please feel free to make contact with me on the details below.','PAMPY’S POST 40.15 - IS WORK PRESSURE LEAVING YOUR TANK DRY WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR? PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2752-revision-v1','','','2016-06-22 22:06:03','2016-06-22 22:06:03','',2752,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2752-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2764,2,'2015-10-18 05:10:13','2015-10-18 05:10:13','Based on the last 400 Health Assessments I have performed on white collar business workers, it seems to me, the greatest threat to continued good health and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2760 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/health-pp-300x226.png\" alt=\"health  pp\" width=\"165\" height=\"124\" /></a>performance* (within this demographic) is the imbalance of lifestyle (work) stress, and the disproportionate balance in mood bio-chemicals.\r\nHowever, the media has us believing the main reasons for declining white collar workers good health are:\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">1) The consumption of excessive fat and sugar, coupled with,</span></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">2) A sedentary lifestyle.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\nBased on my testing results, my opinion is that declining health within this demograph<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"127\" height=\"171\" /></a>ic, is more likely due to the link between hormones (in the body) and neurotransmitters (in the brain) constantly in a chronic state of imbalance. While most people seem to tolerate and even thrive with increasing work demands, it could also be said that most have inadequate counter –balancing tools, both during work hours and certainly post work hours.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">*Optimum performance refers to one’s sustained best output at work, while leaving work (physically &amp; mentally) with enough in the tank (again, physically &amp; emotionally) to enjoy relationships, family, animals, and your athletic interests.</span> </strong></blockquote>\r\nThis post (Part 1) discusses the emotional and the physical result of the cumulative effect of lifestyle (work specifically) stress. I’m talking about the bio-chemical imbalance, which is leaving an impact on behaviour and physicality. In my next posts (Part 2 &amp; 3) I’ll talk about the hormones involved and tools to help balance those work stressors, which I have witnessed as successful in the past.\r\nSo what did those 400 Health Assessments actually show me? <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2757 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/beeeeee.jpg\" alt=\"beeeeee\" width=\"236\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most significant revelation to me was the link between those who assessed with high (systolic) blood pressure, elevated (non-fasting) blood glucose, and/or low triglycerides along with a candid reflection on their personal lifestyle questionnaire (which is a confidential self-assessment on how you actually feel), resulting in quite low moods. These results were quite confronting for many, as they were seemingly “getting the job done”.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe realisation that they had little left in the tank (both emotionally &amp; physically) once they left the building highlights the body’s default of using of coping mechanisms which continue to add to their growing ill-health.\r\nTo counter increasing and often unrelenting work pressure and expectations, both in the body and brain we have two significant bio-chemical responses.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1) Adrenalin (body), and, </strong></span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2) Serotonin (brain).</strong> </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Adrenalin</strong></em></span> is a hormone (along with norepinephrine and dopamine) released from the adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys. Adrenalin is one powerful hormone and is <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2755 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Epinephrine-ampule-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epinephrine-ampule\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" /></a>only slightly varied to the drug speed on a molecular level. Its natural action is to respond swiftly to a potentially dangerous flight or fight situation. And, it works a treat.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin:</strong></span>\r\n• Increases in strength and power.\r\n• Increases our concentration (even eye sight) and problem solving capacity – at speed.\r\n• Increases confidence.\r\n• Drives ready to use sugar into the blood stream for sharp energy.\r\n• Increases heart and breathing rate without fatigue or perception of pain.\r\nIt also works in tandem with cortisol (a glucocorticoid hormone) which is necessary to shut down (inhibit) less important bodily systems when in need of an energy booster – like your reproduction, digestive and immune systems.\r\nSo, if used wisely and sparingly, adrenalin can be a real a cracker!\r\nWhen under a constant heightened strain at work, it’s likely your adrenalin pump, and therefore cortisol production will be switched to overdrive. If this is happening day after day, with little counter-balancing, this is when behaviour and physical health can uncharacteristically change. Not good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><strong>Serotonin</strong></em></span> is a neurotransmitter derived from tryptophan (an amino acid), and is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), blood platelets, and the central <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser.gif\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2756\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ser-300x225.gif\" alt=\"ser\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" /></a>nervous system (CNS). It makes us calm, centred, happy and tolerant. It assists in maintaining a steady stream of energy, facilitates our appropriate appetite, and promotes daily motivation and verve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Serotonin:</strong></span>\r\n• Makes us content and optimistic.\r\n• Offers the funny side of life.\r\n• Makes us more productive and creative.\r\n• Makes us understanding and charitable.\r\n• Contributes in conjunction with melatonin to a quality night’s sleep, beating the alarm, and bouncing out of bed.\r\nSo basically it’s a superstar in health maintenance and keeps you somewhat nice 24/7. And, I guess the trick towards continued emotional wellness (particularly for when you leave the building) is fine tuning the balance of both <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Adrenalin</strong> </span>and <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Serotonin</span></strong>. This balance involves learning to recover from both good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress), whilst at work and outside of work.\r\nWhat can you expect when you are living in this constant state of imbalance?\r\nBelow are <strong><em>common behaviour and physical traits</em></strong> linked with sustained excessive adrenalin/cortisol levels, alongside diminishing serotonin levels.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNote that 80% of behaviour is more reflective of outside work hours.\r\n• Reduced tolerance.\r\n• Communication shutdown – dismissive, particularly at social gigs.\r\n• Forget to eat and reach a point of crave–like starvation.\r\n• Feel apathetic and empty.\r\n• Sleep is distorted, and thus wake un-rested – the cycle continues.\r\n• Complain of restless legs when sleeping.\r\n• Unusually pessimistic.\r\n• Warmish and slightly red face.\r\n• Headaches and jitters.\r\n• Little interest to exercise (lethargy) – worn out at the end of a day.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2758 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/braaaaa-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"braaaaa\" width=\"271\" height=\"271\" /></a>\r\n• More shallow breath than normal.\r\n• Diminishing sex-drive.\r\n• Niggles in joints – knees and lower back head the list.\r\n• Diminishing posture – shoulders hunched and pelvis tilted slightly forward.\r\n• “Pick me up” food options like caffeine, sugar, and alcohol become far more appealing (if not necessary).\r\n• A losing battle to stop at 1 alcoholic drink.\r\n• Overeating in a sitting as “switch off” hormones became ineffective.\r\n• Self-sabotaging habits – poor food choices, smoking, alcohol, etc\r\n• Function with two gears – flat out (hectic energy) or stop – arousal ascent &amp; descent is steep.\r\n• Almost a cold turkey or homesickness (blue) feeling.\r\n• Pancreatic, Liver, and Cardio-vascular ill-health concerns.\r\nWhile we all suffer from one or two of these every so often without cause for concern, with prolonged presence many of these ‘signs and symptoms’ will encourage your body into a further adrenalin overdose and serotonin deficit. It’s a common cycle.\r\nThere are many reasons for these behavioural and physical traits to come about – like travelling and time zone changes, irregular nutritional consumption, irregular sleeping patterns and lifestyle (outside work) stress BUT work challenges seem to over contribute.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow do we know this?  Well, a lot of these issues seem to disappear when we’re on holidays!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe long-term danger of excessive adrenalin stimulation being left on overdrive (from <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"342\" height=\"123\" /></a>repeated, unrested work pressure) it becomes increasingly difficult to counter-balance the hormones and can then lead to an adrenal crash - resulting in burnout and ensuing ill-health (as in a howler - heart attack or the likes).\r\nSo how do we counter balance the demands of work pressure (which is accepted and probably won’t change) AND have a fulfilling life outside of work?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">We attempt to dial down adrenalin/ cortisol production and crank up serotonin, whilst accepting one’s work demands! And I think this is possible for all.</span></blockquote>\r\nIn ‘PART 2’, I’ll cover the 5 major players involved with balancing mood, along with 5 PROVEN WAYS to help balance work demands - enabling your best “flow” on and off the field.\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">1. Adrenalin</span> – heightened awareness.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"197\" height=\"118\" /></a></strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">2. Serotonin</span> – enduring motivation.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">3. Cortisol</span> – prioritises systems.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">4. Melatonin</span> – the nocturnal opposite to serotonin – in producing our best sleep quality.</strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">5. Insulin</span> – blood glucose balance plays a huge role in mood and sustained energy. </strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nBP\r\nNOTE – I am currently presenting this topic in the format of “on-site” presentations to corporate groups, if you would like further information, please feel free to make contact with me on the details below.','PAMPY’S POST 40.15 - IS WORK PRESSURE LEAVING YOUR TANK DRY WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR? PART 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','2752-revision-v1','','','2015-10-18 05:10:13','2015-10-18 05:10:13','',2752,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2752-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2766,2,'2015-10-28 06:00:55','2015-10-28 06:00:55','&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">GROUP HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS MENU</span></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Monthly Key-Note Presentations - 6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations relate to current lifestyle topics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are information packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. 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Determine YOUR optimum Exercise Intensity.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Learn to self-assess your post exercise hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence.  Your answers will lead you to your optimum exercise dose.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Session to determine your best training dose</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second breathing control timeouts, to appropriate food choices, to de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day Spinal strength program - Body weight &amp; loaded resistence movements, coupled with appropriate range of movement exercises.\r\n</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">12 must include recipes over the next 14 days.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your Group \"free\" App</span></strong></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Your own Free App - Team App.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">All monthly program run through your Team App.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2301 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"team app\" width=\"206\" height=\"116\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Weekly posts - topical articles. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Q&amp;A Forums - all things Health, Training, Nutrition, Stress Management etc.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Confidental Health Assessments</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">On-site \"One on One\" comprehensive Health Assessm</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2770\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"URM TEST RESULTS\" width=\"167\" height=\"179\" /></a></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">ents.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Comprehensive results sent ONLY to individual.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results offer your result, normative values </span></blockquote>\r\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-STAFF-JADE-WILLIAMS-11.10.15.pdf\">URM STAFF - 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6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations are current lifestyle topics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are imformation packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. How Big Food Business changed our Health Status Forever</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Our health status through time.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Introduction of Big food business.</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\" alt=\"met syn\" width=\"274\" height=\"162\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding why we eat and why we buy.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The ill-health effect of big food in Australia.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The main culprit for our ill-health - it is NOT sugar. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. Healthy Gut = Healthy Brain</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The key link between healthy gut biome and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2580 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640-232x300.png\" alt=\"anatomy-160524_640\" width=\"177\" height=\"229\" /></a>behaviour.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">What constitutes a healthy gut culture?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 main food to avoid.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key foods to include - and why!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. Determine YOUR optimum exercise intensity.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Hard your hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence will feel when you get it right.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYour Group \"free\" App\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','BALANCE HEALTH GROUP PROGRAM','','inherit','closed','closed','','2766-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 06:00:55','2015-10-28 06:00:55','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2766-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2768,2,'2015-10-28 22:36:23','2015-10-28 22:36:23','&nbsp;\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">GROUP HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS MENU</span></strong></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Monthly Key-Note Presentations - 6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations relate to current lifestyle topics.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are information packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. 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Healthy Gut = Healthy Brain</strong></span></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The link between healthy gut biome and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2580 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640-232x300.png\" alt=\"anatomy-160524_640\" width=\"177\" height=\"229\" /></a>behaviour and performance.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">What constitutes a healthy gut culture?</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to avoid.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to include - and why!</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">7 Day Gut Reboot Program</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. Determine YOUR optimum Exercise Intensity.</strong></span></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Learn to self-assess your post exercise hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence.  Your answers will lead you to your optimum exercise dose.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Session to determine your best training dose</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second breathing control timeouts, to appropriate food choices, to de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day Spinal strength program - Body weight &amp; loaded resistence movements, coupled with appropriate range of movement exercises.\n</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">12 must include recipes over the next 14 days.</span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your Group \"free\" App</span></strong></h4>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Your own Free App - 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How Big Food Business changed our Health Status Forever</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Our changing health status through time.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Introduction of Big food business in Australia.</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\" alt=\"met syn\" width=\"274\" height=\"162\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding why we eat and why we buy.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The ill-health effect of big food in Australia.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The main culprit for our ill-health - and it is NOT sugar. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">14 Day (Fat) Metabolism booster program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. 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Determine YOUR optimum exercise intensity.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Learn to self-assess your post exercise hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence.  Your answers will lead you to your optimum exercise dose.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Session to determine your best training dose</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second timeouts, to appropriate food choices, de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">14 Day Spinal strength program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">12 must include recipes over the next 14 days.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your Group \"free\" App</span></strong>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Your own Free App - Team App.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">All monthly program run through your Team App.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2301 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"team app\" width=\"206\" height=\"116\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Weekly posts - topical articles. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Q&amp;A Forums - all things Health, Training, Nutrition, Stress Management etc.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Confidental Health Assessments</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">On-site \"One on One\" comprehensive Health Assessm</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2770\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"URM TEST RESULTS\" width=\"167\" height=\"179\" /></a></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">ents.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Comprehensive results sent ONLY to individual.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results offer your result, normative values </span></blockquote>\r\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-STAFF-JADE-WILLIAMS-11.10.15.pdf\">URM STAFF - JADE WILLIAMS 11.10.15</a></strong></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/contacts/\">CONTACT BRAD PAMP DIRECT FOR MORE INFORMATION</a></strong> </span></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','BALANCE HEALTH GROUP PROGRAM','','inherit','closed','closed','','2766-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 21:48:54','2015-10-28 21:48:54','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2766-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2772,2,'2015-10-28 21:55:32','2015-10-28 21:55:32','&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">GROUP HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS MENU</span></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Monthly Key-Note Presentations - 6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations relate to current lifestyle topics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are information packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. How Big Food Business changed our Health Status Forever</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Our changing health status through time.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Introduction of Big food business in Australia.</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\" alt=\"met syn\" width=\"274\" height=\"162\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding why we eat and why we buy.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The ill-health effect of big food in Australia.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The main culprit for our ill-health - and it is NOT sugar. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day (Fat) Metabolism booster program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. Healthy Gut = Healthy Brain</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The link between healthy gut biome and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2580 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640-232x300.png\" alt=\"anatomy-160524_640\" width=\"177\" height=\"229\" /></a>behaviour and performance.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">What constitutes a healthy gut culture?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to avoid.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to include - and why!</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">7 Day Gut Reboot Program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. Determine YOUR optimum Exercise Intensity.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Learn to self-assess your post exercise hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence.  Your answers will lead you to your optimum exercise dose.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Session to determine your best training dose</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second breathing control timeouts, to appropriate food choices, to de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day Spinal strength program - Body weight &amp; loaded resistence movements, coupled with appropriate range of movement exercises.\r\n</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">12 must include recipes over the next 14 days.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your Group \"free\" App</span></strong>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Your own Free App - Team App.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">All monthly program run through your Team App.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2301 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"team app\" width=\"206\" height=\"116\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Weekly posts - topical articles. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Q&amp;A Forums - all things Health, Training, Nutrition, Stress Management etc.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Confidental Health Assessments</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">On-site \"One on One\" comprehensive Health Assessm</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2770\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"URM TEST RESULTS\" width=\"167\" height=\"179\" /></a></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">ents.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Comprehensive results sent ONLY to individual.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results offer your result, normative values </span></blockquote>\r\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-STAFF-JADE-WILLIAMS-11.10.15.pdf\">URM STAFF - JADE WILLIAMS 11.10.15</a></strong></h4>\r\n<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Why take a snap look at your current health status?</strong></span></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/contacts/\">CONTACT BRAD PAMP DIRECT FOR MORE INFORMATION</a></strong> </span></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','BALANCE HEALTH GROUP PROGRAM','','inherit','closed','closed','','2766-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 21:55:32','2015-10-28 21:55:32','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2766-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2773,2,'2015-10-28 21:58:39','2015-10-28 21:58:39','&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">GROUP HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS MENU</span></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Monthly Key-Note Presentations - 6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations relate to current lifestyle topics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are information packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. 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Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second breathing control timeouts, to appropriate food choices, to de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. 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wellness.</strong></h5>\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I am your coach!</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">**There is no long term commitment or membership - just month to month.  It has been this way for 20 years.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/balance-health-group-program/\">Corporate Group Wellness Programs</a> - <span style=\"color: #008080;\">0412 487 034 - please call for details</span>\r\n</span></strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase1/\">My 3 -Part Running Efficiency Program</a></span> - <em>Free Fallin</em> - 310 (excl) -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6019\" width=\"191\" height=\"143\" /></a> each sessions run 50 -60 mins.  </strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gift vouchers available</span> - <em>FREE FALLIN</em> RUN EFFICIENCY COURSE.</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/determining-training-racing-intensity/\">Blood Lactate Threshold Assessment</a></span> - 150 (excl) - 45-60mins</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\">Personal Health Assessments</a></span> - 165 (excl) - 60 mins</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">* </span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Personal Nutrition plans - 150 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(excl)</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fully designed most ideal food choices for you. </span></span>\r\n</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<h5><strong>All sessions and programs are 100% money back guaranteed</strong>\r\n<strong> Brad Pamp</strong></h5>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 aligncenter\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"runn quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2305\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/blogs.jpg\" alt=\"blogs\" width=\"252\" height=\"78\" /></a></p>','BRAD PAMP','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:20:21','2015-10-28 22:20:21','',5,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/5-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2778,2,'2015-10-28 22:23:07','2015-10-28 22:23:07','<div style=\"height: 500px;\">\r\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Brad Pamp</strong> Exercise, Coaching &amp; Wellness Specialist - 25 yrs</span></em></h3>\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">26 years of Coaching and Training  over 5,000 regular client.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Business owner for 24 years (my current studio - King <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1891 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"bpbike\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" /></a>Street, Sydney CBD <a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Balance Health Programs\" href=\"http://www.balancehealthprograms.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>).</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Tertiary educated in Health Science &amp; Exercise Science.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Strength &amp; Conditioning Specialist – postural stability and endurance fitness expert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">25+ marathons (2.45 best time) &amp; 10 Ironman triathlons, inc. 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wellness.</strong></h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I am your coach!<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2711 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"run 111\" width=\"139\" height=\"194\" /></a></span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">**There is no long term commitment or membership - just month to month.  It has been this way for 20 years.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/balance-health-group-program/\">Corporate Group Wellness Programs</a> - <span style=\"color: #008080;\">0412 487 034 - please call for details</span>\r\n</span></strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase1/\">My 3 -Part Running Efficiency Program</a></span> - <em>Free Fallin</em> - 310 (excl) -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6019\" width=\"191\" height=\"143\" /></a> each sessions run 50 -60 mins.  </strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gift vouchers available</span> - <em>FREE FALLIN</em> RUN EFFICIENCY COURSE.</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/determining-training-racing-intensity/\">Blood Lactate Threshold Assessment</a></span> - 150 (excl) - 45-60mins</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\">Personal Health Assessments</a></span> - 165 (excl) - 60 mins</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n	<li>\r\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">* </span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Personal Nutrition plans - 150 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(excl)</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fully designed most ideal food choices for you. </span></span>\r\n</strong></h5>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<h5><strong>All sessions and programs are 100% money back guaranteed</strong>\r\n<strong> Brad Pamp</strong></h5>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 aligncenter\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"runn quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2305\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/blogs.jpg\" alt=\"blogs\" width=\"252\" height=\"78\" /></a></p>','BRAD PAMP','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:23:07','2015-10-28 22:23:07','',5,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/5-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2779,2,'2015-10-28 22:25:07','2015-10-28 22:25:07','<div style=\"height: 500px;\">\r\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Brad Pamp</strong> Exercise, Coaching &amp; Wellness Specialist - 25 yrs</span></em></h3>\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">26 years of Coaching and Training  over 5,000 regular client.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Business owner for 24 years (my current studio - King <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1891 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"bpbike\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" /></a>Street, Sydney CBD <a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Balance Health Programs\" href=\"http://www.balancehealthprograms.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>).</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Tertiary educated in Health Science &amp; Exercise Science.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Strength &amp; Conditioning Specialist – postural stability and endurance fitness expert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">25+ marathons (2.45 best time) &amp; 10 Ironman triathlons, inc. Hawaii Ironman World Championships x 2</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Over 1500 people have completed my 3-part <i>Free Fallin</i> Running efficiency course</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I have maintained over 30 clients for over 1<a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a>5 year</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Corporate group work for 20 years </span></blockquote>\r\n</div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>BP INVESTMENT\r\n</strong></span></em></h2>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">28 DAY BLOCK PROGRAM INDIVIDUAL COACHING </span>- 125 (excl) - Your personal guide - day to day - training, nutrition &amp; wellness.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I am your coach!<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2711 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"run 111\" width=\"139\" height=\"194\" /></a></span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">**There is no long term commitment or membership - just month to month.  It has been this way for 20 years.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/balance-health-group-program/\">Corporate Group Wellness Programs</a> - <span style=\"color: #008080;\">0412 487 034 - please call for details</span>\r\n</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase1/\">My 3 -Part Running Efficiency Program</a></span> - <em>Free Fallin</em> - 310 (excl) -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6019\" width=\"191\" height=\"143\" /></a> each sessions run 50 -60 mins.  </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gift vouchers available</span> - <em>FREE FALLIN</em> RUN EFFICIENCY COURSE.</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/determining-training-racing-intensity/\">Blood Lactate Threshold Assessment</a></span> - 150 (excl) - 45-60mins</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\">Personal Health Assessments</a></span> - 165 (excl) - 60 mins</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">* Personal Nutrition plans - 150 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(excl)</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fully designed most ideal food choices for you. </span></span>\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<h5><strong>All sessions and programs are 100% money back guaranteed</strong>\r\n<strong> Brad Pamp</strong></h5>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 aligncenter\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"runn quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2305\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/blogs.jpg\" alt=\"blogs\" width=\"252\" height=\"78\" /></a></p>','BRAD PAMP','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:25:07','2015-10-28 22:25:07','',5,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/5-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2781,2,'2015-10-28 22:28:32','2015-10-28 22:28:32','<div style=\"height: 500px;\">\r\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Brad Pamp</strong> Exercise, Coaching &amp; Wellness Specialist - 25 yrs</span></em></h3>\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">26 years of Coaching and Training  over 5,000 regular client.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Business owner for 24 years (my current studio - King <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1891 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"bpbike\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" /></a>Street, Sydney CBD <a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Balance Health Programs\" href=\"http://www.balancehealthprograms.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>).</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Tertiary educated in Health Science &amp; Exercise Science.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Strength &amp; Conditioning Specialist – postural stability and endurance fitness expert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">25+ marathons (2.45 best time) &amp; 10 Ironman triathlons, inc. Hawaii Ironman World Championships x 2</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Over 1500 people have completed my 3-part <i>Free Fallin</i> Running efficiency course</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I have maintained over 30 clients for over 1<a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a>5 year</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Corporate group work for 20 years </span></blockquote>\r\n</div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>BP INVESTMENT\r\n</strong></span></em></h2>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase3/\">Individual Programs/ Coaching</a> </span>- 125 (excl) - Your personal guide - day to day - training, nutrition &amp; wellness.</strong>\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I am your coach!</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">**There is no long term commitment or membership - just month to month.  It has been this way for 20 years.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/balance-health-group-program/\">Corporate Group Wellness Programs</a> - <span style=\"color: #008080;\">0412 487 034 - please call for details</span>\r\n</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase1/\">My 3 -Part Running Efficiency Program</a></span> - <em>Free Fallin</em> - 310 (excl) -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6019\" width=\"231\" height=\"173\" /></a> each sessions run 50 -60 mins.  </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gift vouchers available</span> - <em>FREE FALLIN</em> RUN EFFICIENCY COURSE.</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/determining-training-racing-intensity/\">Blood Lactate Threshold Assessment</a></span> - 150 (excl) - 45-60mins</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\">Personal Health Assessments</a></span> - 165 (excl) - 60 mins</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">* Personal Nutrition plans - 150 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(excl)</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fully designed most ideal food choices for you. </span></span>\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<h5><strong>All sessions and programs are 100% money back guaranteed</strong>\r\n<strong> Brad Pamp</strong></h5>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 aligncenter\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"runn quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2305\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/blogs.jpg\" alt=\"blogs\" width=\"252\" height=\"78\" /></a></p>','BRAD PAMP','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:28:32','2015-10-28 22:28:32','',5,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/5-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2780,2,'2015-10-28 22:27:27','2015-10-28 22:27:27','<div style=\"height: 500px;\">\r\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Brad Pamp</strong> Exercise, Coaching &amp; Wellness Specialist - 25 yrs</span></em></h3>\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">26 years of Coaching and Training  over 5,000 regular client.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Business owner for 24 years (my current studio - King <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1891 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"bpbike\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" /></a>Street, Sydney CBD <a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Balance Health Programs\" href=\"http://www.balancehealthprograms.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>).</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Tertiary educated in Health Science &amp; Exercise Science.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Strength &amp; Conditioning Specialist – postural stability and endurance fitness expert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">25+ marathons (2.45 best time) &amp; 10 Ironman triathlons, inc. Hawaii Ironman World Championships x 2</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Over 1500 people have completed my 3-part <i>Free Fallin</i> Running efficiency course</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I have maintained over 30 clients for over 1<a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a>5 year</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Corporate group work for 20 years </span></blockquote>\r\n</div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>BP INVESTMENT\r\n</strong></span></em></h2>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase3/\">Individual Programs/ Coaching</a> </span>- 125 (excl) - Your personal guide - day to day - training, nutrition &amp; wellness.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I am your coach!<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2711 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-1111-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"run 111\" width=\"139\" height=\"194\" /></a></span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">**There is no long term commitment or membership - just month to month.  It has been this way for 20 years.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/balance-health-group-program/\">Corporate Group Wellness Programs</a> - <span style=\"color: #008080;\">0412 487 034 - please call for details</span>\r\n</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase1/\">My 3 -Part Running Efficiency Program</a></span> - <em>Free Fallin</em> - 310 (excl) -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6019\" width=\"191\" height=\"143\" /></a> each sessions run 50 -60 mins.  </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gift vouchers available</span> - <em>FREE FALLIN</em> RUN EFFICIENCY COURSE.</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/determining-training-racing-intensity/\">Blood Lactate Threshold Assessment</a></span> - 150 (excl) - 45-60mins</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\">Personal Health Assessments</a></span> - 165 (excl) - 60 mins</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">* Personal Nutrition plans - 150 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(excl)</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fully designed most ideal food choices for you. </span></span>\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<h5><strong>All sessions and programs are 100% money back guaranteed</strong>\r\n<strong> Brad Pamp</strong></h5>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 aligncenter\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"runn quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2305\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/blogs.jpg\" alt=\"blogs\" width=\"252\" height=\"78\" /></a></p>','BRAD PAMP','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:27:27','2015-10-28 22:27:27','',5,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/5-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2782,2,'2015-10-28 22:29:06','2015-10-28 22:29:06','<div style=\"height: 500px;\">\r\n<h3><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Brad Pamp</strong> Exercise, Coaching &amp; Wellness Specialist - 25 yrs</span></em></h3>\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">26 years of Coaching and Training  over 5,000 regular client.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Business owner for 24 years (my current studio - King <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1891 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/bpbike-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"bpbike\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" /></a>Street, Sydney CBD <a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"Balance Health Programs\" href=\"http://www.balancehealthprograms.com.au/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a>).</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Tertiary educated in Health Science &amp; Exercise Science.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Strength &amp; Conditioning Specialist – postural stability and endurance fitness expert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">25+ marathons (2.45 best time) &amp; 10 Ironman triathlons, inc. 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10 Ironman triathlons, inc. Hawaii Ironman World Championships x 2</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Over 1500 people have completed my 3-part <i>Free Fallin</i> Running efficiency course</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">I have maintained over 30 clients for over 1<a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2651 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcfgchvh-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hcfgchvh\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a>5 year</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">Corporate group work for 20 years </span></blockquote>\r\n</div>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> </span>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>BP INVESTMENT\r\n</strong></span></em></h2>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase3/\">Individual Programs/ Coaching</a> </span>- 125 (excl) 4 week block - Your personal guide - day to day - training, nutrition &amp; wellness.</strong>\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I am your coach!</span></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">**There is no long term commitment or membership - just month to month.  It has been this way for 20 years.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/balance-health-group-program/\">Corporate Group Wellness Programs</a> - <span style=\"color: #008080;\">0412 487 034 - please call for details</span>\r\n</span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/phase1/\">My 3 -Part Running Efficiency Program</a></span> - <em>Free Fallin</em> - 310 (excl) -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1598\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/IMG_6019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6019\" width=\"231\" height=\"173\" /></a> each sessions run 50 -60 mins.  </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Gift vouchers available</span> - <em>Free Fallin</em>.</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/determining-training-racing-intensity/\">Blood Lactate Threshold Assessment</a></span> - 150 (excl) - 45-60mins</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\">Personal Health Assessments</a></span> - 165 (excl) - 60 mins</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">* Personal Nutrition plans - 150 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(excl)</span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fully designed most ideal food choices for you. </span></span>\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<h5></h5>\r\n<h5><strong>All sessions and programs are 100% money back guaranteed</strong>\r\n<strong> Brad Pamp</strong></h5>\r\n</blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1429 aligncenter\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/runn-quote-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"runn quote\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2305\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/blogs.jpg\" alt=\"blogs\" width=\"252\" height=\"78\" /></a></p>','BRAD PAMP','','inherit','closed','closed','','5-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:29:52','2015-10-28 22:29:52','',5,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/5-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2784,2,'2015-10-28 22:35:02','2015-10-28 22:35:02','','man','','inherit','closed','closed','','man','','','2015-10-28 22:35:02','2015-10-28 22:35:02','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/man.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2785,2,'2015-10-28 22:35:07','2015-10-28 22:35:07','','Westpac_square','','inherit','closed','closed','','westpac_square','','','2015-10-28 22:35:07','2015-10-28 22:35:07','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Westpac_square.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2788,2,'2015-10-28 22:36:30','2015-10-28 22:36:30','','Foxtel logo','','inherit','closed','closed','','foxtel-logo','','','2015-10-28 22:36:30','2015-10-28 22:36:30','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Foxtel-logo.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2789,2,'2015-10-28 22:37:30','2015-10-28 22:37:30','&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">GROUP HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS MENU</span></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Monthly Key-Note Presentations - 6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations relate to current lifestyle topics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are information packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. How Big Food Business changed our Health Status Forever</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Our changing health status through time.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Introduction of Big food business in Australia.</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\" alt=\"met syn\" width=\"274\" height=\"162\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding why we eat and why we buy.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The ill-health effect of big food in Australia.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The main culprit for our ill-health - and it is NOT sugar. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day (Fat) Metabolism booster program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. Healthy Gut = Healthy Brain</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The link between healthy gut biome and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2580 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640-232x300.png\" alt=\"anatomy-160524_640\" width=\"177\" height=\"229\" /></a>behaviour and performance.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">What constitutes a healthy gut culture?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to avoid.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to include - and why!</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">7 Day Gut Reboot Program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. Determine YOUR optimum Exercise Intensity.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Learn to self-assess your post exercise hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence.  Your answers will lead you to your optimum exercise dose.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Session to determine your best training dose</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second breathing control timeouts, to appropriate food choices, to de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day Spinal strength program - Body weight &amp; loaded resistence movements, coupled with appropriate range of movement exercises.\r\n</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">12 must include recipes over the next 14 days.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your Group \"free\" App</span></strong></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Your own Free App - Team App.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">All monthly program run through your Team App.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2301 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"team app\" width=\"206\" height=\"116\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Weekly posts - topical articles. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Q&amp;A Forums - all things Health, Training, Nutrition, Stress Management etc.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Confidental Health Assessments</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">On-site \"One on One\" comprehensive Health Assessm</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2770\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"URM TEST RESULTS\" width=\"167\" height=\"179\" /></a></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">ents.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Comprehensive results sent ONLY to individual.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results offer your result, normative values </span></blockquote>\r\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-STAFF-JADE-WILLIAMS-11.10.15.pdf\">URM STAFF - JADE WILLIAMS 11.10.15</a></strong></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Why take a snap look at your current health status?</strong></span></a></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/contacts/\">CONTACT BRAD PAMP DIRECT FOR MORE INFORMATION</a></strong> </span></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong>Recent Corporate Clients</strong></h4>\r\n<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Westpac_square.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2785\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Westpac_square-300x300.png\" alt=\"Westpac_square\" width=\"101\" height=\"101\" /></a><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/man.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2784\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/man.jpg\" alt=\"man\" width=\"155\" height=\"109\" /></a><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Foxtel-logo.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2788\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Foxtel-logo-300x58.png\" alt=\"Foxtel logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" /></a><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/COX.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2477\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/COX.jpg\" alt=\"COX\" width=\"266\" height=\"189\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','BALANCE HEALTH GROUP PROGRAM','','inherit','closed','closed','','2766-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:37:30','2015-10-28 22:37:30','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2766-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2790,2,'2015-10-28 22:39:22','2015-10-28 22:39:22','&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">GROUP HEALTH &amp; WELLNESS MENU</span></strong></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Monthly Key-Note Presentations - 6 Presentations</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2759 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/brainnnn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"brainnnn\" width=\"187\" height=\"252\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">All presentations relate to current lifestyle topics.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Presentations are information packed,  conversational, and entertaining.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>1. How Big Food Business changed our Health Status Forever</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Our changing health status through time.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Introduction of Big food business in Australia.</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-1725 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/met-syn.jpg\" alt=\"met syn\" width=\"274\" height=\"162\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding why we eat and why we buy.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The ill-health effect of big food in Australia.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">The main culprit for our ill-health - and it is NOT sugar. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day (Fat) Metabolism booster program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>2. Healthy Gut = Healthy Brain</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">The link between healthy gut biome and optimum <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2580 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/anatomy-160524_640-232x300.png\" alt=\"anatomy-160524_640\" width=\"177\" height=\"229\" /></a>behaviour and performance.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">What constitutes a healthy gut culture?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to avoid.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5  foods to include - and why!</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">7 Day Gut Reboot Program</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>3. Determine YOUR optimum Exercise Intensity.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Why training too hard too soon usually leads to injury or illness.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Ways to determine your ideal exercise intensity.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2588 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/heartss-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"heartss\" width=\"218\" height=\"131\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Learn to self-assess your post exercise hunger, behaviour, tolerance and confidence.  Your answers will lead you to your optimum exercise dose.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Optimal training intensity progression.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Session to determine your best training dose</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>4. Is work pressure leaving your tank dry when you leave the building?</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Understanding the action of key hormones &amp; neurotransmitters.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Key indicators of hormonal imbalance. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2753 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fhfhfh-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"fhfhfh\" width=\"328\" height=\"118\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 key steps towards work/lifestyle balance, while excepting work committments.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">5 Day Stress Management Program - everything from 30 second breathing control timeouts, to appropriate food choices, to de-stressing exercises etc</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>5. Finding your optimal spinal balance.</strong></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2522 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sitting-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"sitting\" width=\"137\" height=\"207\" /></a></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">What is sustainable spinal health - hips, spine &amp; neck.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">5 best exercises towards ideal spinal health.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">14 Day Spinal strength program - Body weight &amp; loaded resistence movements, coupled with appropriate range of movement exercises.\r\n</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>6. 10 foods that influence behaviour most - good &amp; bad.</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence poor behaviour.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2726 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sgcgc-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"sgcgc\" width=\"232\" height=\"165\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Top 5 foods that influence good behaviour most.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">12 must include recipes over the next 14 days.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Your Group \"free\" App</span></strong></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Your own Free App - Team App.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">All monthly program run through your Team App.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2301 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/team-app-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"team app\" width=\"206\" height=\"116\" /></a></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Weekly posts - topical articles. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Q&amp;A Forums - all things Health, Training, Nutrition, Stress Management etc.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Confidental Health Assessments</strong></span></h4>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #993366;\">On-site \"One on One\" comprehensive Health Assessm</span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2770\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-TEST-RESULTS-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"URM TEST RESULTS\" width=\"167\" height=\"179\" /></a></span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">ents.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Comprehensive results sent ONLY to individual.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results offer your result, normative values </span></blockquote>\r\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/URM-STAFF-JADE-WILLIAMS-11.10.15.pdf\">URM STAFF - JADE WILLIAMS 11.10.15</a></strong></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/pampys-post-39-15-why-take-a-snapshot-of-your-health-status/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Why take a snap look at your current health status?</strong></span></a></h4>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/contacts/\">CONTACT BRAD PAMP DIRECT FOR MORE INFORMATION</a></strong> </span></h3>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Recent Corporate Clients</strong></h4>\r\n<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Westpac_square.png\"><img class=\"  wp-image-2785 alignleft\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Westpac_square-300x300.png\" alt=\"Westpac_square\" width=\"169\" height=\"169\" /></a><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/man.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2784\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/man.jpg\" alt=\"man\" width=\"235\" height=\"165\" /></a><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Foxtel-logo.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2788\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Foxtel-logo-300x58.png\" alt=\"Foxtel logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" /></a><a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/COX.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2477\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/COX.jpg\" alt=\"COX\" width=\"266\" height=\"189\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','BALANCE HEALTH GROUP PROGRAM','','inherit','closed','closed','','2766-revision-v1','','','2015-10-28 22:39:22','2015-10-28 22:39:22','',2766,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2766-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2791,2,'2015-11-04 00:32:30','2015-11-04 00:32:30','&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn 1980 the dietary fat revolution and subsequent promotion of; “Don’t eat dietary FAT it will cause cardiovascular disease and will make you fat”, began with a boom. The <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2695 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pa.jpg\" alt=\"pa\" width=\"186\" height=\"139\" /></a>recommended food pyramid was flipped from the original version, (of which was nothing more than just eat food from the ground, on trees, and with eyes), was now promoting more manufactured food choices.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo we bought this message and ate loads of starchy carbohydrates, packaged cereals, and basically anything that was labelled low-fat, low -calorie, fat-free, and supported with the heart foundation tick.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nEarly in this new revolution of food consumption, it was clear that food free of real fat was unpalatable.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo, those responsible for selling food, and making a profit, asked themselves the simple question of, “How do we make food taste good, encouraging consumers to not only buy it, but buy lots of it, whilst keeping the products low or fat free?”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe most obvious answer was to load manufactured products with sugar. And, yes, this definitely helped with both taste, increased buying, and, as stats now confirm, increases in the populations weight gain and metabolic sickness.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBut.......\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMove forward to 2015. Most of us recognize and accept that (refined) sugar has played a huge role in making us both fat and sick. The ever accessible and irrefutable information <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcgcc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2382 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcgcc-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"hcgcc\" width=\"271\" height=\"152\" /></a>with supporting data is seemingly everywhere. Everyday there is yet another article, book, documentary, movie, advertisement, and unbelievably Government campaigns – including clear macronutrient labelling and more recently taxing. All these mediums (of which I have been one) have essentially made sugar the “fall guy”, and the (sugar) industry has suffered globally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">It’s said that food loaded with sugar is both toxic and addictive. And, accordingly, sugar is the culprit for dragging down our countries health status and placing an increasing strain on our health system.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNow, while I agree that sugar certainly contributed to self-sabotage illnesses like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and non-alcoholic liver disease, I’m not certain that sugar, even when refined, is actually addictive – causing us to eat, and then eat more, and thus causing a strain on our entire metabolic system.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nExample;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWe know that soft drinks contain a bucket of sugar. For example the biggest cola brand on the planet contains 10 teaspoons of sugar per 375mls. Now, if I mixed 10 tspns of refined sugar (white or brown) into a glass of water (375mls), do you think you could drink the entire glass? Well, I tested this, and, while a sip was tolerable, 9/10 people (including my kids) declined a second sip. It was not addictive and volume consumption pretty much self-regulated.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI then did the same thing for ice blocks. I simply froze sugar and water and slapped a stick into it. Again, two licks and most were done.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI made Anzac biscuits (sugar, oats, and lots of butter) and had them plated against packaged Tim Tams. Tim Tams won easily for the return visit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAnd again, I gave people the option of eating as much whole fruit (which is loaded with <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/waterrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2797 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/waterrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"waterrrrr\" width=\"233\" height=\"140\" /></a>fructose) - watermelon, peaches, and pineapple as they could stomach versus a bowl of fruit jube confectionary. More collective calories were consumed in confectionary than the whole fruit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">So what’s the go?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn 1965 a “machine” was invented that could extract the precise taste or flavour, colour, and odour of whole foods like an orange, as an example. The process obviously discarding the bulk, including all the goodies like vitamins &amp; minerals, antioxidants, fibre and purpose built toxins. Next we had drinks, sweets, snacks, ice-blocks, vitamin tablets, everything seemingly tasting like an orange. They found they could do this for tomatoes, cheese, vanilla, chicken, beef and even an entire friggin’ pizza.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBasically, you could now make nothing offer the same experience as something else – sort of. Essentially, we were able to trick the brain with manufactured flavouring, colours, odours and of course good old sugar. We then gave some longevity to this “frank-en-food” with trans-fats and preservatives, and bingo, you’ve got some serious repeat sale$.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nA flavoured potato or corn chip is the most classic example. Cracking real taste &amp; smell, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/dor.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2795 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/dor.jpg\" alt=\"dor\" width=\"157\" height=\"117\" /></a>energy dense, zero nutrients and off the charts addictive (for most people).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAdding to our brains culinary confusion is this. Not only can you buy chicken flavoured savoury snacks, but you can now also buy chicken flavoured chicken. Chickens in 1960 took about 12 weeks to fully mature - ready to be served up perhaps adding salt &amp; pepper to your liking. The chickens would eat bugs, grass, spices etc. Now, chickens are in the supermarket in 4 ½ weeks – basically a fully grown baby. And, as it is a baby, the immature meat tastes like cardboard – so – enter flavours yet again. There is an entire isle full of ideas to flavour your chick!!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">So while there was little (real fat) in foods it was littered with sugar + the necessary flavours, odours and colours. Food became extra-ordinarily clean and controlled – free of toxins that will supposedly make us sick.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nTo finish up, real food is loaded with toxins - everything from animal protein to fruit. These toxins are naturally designed to self regulate our consumption. Our volume, food balance, preference, regularity and timing of our fuelling should all be governed by real food <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flavv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2793 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flavv-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"flavv\" width=\"160\" height=\"128\" /></a>nutrients. Our brains should and do respond with: you’re done, you’ve had enough; this is not for you, it will make you sick; this is off, don’t eat anymore; you will feel like moving now; you don’t need any more sugar right now, stop, and go and find some protein of fat etc etc.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nArtificial flavours (not sugar) have tricked our brains and destroyed our most brilliantly engineered regulating system.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNext time you pick up (food) that is packaged, boxed, or bottled, check out the label. While the macronutrient value is clear to see (as in CHO - Sugars, PRO, FAT etc), look a little more closely in super fine print for added flavours. Usually it reads like Bradman’s test innings – 204, 187, 245, 173, 203, 94. This can’t be good!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 41.15 – SUGAR: NOT THE REAL CULPRIT FOR OUR FATNESS & SICKNESS!','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-41-15-sugar-not-the-real-culprit-for-our-fatness-sickness','','','2015-11-04 00:32:30','2015-11-04 00:32:30','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2791',0,'post','',0),(2792,2,'2015-11-04 00:26:12','2015-11-04 00:26:12','','flavvv','','inherit','closed','closed','','flavvv','','','2015-11-04 00:26:12','2015-11-04 00:26:12','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flavvv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2793,2,'2015-11-04 00:26:16','2015-11-04 00:26:16','','flavv','','inherit','closed','closed','','flavv','','','2015-11-04 00:26:16','2015-11-04 00:26:16','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flavv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2794,2,'2015-11-04 00:26:18','2015-11-04 00:26:18','','fla','','inherit','closed','closed','','fla','','','2015-11-04 00:26:18','2015-11-04 00:26:18','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fla.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2795,2,'2015-11-04 00:26:20','2015-11-04 00:26:20','','dor','','inherit','closed','closed','','dor','','','2015-11-04 00:26:20','2015-11-04 00:26:20','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/dor.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2796,2,'2015-11-04 00:26:43','2015-11-04 00:26:43','','2372030-3x2-340x227','','inherit','closed','closed','','2372030-3x2-340x227','','','2015-11-04 00:26:43','2015-11-04 00:26:43','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2372030-3x2-340x227.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2797,2,'2015-11-04 00:30:37','2015-11-04 00:30:37','','waterrrrr','','inherit','closed','closed','','waterrrrr','','','2015-11-04 00:30:37','2015-11-04 00:30:37','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/waterrrrr.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2798,2,'2015-11-04 00:32:30','2015-11-04 00:32:30','&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn 1980 the dietary fat revolution and subsequent promotion of; “Don’t eat dietary FAT it will cause cardiovascular disease and will make you fat”, began with a boom. The <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2695 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pa.jpg\" alt=\"pa\" width=\"186\" height=\"139\" /></a>recommended food pyramid was flipped from the original version, (of which was nothing more than just eat food from the ground, on trees, and with eyes), was now promoting more manufactured food choices.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo we bought this message and ate loads of starchy carbohydrates, packaged cereals, and basically anything that was labelled low-fat, low -calorie, fat-free, and supported with the heart foundation tick.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nEarly in this new revolution of food consumption, it was clear that food free of real fat was unpalatable.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nSo, those responsible for selling food, and making a profit, asked themselves the simple question of, “How do we make food taste good, encouraging consumers to not only buy it, but buy lots of it, whilst keeping the products low or fat free?”\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThe most obvious answer was to load manufactured products with sugar. And, yes, this definitely helped with both taste, increased buying, and, as stats now confirm, increases in the populations weight gain and metabolic sickness.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBut.......\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nMove forward to 2015. Most of us recognize and accept that (refined) sugar has played a huge role in making us both fat and sick. The ever accessible and irrefutable information <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcgcc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2382 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hcgcc-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"hcgcc\" width=\"271\" height=\"152\" /></a>with supporting data is seemingly everywhere. Everyday there is yet another article, book, documentary, movie, advertisement, and unbelievably Government campaigns – including clear macronutrient labelling and more recently taxing. All these mediums (of which I have been one) have essentially made sugar the “fall guy”, and the (sugar) industry has suffered globally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">It’s said that food loaded with sugar is both toxic and addictive. And, accordingly, sugar is the culprit for dragging down our countries health status and placing an increasing strain on our health system.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNow, while I agree that sugar certainly contributed to self-sabotage illnesses like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and non-alcoholic liver disease, I’m not certain that sugar, even when refined, is actually addictive – causing us to eat, and then eat more, and thus causing a strain on our entire metabolic system.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nExample;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWe know that soft drinks contain a bucket of sugar. For example the biggest cola brand on the planet contains 10 teaspoons of sugar per 375mls. Now, if I mixed 10 tspns of refined sugar (white or brown) into a glass of water (375mls), do you think you could drink the entire glass? Well, I tested this, and, while a sip was tolerable, 9/10 people (including my kids) declined a second sip. It was not addictive and volume consumption pretty much self-regulated.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI then did the same thing for ice blocks. I simply froze sugar and water and slapped a stick into it. Again, two licks and most were done.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI made Anzac biscuits (sugar, oats, and lots of butter) and had them plated against packaged Tim Tams. Tim Tams won easily for the return visit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAnd again, I gave people the option of eating as much whole fruit (which is loaded with <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/waterrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2797 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/waterrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"waterrrrr\" width=\"233\" height=\"140\" /></a>fructose) - watermelon, peaches, and pineapple as they could stomach versus a bowl of fruit jube confectionary. More collective calories were consumed in confectionary than the whole fruit.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">So what’s the go?</span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nIn 1965 a “machine” was invented that could extract the precise taste or flavour, colour, and odour of whole foods like an orange, as an example. The process obviously discarding the bulk, including all the goodies like vitamins &amp; minerals, antioxidants, fibre and purpose built toxins. Next we had drinks, sweets, snacks, ice-blocks, vitamin tablets, everything seemingly tasting like an orange. They found they could do this for tomatoes, cheese, vanilla, chicken, beef and even an entire friggin’ pizza.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBasically, you could now make nothing offer the same experience as something else – sort of. Essentially, we were able to trick the brain with manufactured flavouring, colours, odours and of course good old sugar. We then gave some longevity to this “frank-en-food” with trans-fats and preservatives, and bingo, you’ve got some serious repeat sale$.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nA flavoured potato or corn chip is the most classic example. Cracking real taste &amp; smell, <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/dor.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2795 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/dor.jpg\" alt=\"dor\" width=\"157\" height=\"117\" /></a>energy dense, zero nutrients and off the charts addictive (for most people).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAdding to our brains culinary confusion is this. Not only can you buy chicken flavoured savoury snacks, but you can now also buy chicken flavoured chicken. Chickens in 1960 took about 12 weeks to fully mature - ready to be served up perhaps adding salt &amp; pepper to your liking. The chickens would eat bugs, grass, spices etc. Now, chickens are in the supermarket in 4 ½ weeks – basically a fully grown baby. And, as it is a baby, the immature meat tastes like cardboard – so – enter flavours yet again. There is an entire isle full of ideas to flavour your chick!!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">So while there was little (real fat) in foods it was littered with sugar + the necessary flavours, odours and colours. Food became extra-ordinarily clean and controlled – free of toxins that will supposedly make us sick.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nTo finish up, real food is loaded with toxins - everything from animal protein to fruit. These toxins are naturally designed to self regulate our consumption. Our volume, food balance, preference, regularity and timing of our fuelling should all be governed by real food <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flavv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2793 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/flavv-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"flavv\" width=\"160\" height=\"128\" /></a>nutrients. Our brains should and do respond with: you’re done, you’ve had enough; this is not for you, it will make you sick; this is off, don’t eat anymore; you will feel like moving now; you don’t need any more sugar right now, stop, and go and find some protein of fat etc etc.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nArtificial flavours (not sugar) have tricked our brains and destroyed our most brilliantly engineered regulating system.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNext time you pick up (food) that is packaged, boxed, or bottled, check out the label. While the macronutrient value is clear to see (as in CHO - Sugars, PRO, FAT etc), look a little more closely in super fine print for added flavours. Usually it reads like Bradman’s test innings – 204, 187, 245, 173, 203, 94. This can’t be good!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 41.15 – SUGAR: NOT THE REAL CULPRIT FOR OUR FATNESS & SICKNESS!','','inherit','closed','closed','','2791-revision-v1','','','2015-11-04 00:32:30','2015-11-04 00:32:30','',2791,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2791-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2800,2,'2015-11-09 00:47:46','2015-11-09 00:47:46','Should you consider a portion of your running/ walking week using a treadmill?<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2802 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ronnn\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs running on a more forgiving and uniform surface better for your joints?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs a treadmill’s moving surface cheating? As in helping you lift and flick your supporting base of support.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">While I personally find it difficult to spend any great of time indoors on a treadmill, viewing the latest Kenyan Olympic Team training program, they now spend up to 50% of their total training time, which is mega minutes, using treadmills. So, who am I to ignore the Masters.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere’s a quick list of Pro’s &amp; Con’s for you to make your own mind up. Because, hey, there are simply times when hitting the tready for a short sharp workout is just plain old lifestyle friendly.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Treadmill Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• No weather, temperature, or terrain issues.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2801 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"tttbt\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n• Can stop anytime you need or want – this might be a bad thing!....actually, it is.\r\n• Can workout while watching TV.\r\n• Smooth, cushioned surface is usually easier on joints – particularly, if you’re just returning to mileage, you’re a little heavier than you’d like, you’re mashing out track like speed work, and, or your current technique is a little inefficient – where even mirror can assist.\r\n• No concerns about personal safety – a positive certainly for females.\r\n• Measurable and controlled (instant) feedback.\r\n• Dictates a given (top end) intensity. As in, when holding say 20+kph.\r\n• (Clean) Water is close at hand.\r\n• You can run next to a training partner at your relative intensity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Outdoor Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• You can run anywhere.\r\n• Can be used for transit – call it incidental training.\r\n• You get to enjoy the scenery, fresh air (sort of), experience changing seasons, and simply enjoy nature – the way it was meant to be.\r\n• Time is usually perceived to be faster (than treadmill miles).<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2803 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\" alt=\"gngngghn\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>\r\n• It\'s likely more motivating.\r\n• Most people report a greater feeling of accomplishment running outside.\r\n• You can take new routes and see something new every day.\r\n• Your balance is naturally challenged and developed with changing terrains.\r\n• You’re recruiting more functional systems in coordinating your stride – as in, there is slightly less hamstring engagement using treadmills.\r\n• Less shin muscle group stabilising on impact. There is a short braking moment on support when using treadmills – occasionally this can lead to a “lactic burn” feeling in the lateral shin muscles.\r\n• Output is absolute given wind resistance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>NOTE</strong> - A 1% treadmill grade most accurately reflects the energetic cost of outdoor running. Journal of Sports Science, 1996 Aug;14(4):321-7. To pop your tready up to 1 – 1.5% gradient.</span></blockquote>\r\nI certainly believe mixing it up is the way to go. Certainly if you are forced into forever <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2805 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\" alt=\"nhth\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" /></a>running on concrete or bitumen, I’d recommend the odd complimentary session on the rubber.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>QUICK STORY</strong> </span>- I was once informed of a leading (endurance) coach prescribing a mind numbing session of 40kms @ 95% of race effort on a treadmill with zero variation in speed and gradient. All this while gazing into a white wall some 2 metres away. Zero visual stimulation, more so dissociation, and zero audio – yep, no tunes. The athlete completed the solitude session and went onto to win the World Championship. Hmm, reckon I’ll settle for second.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 42-15 – WHAT’S BETTER, RUNNING ON TREADMILLS OR MIXED OUTDOOR SURFACES?','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-42-15-whats-better-running-on-treadmills-or-mixed-outdoor-surfaces','','','2015-11-09 00:49:15','2015-11-09 00:49:15','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2800',0,'post','',0),(2801,2,'2015-11-09 00:43:25','2015-11-09 00:43:25','','tttbt','','inherit','closed','closed','','tttbt','','','2015-11-09 00:43:25','2015-11-09 00:43:25','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2802,2,'2015-11-09 00:43:38','2015-11-09 00:43:38','','ronnn','','inherit','closed','closed','','ronnn','','','2015-11-09 00:43:38','2015-11-09 00:43:38','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2803,2,'2015-11-09 00:43:42','2015-11-09 00:43:42','','gngngghn','','inherit','closed','closed','','gngngghn','','','2015-11-09 00:43:42','2015-11-09 00:43:42','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2804,2,'2015-11-09 00:43:43','2015-11-09 00:43:43','','refefe','','inherit','closed','closed','','refefe','','','2015-11-09 00:43:43','2015-11-09 00:43:43','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/refefe.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2805,2,'2015-11-09 00:46:06','2015-11-09 00:46:06','','nhth','','inherit','closed','closed','','nhth','','','2015-11-09 00:46:06','2015-11-09 00:46:06','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2806,2,'2015-11-09 00:46:13','2015-11-09 00:46:13','','thththt','','inherit','closed','closed','','thththt','','','2015-11-09 00:46:13','2015-11-09 00:46:13','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/thththt.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2808,2,'2015-11-09 00:48:36','2015-11-09 00:48:36','Should you consider a portion of your running/ walking week using a treadmill?<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2802 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ronnn\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs running on a more forgiving and uniform surface better for your joints?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs a treadmill’s moving surface cheating? As in helping you lift and flick your supporting base of support.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">While I personally find it difficult to spend any great of time indoors on a treadmill, viewing the latest Kenyan Olympic Team training program, they now spend up to 50% of their total training time, which is mega minutes, using treadmills. So, who am I to ignore the Masters.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere’s a quick list of Pro’s &amp; Con’s for you to make your own mind up. Because, hey, there are simply times when hitting the tready for a short sharp workout is just plain old lifestyle friendly.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Treadmill Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• No weather, temperature, or terrain issues.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2801 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"tttbt\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n• Can stop anytime you need or want – this might be a bad thing!....actually, it is.\r\n• Can workout while watching TV.\r\n• Smooth, cushioned surface is usually easier on joints – particularly, if you’re just returning to mileage, you’re a little heavier than you’d like, you’re mashing out track like speed work, and, or your current technique is a little inefficient – where even mirror can assist.\r\n• No concerns about personal safety – a positive certainly for females.\r\n• Measurable and controlled (instant) feedback.\r\n• Dictates a given (top end) intensity. As in, when holding say 20+kph.\r\n• (Clean) Water is close at hand.\r\n• You can run next to a training partner at your relative intensity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Outdoor Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• You can run anywhere.\r\n• Can be used for transit – call it incidental training.\r\n• You get to enjoy the scenery, fresh air (sort of), experience changing seasons, and simply enjoy nature – the way it was meant to be.\r\n• Time is usually perceived to be faster (than treadmill miles).<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2803 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\" alt=\"gngngghn\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>\r\n• It\'s likely more motivating.\r\n• Most people report a greater feeling of accomplishment running outside.\r\n• You can take new routes and see something new every day.\r\n• Your balance is naturally challenged and developed with changing terrains.\r\n• You’re recruiting more functional systems in coordinating your stride – as in, there is slightly less hamstring engagement using treadmills.\r\n• Less shin muscle group stabilising on impact. There is a short braking moment on support when using treadmills – occasionally this can lead to a “lactic burn” feeling in the lateral shin muscles.\r\n• Output is absolute given wind resistance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>NOTE</strong> - A 1% treadmill grade most accurately reflects the energetic cost of outdoor running. Journal of Sports Science, 1996 Aug;14(4):321-7. To pop your tready up to 1 – 1.5% gradient.</span></blockquote>\r\nI certainly believe mixing it up is the way to go. Certainly if you are forced into forever <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2805 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\" alt=\"nhth\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" /></a>running on concrete or bitumen, I’d recommend the odd complimentary session on the rubber.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>QUICK STORY</strong> </span>- I was once informed of a leading (endurance) coach prescribing a mind numbing session of 40kms @ 95% of race effort on a treadmill with zero variation in speed and gradient. All this while gazing into a white wall some 2 metres away. Zero visual stimulation, more so dissociation, and zero audio – yep, no tunes. The athlete completed the solitude session and went onto to win the World Championship. Hmm, reckon I’ll settle for second.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 42-15 – WHAT’S BETTER, RUNNING ON TREADMILLS OR MIXED OUTDOOR SURFACES?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2800-revision-v1','','','2015-11-09 00:48:36','2015-11-09 00:48:36','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2800-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2807,2,'2015-11-09 00:47:46','2015-11-09 00:47:46','Should you consider a portion of your running/ walking week using a treadmill?<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2802 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ronnn\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs running on a more forgiving and uniform surface better for your joints?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs a treadmill’s moving surface cheating? As in helping you lift and flick your supporting base of support.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">While I personally find it difficult to spend any great of time indoors on a treadmill, viewing the latest Kenyan Olympic Team training program, they now spend up to 50% of their total training time, which is mega minutes, using treadmills. So, who am I to ignore the Masters.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere’s a quick list of Pro’s &amp; Con’s for you to make your own mind up. Because, hey, there are simply times when hitting the tready for a short sharp workout is just plain old lifestyle friendly.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Treadmill Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• No weather, temperature, or terrain issues.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2801 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"tttbt\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n• Can stop anytime you need or want – this might be a bad thing!....actually, it is.\r\n• Can workout while watching TV.\r\n• Smooth, cushioned surface is usually easier on joints – particularly, if you’re just returning to mileage, you’re a little heavier than you’d like, you’re mashing out track like speed work, and, or your current technique is a little inefficient – where even mirror can assist.\r\n• No concerns about personal safety – a positive certainly for females.\r\n• Measurable and controlled (instant) feedback.\r\n• Dictates a given (top end) intensity. As in, when holding say 20+kph. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/refefe.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2804 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/refefe.jpg\" alt=\"refefe\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" /></a>\r\n• (Clean) Water is close at hand.\r\n• You can run next to a training partner at your relative intensity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Outdoor Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• You can run anywhere.\r\n• Can be used for transit – call it incidental training.\r\n• You get to enjoy the scenery, fresh air (sort of), experience changing seasons, and simply enjoy nature – the way it was meant to be.\r\n• Time is usually perceived to be faster (than treadmill miles).<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2803 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\" alt=\"gngngghn\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>\r\n• It\'s likely more motivating.\r\n• Most people report a greater feeling of accomplishment running outside.\r\n• You can take new routes and see something new every day.\r\n• Your balance is naturally challenged and developed with changing terrains.\r\n• You’re recruiting more functional systems in coordinating your stride – as in, there is slightly less hamstring engagement using treadmills.\r\n• Less shin muscle group stabilising on impact. There is a short braking moment on support when using treadmills – occasionally this can lead to a “lactic burn” feeling in the lateral shin muscles.\r\n• Output is absolute given wind resistance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>NOTE</strong> - A 1% treadmill grade most accurately reflects the energetic cost of outdoor running. Journal of Sports Science, 1996 Aug;14(4):321-7. To pop your tready up to 1 – 1.5% gradient.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI certainly believe mixing it up is the way to go. Certainly if you are forced into forever <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2805 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\" alt=\"nhth\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" /></a>running on concrete or bitumen, I’d recommend the odd complimentary session on the rubber.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>QUICK STORY</strong> </span>- I was once informed of a leading (endurance) coach prescribing a mind numbing session of 40kms @ 95% of race effort on a treadmill with zero variation in speed and gradient. All this while gazing into a white wall some 2 metres away. Zero visual stimulation, more so dissociation, and zero audio – yep, no tunes. The athlete completed the solitude session and went onto to win the World Championship. Hmm, reckon I’ll settle for second.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 42-15 – WHAT’S BETTER, RUNNING ON TREADMILLS OR MIXED OUTDOOR SURFACES?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2800-revision-v1','','','2015-11-09 00:47:46','2015-11-09 00:47:46','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2800-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2809,2,'2015-11-09 00:49:15','2015-11-09 00:49:15','Should you consider a portion of your running/ walking week using a treadmill?<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2802 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ronnn-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"ronnn\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs running on a more forgiving and uniform surface better for your joints?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs a treadmill’s moving surface cheating? As in helping you lift and flick your supporting base of support.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">While I personally find it difficult to spend any great of time indoors on a treadmill, viewing the latest Kenyan Olympic Team training program, they now spend up to 50% of their total training time, which is mega minutes, using treadmills. So, who am I to ignore the Masters.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere’s a quick list of Pro’s &amp; Con’s for you to make your own mind up. Because, hey, there are simply times when hitting the tready for a short sharp workout is just plain old lifestyle friendly.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Treadmill Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• No weather, temperature, or terrain issues.<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2801 size-medium\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tttbt-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"tttbt\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n• Can stop anytime you need or want – this might be a bad thing!....actually, it is.\r\n• Can workout while watching TV.\r\n• Smooth, cushioned surface is usually easier on joints – particularly, if you’re just returning to mileage, you’re a little heavier than you’d like, you’re mashing out track like speed work, and, or your current technique is a little inefficient – where even mirror can assist.\r\n• No concerns about personal safety – a positive certainly for females.\r\n• Measurable and controlled (instant) feedback.\r\n• Dictates a given (top end) intensity. As in, when holding say 20+kph.\r\n• (Clean) Water is close at hand.\r\n• You can run next to a training partner at your relative intensity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Outdoor Running Pros:</strong></span>\r\n• You can run anywhere.\r\n• Can be used for transit – call it incidental training.\r\n• You get to enjoy the scenery, fresh air (sort of), experience changing seasons, and simply enjoy nature – the way it was meant to be.\r\n• Time is usually perceived to be faster (than treadmill miles).<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2803 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gngngghn.jpg\" alt=\"gngngghn\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>\r\n• It\'s likely more motivating.\r\n• Most people report a greater feeling of accomplishment running outside.\r\n• You can take new routes and see something new every day.\r\n• Your balance is naturally challenged and developed with changing terrains.\r\n• You’re recruiting more functional systems in coordinating your stride – as in, there is slightly less hamstring engagement using treadmills.\r\n• Less shin muscle group stabilising on impact. There is a short braking moment on support when using treadmills – occasionally this can lead to a “lactic burn” feeling in the lateral shin muscles.\r\n• Output is absolute given wind resistance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>NOTE</strong> - A 1% treadmill grade most accurately reflects the energetic cost of outdoor running. Journal of Sports Science, 1996 Aug;14(4):321-7. To pop your tready up to 1 – 1.5% gradient.</span></blockquote>\r\nI certainly believe mixing it up is the way to go. Certainly if you are forced into forever <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2805 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/nhth.jpg\" alt=\"nhth\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" /></a>running on concrete or bitumen, I’d recommend the odd complimentary session on the rubber.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>QUICK STORY</strong> </span>- I was once informed of a leading (endurance) coach prescribing a mind numbing session of 40kms @ 95% of race effort on a treadmill with zero variation in speed and gradient. All this while gazing into a white wall some 2 metres away. Zero visual stimulation, more so dissociation, and zero audio – yep, no tunes. The athlete completed the solitude session and went onto to win the World Championship. Hmm, reckon I’ll settle for second.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 42-15 – WHAT’S BETTER, RUNNING ON TREADMILLS OR MIXED OUTDOOR SURFACES?','','inherit','closed','closed','','2800-revision-v1','','','2015-11-09 00:49:15','2015-11-09 00:49:15','',2800,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2800-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2810,2,'2015-11-15 23:18:47','2015-11-15 23:18:47','Good Morning (runners),\r\nI’m often asked, usually by A-type analytical high achievers, what, exactly, will be their finishing marathon time given their; talent, training commitment, lactate threshold, the course, the weather, their nutrition breakdown to the gram, and the music they intend to <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2812 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"rrrrrr\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>use on race day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">It is easy enough to answer. Buggered if!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWell, that’s not quite right. Practicing repeat sets over a set distance can certainly give you a reasonably close estimate of one’s race day performance. Certainly it provides the athlete with belief they can continue to hold a given pace, hopefully, limiting race day perceived doubts.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOf course race day performance is not only a test of one’s physical attributes, but perhaps more importantly, is one’s talent to dissociate from negative, and performance limiting perceived thoughts.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">However, a time honoured marathon predictor known as <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s 800’s</strong></span> has been well utilised, assessed, and supported by distinguished running coaches for over a couple of decades.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYasso 800’s supposedly predicts one’s marathon finishing time from a session of 10 x 800 <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2813 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\" alt=\"run picc\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" /></a>metres with equal time rest between each 800.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNow, while it is largely coincidence that this set connects with the demands of an actual 42.2km marathon, it is still probably worth a crack. Founder of the method, Bart Yasso, doesn’t support his claim of predicting one’s marathon time with significant physiological data. He simply suggests his method, tested with over 500 athletes (all varying in talent &amp; running interests), is a predictor that doesn’t leave the athlete negatively fatigued – like a 42.2km time trial would. And, he claims his method challenges and mimics both the physical demands (muscle recruitment, strength, neural coordination [holding – good – form], and the mental and emotional demands of running 42 clicks (I guess he’s referring to your ability to not give up!).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHe has based his methods on trial and error, not Correlation vs. Causation. And, as a bad arse runner himself, the results suggest he gets it damn close. Don’t however bother questioning him on VO2 max, blood lactate, stride length, breathing rates, impact cost etc etc. He doesn’t give sh^t. His results speak for themselves.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThere are many more educated running coaches who claim Yasso’s method is well and truly flawed. Most say the suggested the method asks for an intensity which is too high relative to marathon running. I tend to agree. If you’re running a marathon over the time of 2.30 (which is most people on the planet), I believe muscle recruitment (strength) is of greater priority than top end heart &amp; lung efficiency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAnyway, client John Williamson – no, not “True Blue” John Williamson – but 36 yr old 3.15 marathon finisher from Bondi John Williamson, is willing to give it a crack.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s method</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">*You’ll need to perform this session 4-5 times over 3 weeks.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*10 x 800m flat straight track at max effort, knowing you have to run 10 repeats in the set. So don’t catch yourself blowing out deluxe in your last 3 reps for example. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*A complete stop rest is required for the time it takes to complete your rep – eg say you ran your 800 in 3.10, then give yourself exactly 3.10 rest. Then rip it our again/ and so on........</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Your goal is to complete all 10 x 800’s in roughly the same maxed effort time. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Let’s say you ran all of them between, in your 4 or 5th session, 3.08 – 3.13,</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Yasso would then predict your finishing marathon time would be pretty damn close to 3.10-11 – on a benign (flattish) course. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results:</span> </strong>JW’s best Yasso set (his 5th Yasso session) was 10 x 800’s in 3.14 (average time but with only a 4 second margin). </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">He just ran the New York Marathon in 3.19. So not too bad- but not great. He lost time <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2811 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\" alt=\"ffefdfdd\" width=\"186\" height=\"156\" /></a>over the final 10kms, and I’m told a 7km head wind section slowed his pace. #hatewind</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, maybe give it a crack just for a bit of fun. Hey, it’s a damn solid workout in any instance. </span>\r\nPersonally, I tend to favour longer intervals, and greater volume of miles on feet. Eg; I’ve found, a set like 8 x 4km repeats on a flattish deck, tests both aerobic capacity, a tick over aerobic threshold (as in race day hurt pace), and strength endurance (relative to form maintenance).\r\nThx JW\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 43.15 – CAN 800’S PREDICT YOUR MARATHON TIME? (Case study included)','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-43-15-can-800s-predict-your-marathon-time-case-study-included','','','2015-11-15 23:21:36','2015-11-15 23:21:36','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2810',0,'post','',0),(2811,2,'2015-11-15 23:15:17','2015-11-15 23:15:17','','ffefdfdd','','inherit','closed','closed','','ffefdfdd','','','2015-11-15 23:15:17','2015-11-15 23:15:17','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2812,2,'2015-11-15 23:15:21','2015-11-15 23:15:21','','rrrrrr','','inherit','closed','closed','','rrrrrr','','','2015-11-15 23:15:21','2015-11-15 23:15:21','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2813,2,'2015-11-15 23:15:25','2015-11-15 23:15:25','','run picc','','inherit','closed','closed','','run-picc','','','2015-11-15 23:15:25','2015-11-15 23:15:25','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2814,2,'2015-11-15 23:18:47','2015-11-15 23:18:47','Good Morning (runners),\r\nI’m often asked, usually by A-type analytical high achievers, what, exactly, will be their finishing marathon time given their; talent, training commitment, lactate threshold, the course, the weather, their nutrition breakdown to the gram, and the music they intend to <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2812 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"rrrrrr\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>use on race day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">It is easy enough to answer. Buggered if!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\nWell, that’s not quite right. Practicing repeat sets over a set distance can certainly give you a reasonably close estimate of one’s race day performance. Certainly it provides the athlete with belief they can continue to hold a given pace, hopefully, limiting race day perceived doubts.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOf course race day performance is not only a test of one’s physical attributes, but perhaps more importantly, is one’s talent to dissociate from negative, and performance limiting perceived thoughts.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">However, a time honoured marathon predictor known as <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s 800’s</strong></span> has been well utilised, assessed, and supported by distinguished running coaches for over a couple of decades.</span></blockquote>\r\nYasso 800’s supposedly predicts one’s marathon finishing time from a session of 10 x 800 <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2813 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\" alt=\"run picc\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" /></a>metres with equal time rest between each 800.\r\nNow, while it is largely coincidence that this set connects with the demands of an actual 42.2km marathon, it is still probably worth a crack. Founder of the method, Bart Yasso, doesn’t support his claim of predicting one’s marathon time with significant physiological data. He simply suggests his method, tested with over 500 athletes (all varying in talent &amp; running interests), is a predictor that doesn’t leave the athlete negatively fatigued – like a 42.2km time trial would. And, he claims his method challenges and mimics both the physical demands (muscle recruitment, strength, neural coordination [holding – good – form], and the mental and emotional demands of running 42 clicks (I guess he’s referring to your ability to not give up!).\r\nHe has based his methods on trial and error, not Correlation vs. Causation. And, as a bad arse runner himself, the results suggest he gets it damn close. Don’t however bother questioning him on VO2 max, blood lactate, stride length, breathing rates, impact cost etc etc. He doesn’t give sh^t. His results speak for themselves.\r\nThere are many more educated running coaches who claim Yasso’s method is well and truly flawed. Most say the suggested the method asks for an intensity which is too high relative to marathon running. I tend to agree. If you’re running a marathon over the time of 2.30 (which is most people on the planet), I believe muscle recruitment (strength) is of greater priority than top end heart &amp; lung efficiency.\r\nAnyway, client John Williamson – no, not “True Blue” John Williamson – but 36 yr old 3.15 marathon finisher from Bondi John Williamson, is willing to give it a crack.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s method</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*You’ll need to perform this session 4-5 times over 3 weeks.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*10 x 800m flat straight track at max effort, knowing you have to run 10 repeats in the set. So don’t catch yourself blowing out deluxe in your last 3 reps for example. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*A complete stop rest is required for the time it takes to complete your rep – eg say you ran your 800 in 3.10, then give yourself exactly 3.10 rest. Then rip it our again/ and so on........</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Your goal is to complete all 10 x 800’s in roughly the same maxed effort time. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Let’s say you ran all of them between, in your 4 or 5th session, 3.08 – 3.13,</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Yasso would then predict your finishing marathon time would be pretty damn close to 3.10-11 – on a benign (flattish) course. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results:</span> </strong>JW’s best Yasso set (his 5th Yasso session) was 10 x 800’s in 3.14 (average time but with only a 4 second margin). </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">He just ran the New York Marathon in 3.19. So not too bad- but not great. He lost time <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2811 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\" alt=\"ffefdfdd\" width=\"186\" height=\"156\" /></a>over the final 10kms, and I’m told a 7km head wind section slowed his pace. #hatewind</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, maybe give it a crack just for a bit of fun. Hey, it’s a damn solid workout in any instance. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nPersonally, I tend to favour longer intervals, and greater volume of miles on feet. Eg; I’ve found, a set like 8 x 4km repeats on a flattish deck, tests both aerobic capacity, a tick over aerobic threshold (as in race day hurt pace), and strength endurance (relative to form maintenance).\r\nThx JW\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 43.15 – CAN 800’S PREDICT YOUR MARATHON TIME? (Case study included)','','inherit','closed','closed','','2810-revision-v1','','','2015-11-15 23:18:47','2015-11-15 23:18:47','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2810-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2816,2,'2015-11-15 23:20:43','2015-11-15 23:20:43','Good Morning (runners),\r\nI’m often asked, usually by A-type analytical high achievers, what, exactly, will be their finishing marathon time given their; talent, training commitment, lactate threshold, the course, the weather, their nutrition breakdown to the gram, and the music they intend to <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2812 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"rrrrrr\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>use on race day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">It is easy enough to answer. Buggered if!</span></blockquote>\r\nWell, that’s not quite right. Practicing repeat sets over a set distance can certainly give you a reasonably close estimate of one’s race day performance. Certainly it provides the athlete with belief they can continue to hold a given pace, hopefully, limiting race day perceived doubts.\r\nOf course race day performance is not only a test of one’s physical attributes, but perhaps more importantly, is one’s talent to dissociate from negative, and performance limiting perceived thoughts.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">However, a time honoured marathon predictor known as <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s 800’s</strong></span> has been well utilised, assessed, and supported by distinguished running coaches for over a couple of decades.</span></blockquote>\r\nYasso 800’s supposedly predicts one’s marathon finishing time from a session of 10 x 800 <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2813 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\" alt=\"run picc\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" /></a>metres with equal time rest between each 800.\r\nNow, while it is largely coincidence that this set connects with the demands of an actual 42.2km marathon, it is still probably worth a crack. Founder of the method, Bart Yasso, doesn’t support his claim of predicting one’s marathon time with significant physiological data. He simply suggests his method, tested with over 500 athletes (all varying in talent &amp; running interests), is a predictor that doesn’t leave the athlete negatively fatigued – like a 42.2km time trial would. And, he claims his method challenges and mimics both the physical demands (muscle recruitment, strength, neural coordination [holding – good – form], and the mental and emotional demands of running 42 clicks (I guess he’s referring to your ability to not give up!).\r\nHe has based his methods on trial and error, not Correlation vs. Causation. And, as a bad arse runner himself, the results suggest he gets it damn close. Don’t however bother questioning him on VO2 max, blood lactate, stride length, breathing rates, impact cost etc etc. He doesn’t give sh^t. His results speak for themselves.\r\nThere are many more educated running coaches who claim Yasso’s method is well and truly flawed. Most say the suggested the method asks for an intensity which is too high relative to marathon running. I tend to agree. If you’re running a marathon over the time of 2.30 (which is most people on the planet), I believe muscle recruitment (strength) is of greater priority than top end heart &amp; lung efficiency.\r\nAnyway, client John Williamson – no, not “True Blue” John Williamson – but 36 yr old 3.15 marathon finisher from Bondi John Williamson, is willing to give it a crack.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s method</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">*You’ll need to perform this session 4-5 times over 3 weeks.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*10 x 800m flat straight track at max effort, knowing you have to run 10 repeats in the set. So don’t catch yourself blowing out deluxe in your last 3 reps for example. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*A complete stop rest is required for the time it takes to complete your rep – eg say you ran your 800 in 3.10, then give yourself exactly 3.10 rest. Then rip it our again/ and so on........</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Your goal is to complete all 10 x 800’s in roughly the same maxed effort time. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Let’s say you ran all of them between, in your 4 or 5th session, 3.08 – 3.13,</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Yasso would then predict your finishing marathon time would be pretty damn close to 3.10-11 – on a benign (flattish) course. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results:</span> </strong>JW’s best Yasso set (his 5th Yasso session) was 10 x 800’s in 3.14 (average time but with only a 4 second margin). </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">He just ran the New York Marathon in 3.19. So not too bad- but not great. He lost time <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2811 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\" alt=\"ffefdfdd\" width=\"186\" height=\"156\" /></a>over the final 10kms, and I’m told a 7km head wind section slowed his pace. #hatewind</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, maybe give it a crack just for a bit of fun. Hey, it’s a damn solid workout in any instance. </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nPersonally, I tend to favour longer intervals, and greater volume of miles on feet. Eg; I’ve found, a set like 8 x 4km repeats on a flattish deck, tests both aerobic capacity, a tick over aerobic threshold (as in race day hurt pace), and strength endurance (relative to form maintenance).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThx JW\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 43.15 – CAN 800’S PREDICT YOUR MARATHON TIME? (Case study included)','','inherit','closed','closed','','2810-revision-v1','','','2015-11-15 23:20:43','2015-11-15 23:20:43','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2810-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2815,2,'2015-11-15 23:19:52','2015-11-15 23:19:52','Good Morning (runners),\r\nI’m often asked, usually by A-type analytical high achievers, what, exactly, will be their finishing marathon time given their; talent, training commitment, lactate threshold, the course, the weather, their nutrition breakdown to the gram, and the music they intend to <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2812 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"rrrrrr\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>use on race day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">It is easy enough to answer. Buggered if!</span></blockquote>\r\nWell, that’s not quite right. Practicing repeat sets over a set distance can certainly give you a reasonably close estimate of one’s race day performance. Certainly it provides the athlete with belief they can continue to hold a given pace, hopefully, limiting race day perceived doubts.\r\nOf course race day performance is not only a test of one’s physical attributes, but perhaps more importantly, is one’s talent to dissociate from negative, and performance limiting perceived thoughts.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">However, a time honoured marathon predictor known as <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s 800’s</strong></span> has been well utilised, assessed, and supported by distinguished running coaches for over a couple of decades.</span></blockquote>\r\nYasso 800’s supposedly predicts one’s marathon finishing time from a session of 10 x 800 <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2813 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\" alt=\"run picc\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" /></a>metres with equal time rest between each 800.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNow, while it is largely coincidence that this set connects with the demands of an actual 42.2km marathon, it is still probably worth a crack. Founder of the method, Bart Yasso, doesn’t support his claim of predicting one’s marathon time with significant physiological data. He simply suggests his method, tested with over 500 athletes (all varying in talent &amp; running interests), is a predictor that doesn’t leave the athlete negatively fatigued – like a 42.2km time trial would. And, he claims his method challenges and mimics both the physical demands (muscle recruitment, strength, neural coordination [holding – good – form], and the mental and emotional demands of running 42 clicks (I guess he’s referring to your ability to not give up!).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHe has based his methods on trial and error, not Correlation vs. Causation. And, as a bad arse runner himself, the results suggest he gets it damn close. Don’t however bother questioning him on VO2 max, blood lactate, stride length, breathing rates, impact cost etc etc. He doesn’t give sh^t. His results speak for themselves.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThere are many more educated running coaches who claim Yasso’s method is well and truly flawed. Most say the suggested the method asks for an intensity which is too high relative to marathon running. I tend to agree. If you’re running a marathon over the time of 2.30 (which is most people on the planet), I believe muscle recruitment (strength) is of greater priority than top end heart &amp; lung efficiency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAnyway, client John Williamson – no, not “True Blue” John Williamson – but 36 yr old 3.15 marathon finisher from Bondi John Williamson, is willing to give it a crack.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s method</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">*You’ll need to perform this session 4-5 times over 3 weeks.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*10 x 800m flat straight track at max effort, knowing you have to run 10 repeats in the set. So don’t catch yourself blowing out deluxe in your last 3 reps for example. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*A complete stop rest is required for the time it takes to complete your rep – eg say you ran your 800 in 3.10, then give yourself exactly 3.10 rest. Then rip it our again/ and so on........</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Your goal is to complete all 10 x 800’s in roughly the same maxed effort time. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Let’s say you ran all of them between, in your 4 or 5th session, 3.08 – 3.13,</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Yasso would then predict your finishing marathon time would be pretty damn close to 3.10-11 – on a benign (flattish) course. </span></blockquote>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results:</span> </strong>JW’s best Yasso set (his 5th Yasso session) was 10 x 800’s in 3.14 (average time but with only a 4 second margin). </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">He just ran the New York Marathon in 3.19. So not too bad- but not great. He lost time <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2811 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\" alt=\"ffefdfdd\" width=\"186\" height=\"156\" /></a>over the final 10kms, and I’m told a 7km head wind section slowed his pace. #hatewind</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, maybe give it a crack just for a bit of fun. Hey, it’s a damn solid workout in any instance. </span>\r\nPersonally, I tend to favour longer intervals, and greater volume of miles on feet. Eg; I’ve found, a set like 8 x 4km repeats on a flattish deck, tests both aerobic capacity, a tick over aerobic threshold (as in race day hurt pace), and strength endurance (relative to form maintenance).\r\nThx JW\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 43.15 – CAN 800’S PREDICT YOUR MARATHON TIME? (Case study included)','','inherit','closed','closed','','2810-revision-v1','','','2015-11-15 23:19:52','2015-11-15 23:19:52','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2810-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2817,2,'2015-11-15 23:21:36','2015-11-15 23:21:36','Good Morning (runners),\r\nI’m often asked, usually by A-type analytical high achievers, what, exactly, will be their finishing marathon time given their; talent, training commitment, lactate threshold, the course, the weather, their nutrition breakdown to the gram, and the music they intend to <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2812 size-full\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/rrrrrr.jpg\" alt=\"rrrrrr\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" /></a>use on race day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">It is easy enough to answer. Buggered if!</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWell, that’s not quite right. Practicing repeat sets over a set distance can certainly give you a reasonably close estimate of one’s race day performance. Certainly it provides the athlete with belief they can continue to hold a given pace, hopefully, limiting race day perceived doubts.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nOf course race day performance is not only a test of one’s physical attributes, but perhaps more importantly, is one’s talent to dissociate from negative, and performance limiting perceived thoughts.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">However, a time honoured marathon predictor known as <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s 800’s</strong></span> has been well utilised, assessed, and supported by distinguished running coaches for over a couple of decades.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYasso 800’s supposedly predicts one’s marathon finishing time from a session of 10 x 800 <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2813 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/run-picc.jpg\" alt=\"run picc\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" /></a>metres with equal time rest between each 800.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nNow, while it is largely coincidence that this set connects with the demands of an actual 42.2km marathon, it is still probably worth a crack. Founder of the method, Bart Yasso, doesn’t support his claim of predicting one’s marathon time with significant physiological data. He simply suggests his method, tested with over 500 athletes (all varying in talent &amp; running interests), is a predictor that doesn’t leave the athlete negatively fatigued – like a 42.2km time trial would. And, he claims his method challenges and mimics both the physical demands (muscle recruitment, strength, neural coordination [holding – good – form], and the mental and emotional demands of running 42 clicks (I guess he’s referring to your ability to not give up!).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nHe has based his methods on trial and error, not Correlation vs. Causation. And, as a bad arse runner himself, the results suggest he gets it damn close. Don’t however bother questioning him on VO2 max, blood lactate, stride length, breathing rates, impact cost etc etc. He doesn’t give sh^t. His results speak for themselves.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nThere are many more educated running coaches who claim Yasso’s method is well and truly flawed. Most say the suggested the method asks for an intensity which is too high relative to marathon running. I tend to agree. If you’re running a marathon over the time of 2.30 (which is most people on the planet), I believe muscle recruitment (strength) is of greater priority than top end heart &amp; lung efficiency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nAnyway, client John Williamson – no, not “True Blue” John Williamson – but 36 yr old 3.15 marathon finisher from Bondi John Williamson, is willing to give it a crack.\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Yasso’s method</strong></span>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">*You’ll need to perform this session 4-5 times over 3 weeks.</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*10 x 800m flat straight track at max effort, knowing you have to run 10 repeats in the set. So don’t catch yourself blowing out deluxe in your last 3 reps for example. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*A complete stop rest is required for the time it takes to complete your rep – eg say you ran your 800 in 3.10, then give yourself exactly 3.10 rest. Then rip it our again/ and so on........</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Your goal is to complete all 10 x 800’s in roughly the same maxed effort time. </span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Let’s say you ran all of them between, in your 4 or 5th session, 3.08 – 3.13,</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Yasso would then predict your finishing marathon time would be pretty damn close to 3.10-11 – on a benign (flattish) course. </span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Results:</span> </strong>JW’s best Yasso set (his 5th Yasso session) was 10 x 800’s in 3.14 (average time but with only a 4 second margin). </span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">He just ran the New York Marathon in 3.19. So not too bad- but not great. He lost time <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2811 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ffefdfdd.jpg\" alt=\"ffefdfdd\" width=\"186\" height=\"156\" /></a>over the final 10kms, and I’m told a 7km head wind section slowed his pace. #hatewind</span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, maybe give it a crack just for a bit of fun. Hey, it’s a damn solid workout in any instance. </span>\r\nPersonally, I tend to favour longer intervals, and greater volume of miles on feet. Eg; I’ve found, a set like 8 x 4km repeats on a flattish deck, tests both aerobic capacity, a tick over aerobic threshold (as in race day hurt pace), and strength endurance (relative to form maintenance).\r\nThx JW\r\nBP','PAMPY’S POST 43.15 – CAN 800’S PREDICT YOUR MARATHON TIME? (Case study included)','','inherit','closed','closed','','2810-revision-v1','','','2015-11-15 23:21:36','2015-11-15 23:21:36','',2810,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2810-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2819,2,'2015-11-30 22:01:31','2015-11-30 22:01:31','On the weekend, on aging legs, I battled my way through the half marathon(21.1kms) section of a triathlon. Being a repeated out an back course you were always around other runners. To pass time and disengage from my own discomfort, I caught myself gawking, almost studying at others. As I was both being passed and passing other runners I copped a good cross section of running styles – and changes in style as fatigue kicked in.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Here’s <span style=\"color: #993366;\">10 points</span> I considered while dragging my ar$e around the course. The 10 most critical features of improving &amp; maintaining total running efficiency.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1. POSTURAL BALANCE</strong></span>\r\nConsider this - if you run like you sit, you’re in trouble from the word go. Sitting = tight hamstrings, dis-engaged bum &amp; tum muscle groups, stretched &amp; unsupported lower back muscles, and a protruding head causing fatigued &amp; strained neck muscles. Running, like all <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fvvv1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2827 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fvvv1-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"fvvv\" width=\"145\" height=\"227\" /></a>efficient human movement, is all about balance. Your goal is to position your head directly above your centre of mass - your hips. As a consequence, you’ll likely load &amp; support your weight with your foot landing under your hips. This point of balance will limit unnecessary muscle strain. It’s like a golf ball on a tee – if placed evenly, the ball is supported without effort. Naturally some people are born with an improved sense of balance, timing, coordination and ultimately running efficiency. Others, like me, have had to find that unique ideal point of balance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2. RELAXING NECK &amp; SHOULDERS</strong></span>\r\nIf you’re shoulders are hunched and stressed, you’ll find it difficult to enjoy running – or anything for that matter. Remind yourself frequently, to breathe easily and drop all tension from your neck and shoulders – allowing your shoulders to drop ever slightly back &amp; down (particularly when under pressure of increased relative speed or volume). Shrugged neck and shoulder muscles send a message to your brain that things are far from OK. Next you’ll be feeling like cr*p and encouraged to slow, stop or give up. Frankie said RELAX!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3. FOOT FALL</strong></span>\r\nPicture your foot mid-stride returning to the surface. Now, release all muscle tension in your returning leg – letting gravity take over. The result, your foot will find it’s way back <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ghghb.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2824\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ghghb-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"ghghb\" width=\"289\" height=\"136\" /></a>to the surface. It will get there – I promise. Just at the last second, drive your foot into the surface, hopefully against a solid base of support/ earth, and allow your natural elastic recoil to engage (think locked and loaded spring). As you move forward over your centre of mass (your hips), your feet muscles (namely: plantar fascia group), Achilles tendon, Achilles/ calf muscle group junction with “spring” into contraction = natural power &amp; drive.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4. RHYTHM &amp; CONSISTENCY</strong></span>\r\nEfficient Running = maintaining balance, limiting braking costs, then quickly and effortlessly unloading your base of support (foot and leg). Then, more importantly, repeat the process, over and over again. It should be McDonald’s-esque – same sh^t every time – minimal changes. Consider counting your strides to 4, or even more simply, use a two count phrase – like Man-ly, Man-ly – this will help your rhythm, and dissociate from race pace discomfort (sometimes!!!!).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>5. SWIFTLY LIFTING SUPPORTING FOOT</strong></span>\r\nOK, let’s say you’re loaded mid-stride – moving forward with gravity – now, DON’T GO PUSHING OR DRIVING OFF (remember your natural elastic recoil will do all the driving you need) [again, we’re talking when running long, not sprinting]. Driving super hard out of your stride will only propel your movement upwards, increasing your vertical oscillation. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvgxxsd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2820\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvgxxsd-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"hvgxxsd\" width=\"255\" height=\"188\" /></a>Your interest is to move forward NOT up. Now remember - what goes up 1) takes longer time to come down, 2) comes down harder, &amp; 3) make cushioning the impact more challenging. Your goal is to minimise the time you spend on the earth. Each stride is only ever transitioning to the next stride – remember it is far easier to maintain your balance the least time you spend on support. Touch -&gt; get off! Consider running with a metronome – start with 88 bpm – left foot contact, and attempt to increase to 90+.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>6. LIMITING OVER-STRIDING</strong></span>\r\nAgain, uncomplicated smooth running is centred around minimising impact costs. Excessive impact cost can be negatively reflected in: ankles, shins, knees, quads, hips &amp; lower back. A significant feature of increasing unnecessary impact costs, is landing and loading weight out ahead of the hips (your centre of mass) – consequently, braking forward momentum – usually with a straight extended knee joint. I suggest, while maintaining improved postural balance, consider landing and loading your weight under your hips.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>NOTE</strong> </span>– I quick comment on what part of the foot you should be landing. I like to explain it this way; if you are employing perfectly balanced posture, allowing yourself to lean forward with gravity from your hips - and not your head, you have engaged your elastic recoil (foot, Achilles, hamstrings, glutes) and, you’ve helped in lifting your support from the deck, the likelihood will be, you’ll land under your hips. Now, if this happens, it will be more than likely you’ll make first engagement through the forefoot (outside 5th metatarsal head). You’ll then likely roll (pronate inwards) naturally using the bones of the feet and hopefully allow the ankle to relax. This will naturally allow the heel to drop down to the surface, at which point you’ll start the lifting process. I don’t believe anyone should be thinking “I must land on my forefoot” – just because some book may have suggested you do so, or gimmicky footwear.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">On the weekend I saw a chap who would have been over 120kg consciously trying to run on his toes. It’s only going to end in tears – or muscle tears. His Achilles &amp; calves where screaming with simply unsustainable contractions. Dial in your posture and the foot thing will take care of itself. For the record – I tend to make first contact through my forefoot not heel.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>7. SOFT KNEES</strong></span>\r\nThe way I see it, there’s no need to be straightening the knee joint at any point in your running stride (well, not until you rev it up to 3.00 minute pace that is – so never for me). <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgccgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2822\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgccgc-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"gcgccgc\" width=\"167\" height=\"210\" /></a>FYI most animals that must run fast to survive, have cocked back hinds (evolution has bred out hind joint extension) – oh, and don’t have heels either. Soften your knees a little, particularly on impact.\r\nFinally &gt; scientists have now proven (big) toe flexibility = running speed, and, only 3% (the naturally talented) can biomechanically press the 4 smaller toes down - while lifting the (hallux) big toe up. OK that was bulls^t, but it was funny from my end!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>8. LIMIT TORSO ROTATION</strong></span>\r\nIf you overstride, the likelihood is, you’ll counter balance by excessively rotating through your torso. You know that ugly twisting motion you’ll often see when someone is exhausted at the back end of a race. Have some stand behind you and check your hips – do they drop from side to side? – if so, you could be unnecessarily overstriding.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">9. THINK HIPS FORWARD</span></strong>\r\nThink of your hips like the hub of a wheel – your centre of mass. You don’t want your hub <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Muybridge_runner.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2826 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Muybridge_runner-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"Muybridge_runner\" width=\"180\" height=\"165\" /></a>moving up and down – just forward. So, lead with those boney protrusions in the front edge of your hips. DON’T lead with your head or chest – well, maybe only in the final stages of a sprint. But, other than that, it’s again back to the golf ball in a tee – balanced posture.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>10. BUILD UP TO SUSTAINABLE SPEED</strong></span>\r\nThink Bolero – start slowly and build to a crescendo – all runs and training blocks should <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pace.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2656 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pace.jpg\" alt=\"pace\" width=\"234\" height=\"175\" /></a>be like this. From my experience most take it out too fast too early. Practice your technique -&gt; build slow easy miles- &gt; slowly increase miles – slowly increase speed -&gt; build in hard intervals – race.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGo for a run!\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY\'S POST 44.15 - 10 QUICK RUNNING TECHNIQUE TIPS (BASED ON WKENDS RUNNING RACE)','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-44-15-10-quick-running-technique-tips-based-on-wkends-running-race','','','2015-11-30 22:01:31','2015-11-30 22:01:31','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2819',0,'post','',0),(2820,2,'2015-11-30 21:55:28','2015-11-30 21:55:28','','hvgxxsd','','inherit','closed','closed','','hvgxxsd','','','2015-11-30 21:55:28','2015-11-30 21:55:28','',2819,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvgxxsd.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2821,2,'2015-11-30 21:55:32','2015-11-30 21:55:32','','fvvv','','inherit','closed','closed','','fvvv','','','2015-11-30 21:55:32','2015-11-30 21:55:32','',2819,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fvvv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2822,2,'2015-11-30 21:55:36','2015-11-30 21:55:36','','gcgccgc','','inherit','closed','closed','','gcgccgc','','','2015-11-30 21:55:36','2015-11-30 21:55:36','',2819,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgccgc.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2823,2,'2015-11-30 21:55:39','2015-11-30 21:55:39','','jjbhbhbvhh','','inherit','closed','closed','','jjbhbhbvhh','','','2015-11-30 21:55:39','2015-11-30 21:55:39','',2819,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/jjbhbhbvhh.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2824,2,'2015-11-30 21:55:45','2015-11-30 21:55:45','','ghghb','','inherit','closed','closed','','ghghb','','','2015-11-30 21:55:45','2015-11-30 21:55:45','',2819,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ghghb.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2825,2,'2015-11-30 21:56:02','2015-11-30 21:56:02','','Run for Relief 5K Challenge','100519-N-7367K-001\nGULFPORT, Miss. 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Being a repeated out an back course you were always around other runners. To pass time and disengage from my own discomfort, I caught myself gawking, almost studying at others. As I was both being passed and passing other runners I copped a good cross section of running styles – and changes in style as fatigue kicked in.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Here’s <span style=\"color: #993366;\">10 points</span> I considered while dragging my ar$e around the course. The 10 most critical features of improving &amp; maintaining total running efficiency.</span></strong></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1. POSTURAL BALANCE</strong></span>\r\nConsider this - if you run like you sit, you’re in trouble from the word go. Sitting = tight hamstrings, dis-engaged bum &amp; tum muscle groups, stretched &amp; unsupported lower back muscles, and a protruding head causing fatigued &amp; strained neck muscles. Running, like all <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fvvv1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2827 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/fvvv1-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"fvvv\" width=\"145\" height=\"227\" /></a>efficient human movement, is all about balance. Your goal is to position your head directly above your centre of mass - your hips. As a consequence, you’ll likely load &amp; support your weight with your foot landing under your hips. This point of balance will limit unnecessary muscle strain. It’s like a golf ball on a tee – if placed evenly, the ball is supported without effort. Naturally some people are born with an improved sense of balance, timing, coordination and ultimately running efficiency. Others, like me, have had to find that unique ideal point of balance.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>2. RELAXING NECK &amp; SHOULDERS</strong></span>\r\nIf you’re shoulders are hunched and stressed, you’ll find it difficult to enjoy running – or anything for that matter. Remind yourself frequently, to breathe easily and drop all tension from your neck and shoulders – allowing your shoulders to drop ever slightly back &amp; down (particularly when under pressure of increased relative speed or volume). Shrugged neck and shoulder muscles send a message to your brain that things are far from OK. Next you’ll be feeling like cr*p and encouraged to slow, stop or give up. Frankie said RELAX!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>3. FOOT FALL</strong></span>\r\nPicture your foot mid-stride returning to the surface. Now, release all muscle tension in your returning leg – letting gravity take over. The result, your foot will find it’s way back <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ghghb.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2824\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ghghb-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"ghghb\" width=\"289\" height=\"136\" /></a>to the surface. It will get there – I promise. Just at the last second, drive your foot into the surface, hopefully against a solid base of support/ earth, and allow your natural elastic recoil to engage (think locked and loaded spring). As you move forward over your centre of mass (your hips), your feet muscles (namely: plantar fascia group), Achilles tendon, Achilles/ calf muscle group junction with “spring” into contraction = natural power &amp; drive.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4. RHYTHM &amp; CONSISTENCY</strong></span>\r\nEfficient Running = maintaining balance, limiting braking costs, then quickly and effortlessly unloading your base of support (foot and leg). Then, more importantly, repeat the process, over and over again. It should be McDonald’s-esque – same sh^t every time – minimal changes. Consider counting your strides to 4, or even more simply, use a two count phrase – like Man-ly, Man-ly – this will help your rhythm, and dissociate from race pace discomfort (sometimes!!!!).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>5. SWIFTLY LIFTING SUPPORTING FOOT</strong></span>\r\nOK, let’s say you’re loaded mid-stride – moving forward with gravity – now, DON’T GO PUSHING OR DRIVING OFF (remember your natural elastic recoil will do all the driving you need) [again, we’re talking when running long, not sprinting]. Driving super hard out of your stride will only propel your movement upwards, increasing your vertical oscillation. <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvgxxsd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2820\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvgxxsd-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"hvgxxsd\" width=\"255\" height=\"188\" /></a>Your interest is to move forward NOT up. Now remember - what goes up 1) takes longer time to come down, 2) comes down harder, &amp; 3) make cushioning the impact more challenging. Your goal is to minimise the time you spend on the earth. Each stride is only ever transitioning to the next stride – remember it is far easier to maintain your balance the least time you spend on support. Touch -&gt; get off! Consider running with a metronome – start with 88 bpm – left foot contact, and attempt to increase to 90+.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>6. LIMITING OVER-STRIDING</strong></span>\r\nAgain, uncomplicated smooth running is centred around minimising impact costs. Excessive impact cost can be negatively reflected in: ankles, shins, knees, quads, hips &amp; lower back. A significant feature of increasing unnecessary impact costs, is landing and loading weight out ahead of the hips (your centre of mass) – consequently, braking forward momentum – usually with a straight extended knee joint. I suggest, while maintaining improved postural balance, consider landing and loading your weight under your hips.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>NOTE</strong> </span>– I quick comment on what part of the foot you should be landing. I like to explain it this way; if you are employing perfectly balanced posture, allowing yourself to lean forward with gravity from your hips - and not your head, you have engaged your elastic recoil (foot, Achilles, hamstrings, glutes) and, you’ve helped in lifting your support from the deck, the likelihood will be, you’ll land under your hips. Now, if this happens, it will be more than likely you’ll make first engagement through the forefoot (outside 5th metatarsal head). You’ll then likely roll (pronate inwards) naturally using the bones of the feet and hopefully allow the ankle to relax. This will naturally allow the heel to drop down to the surface, at which point you’ll start the lifting process. I don’t believe anyone should be thinking “I must land on my forefoot” – just because some book may have suggested you do so, or gimmicky footwear.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">On the weekend I saw a chap who would have been over 120kg consciously trying to run on his toes. It’s only going to end in tears – or muscle tears. His Achilles &amp; calves where screaming with simply unsustainable contractions. Dial in your posture and the foot thing will take care of itself. For the record – I tend to make first contact through my forefoot not heel.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>7. SOFT KNEES</strong></span>\r\nThe way I see it, there’s no need to be straightening the knee joint at any point in your running stride (well, not until you rev it up to 3.00 minute pace that is – so never for me). <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgccgc.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2822\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgccgc-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"gcgccgc\" width=\"167\" height=\"210\" /></a>FYI most animals that must run fast to survive, have cocked back hinds (evolution has bred out hind joint extension) – oh, and don’t have heels either. Soften your knees a little, particularly on impact.\r\nFinally &gt; scientists have now proven (big) toe flexibility = running speed, and, only 3% (the naturally talented) can biomechanically press the 4 smaller toes down - while lifting the (hallux) big toe up. OK that was bulls^t, but it was funny from my end!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>8. LIMIT TORSO ROTATION</strong></span>\r\nIf you overstride, the likelihood is, you’ll counter balance by excessively rotating through your torso. You know that ugly twisting motion you’ll often see when someone is exhausted at the back end of a race. Have some stand behind you and check your hips – do they drop from side to side? – if so, you could be unnecessarily overstriding.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">9. THINK HIPS FORWARD</span></strong>\r\nThink of your hips like the hub of a wheel – your centre of mass. You don’t want your hub <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Muybridge_runner.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2826 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Muybridge_runner-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"Muybridge_runner\" width=\"180\" height=\"165\" /></a>moving up and down – just forward. So, lead with those boney protrusions in the front edge of your hips. DON’T lead with your head or chest – well, maybe only in the final stages of a sprint. But, other than that, it’s again back to the golf ball in a tee – balanced posture.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>10. BUILD UP TO SUSTAINABLE SPEED</strong></span>\r\nThink Bolero – start slowly and build to a crescendo – all runs and training blocks should <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pace.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2656 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/pace.jpg\" alt=\"pace\" width=\"234\" height=\"175\" /></a>be like this. From my experience most take it out too fast too early. Practice your technique -&gt; build slow easy miles- &gt; slowly increase miles – slowly increase speed -&gt; build in hard intervals – race.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGo for a run!\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY\'S POST 44.15 - 10 QUICK RUNNING TECHNIQUE TIPS (BASED ON WKENDS RUNNING RACE)','','inherit','closed','closed','','2819-revision-v1','','','2015-11-30 22:01:31','2015-11-30 22:01:31','',2819,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2819-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2829,2,'2015-12-06 19:21:31','2015-12-06 19:21:31','Morning Team,\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is an older post from 3 years ago, but it sort of links in with leaving yourself trashed and depleted – as is this time of year.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am at Curl Curl Netball Complex watching the 2nd of 3 games this morning. Being raised <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgvvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2831 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgvvh-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"gcgvvh\" width=\"227\" height=\"151\" /></a>on footy and cricket my netball nous is limited, so I stand on the sideline and occasionally offer encouragement in between repeated blows of the whistle.\r\nI find myself surrounded by mates who, like me, have thrown hours and hours of sport, training and exercise into their bodies. They too are watching their 3 &amp; 4th game of netball this morning - so we stand around talking footy &amp; cricket with one eye on the game.\r\nIt occurs to me that the greater percentage of my mates (not all of course) who have trained heavily over the years have produced predominately daughters. Not just a strike rate of 60% but closer to 90%. With observation and a little research it seems like 90-95%+ of endurance athletes, footballers, swimmers, field athletes and even elite cricketers seem to produce girls. To enhance my observation I collated a long list of familiar athletes who have produced predominately daughters – but - I’d rather you just be aware of this, and I think you’ll find there’s an extra-ordinary dominance towards pink now that I have mentioned it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">So, is there something in this? Or is it simply a coincidence?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nHere’s what I found – although nothing definitive. (I thank Dr’s Jones and Neymour for their input)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirstly, stats are clearly favoured towards producing a girl when the male is 40 years +. They may produce sons in their 20’s &amp; 30’s, but daughters seem to dominate beyond 40 yrs. Stay with me...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSecondly, data (articles on my website) also seem to suggest guys who have really given it<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvvhvv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2830 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvvhvv-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hvvhvv\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" /></a> to themselves in terms of working a zillion hours under consistent stress, poor nutritional habits – including excessive and relentless alcohol intake, and minimal rhythmic exercise also seem to produce predominately girls.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo, why this trend? And what’s the link to me (and my mates) – who have good gut health; exercise heavily, and in my case had 3 daughters before I turned 33.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirstly, let’s talk about the most powerful of male hormones - testosterone.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most important androgen is responsible for physical change, muscle and bone <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ytrsx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2832\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ytrsx-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ytrsx\" width=\"261\" height=\"174\" /></a>development and repair, collective wellness and libido (reproduction in general). Common symptoms of deficiency in testosterone are poor concentration, low thrive (interest in moving), muscle aches and pains (and repeated injuries), mood swings, excessive tiredness, commonly craving sweet pick up foods, and of course low sex drive.\r\n<blockquote>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">NOTE - as a point of reference if you’re training heavily and your libido is unusually low – this may NOT be a good sign - for continued good health and athletic performance. Read on...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow let’s talk training and the adaptive response and the role of testosterone. When we train (sport specific) or exercise, we place a stress on our bodies. If we train hard (usually to improve our performance) – over and above what we call our anaerobic threshold – when finished, our recovery system goes into overdrive. As we recover from this training stimulus (with quality rest and nutrition – and testosterone playing a major role) we take our athletic performance to a new improved level. That being, we recruit more muscle fibres, muscles are stronger and more flexible, our heart and lungs become more efficient -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/testos.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2833 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/testos-300x226.png\" alt=\"testos\" width=\"227\" height=\"171\" /></a> basically we can tolerate more work. If we don’t allow sufficient and efficient recovery we start our next session with our engine revving at 90% - instead of 105%. This then places an enormous strain on the production (and need) of testosterone. And, like any system, if repeatedly hammered, eventually, breakdown is the likely result!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo what’s the link between the repeated challenges of testosterone production - that is, from a state of being over- trained with insufficient recovery, AND, our DNA’s Y chromosome?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGene science is well beyond my intelligence or this post – but, it would seem our X (pink) chromosomes are stronger than our Y’s (blue). So when our depleted Y’s and dominant X’s <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vvdvfd.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2834 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vvdvfd-105x300.png\" alt=\"vvdvfd\" width=\"86\" height=\"246\" /></a>meet with a female 2 x X’s – pink dominates. There’s seems to be link between state of repair and Y chromosomal strength. If you’re in a constant state of repair (as in recovery from hard exercise) your Y strength/ health MAY be considerably less than your X.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo, is it that exercising healthy males less than 40 years producing boys are not training hard enough??! – On the contrary – perhaps they have an excellent balance of work/rest ratio, and perhaps I was simply over-trained in my late 20’s and early 30’s (this is likely) ?!?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnyway given the info in this post is largely anecdotal, the take is away is to be conscious of your work:rest balance! And testosterone markers could be considered a sign of health. Low testosterone could be considered as a marker for sub-optimal health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI’m now off to a dancing concert.\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY\'S POST 45.15 - OVERTRAINED MEN PRODUCE GIRLS!','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-45-15-overtrained-men-produce-girls','','','2015-12-06 19:21:31','2015-12-06 19:21:31','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2829',0,'post','',0),(2830,2,'2015-12-06 19:15:56','2015-12-06 19:15:56','','hvvhvv','','inherit','closed','closed','','hvvhvv','','','2015-12-06 19:15:56','2015-12-06 19:15:56','',2829,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvvhvv.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2831,2,'2015-12-06 19:16:00','2015-12-06 19:16:00','','gcgvvh','','inherit','closed','closed','','gcgvvh','','','2015-12-06 19:16:00','2015-12-06 19:16:00','',2829,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgvvh.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2832,2,'2015-12-06 19:16:04','2015-12-06 19:16:04','','ytrsx','','inherit','closed','closed','','ytrsx','','','2015-12-06 19:16:04','2015-12-06 19:16:04','',2829,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ytrsx.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2833,2,'2015-12-06 19:16:07','2015-12-06 19:16:07','','testos','','inherit','closed','closed','','testos','','','2015-12-06 19:16:07','2015-12-06 19:16:07','',2829,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/testos.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2834,2,'2015-12-06 19:20:36','2015-12-06 19:20:36','','vvdvfd','','inherit','closed','closed','','vvdvfd','','','2015-12-06 19:20:36','2015-12-06 19:20:36','',2829,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vvdvfd.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2835,2,'2015-12-06 19:21:31','2015-12-06 19:21:31','Morning Team,\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is an older post from 3 years ago, but it sort of links in with leaving yourself trashed and depleted – as is this time of year.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am at Curl Curl Netball Complex watching the 2nd of 3 games this morning. Being raised <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgvvh.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2831 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/gcgvvh-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"gcgvvh\" width=\"227\" height=\"151\" /></a>on footy and cricket my netball nous is limited, so I stand on the sideline and occasionally offer encouragement in between repeated blows of the whistle.\r\nI find myself surrounded by mates who, like me, have thrown hours and hours of sport, training and exercise into their bodies. They too are watching their 3 &amp; 4th game of netball this morning - so we stand around talking footy &amp; cricket with one eye on the game.\r\nIt occurs to me that the greater percentage of my mates (not all of course) who have trained heavily over the years have produced predominately daughters. Not just a strike rate of 60% but closer to 90%. With observation and a little research it seems like 90-95%+ of endurance athletes, footballers, swimmers, field athletes and even elite cricketers seem to produce girls. To enhance my observation I collated a long list of familiar athletes who have produced predominately daughters – but - I’d rather you just be aware of this, and I think you’ll find there’s an extra-ordinary dominance towards pink now that I have mentioned it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">So, is there something in this? Or is it simply a coincidence?</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\r\nHere’s what I found – although nothing definitive. (I thank Dr’s Jones and Neymour for their input)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirstly, stats are clearly favoured towards producing a girl when the male is 40 years +. They may produce sons in their 20’s &amp; 30’s, but daughters seem to dominate beyond 40 yrs. Stay with me...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSecondly, data (articles on my website) also seem to suggest guys who have really given it<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvvhvv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2830 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/hvvhvv-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hvvhvv\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" /></a> to themselves in terms of working a zillion hours under consistent stress, poor nutritional habits – including excessive and relentless alcohol intake, and minimal rhythmic exercise also seem to produce predominately girls.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo, why this trend? And what’s the link to me (and my mates) – who have good gut health; exercise heavily, and in my case had 3 daughters before I turned 33.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirstly, let’s talk about the most powerful of male hormones - testosterone.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe most important androgen is responsible for physical change, muscle and bone <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ytrsx.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2832\" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ytrsx-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ytrsx\" width=\"261\" height=\"174\" /></a>development and repair, collective wellness and libido (reproduction in general). Common symptoms of deficiency in testosterone are poor concentration, low thrive (interest in moving), muscle aches and pains (and repeated injuries), mood swings, excessive tiredness, commonly craving sweet pick up foods, and of course low sex drive.\r\n<blockquote>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\">NOTE - as a point of reference if you’re training heavily and your libido is unusually low – this may NOT be a good sign - for continued good health and athletic performance. Read on...</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow let’s talk training and the adaptive response and the role of testosterone. When we train (sport specific) or exercise, we place a stress on our bodies. If we train hard (usually to improve our performance) – over and above what we call our anaerobic threshold – when finished, our recovery system goes into overdrive. As we recover from this training stimulus (with quality rest and nutrition – and testosterone playing a major role) we take our athletic performance to a new improved level. That being, we recruit more muscle fibres, muscles are stronger and more flexible, our heart and lungs become more efficient -<a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/testos.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2833 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/testos-300x226.png\" alt=\"testos\" width=\"227\" height=\"171\" /></a> basically we can tolerate more work. If we don’t allow sufficient and efficient recovery we start our next session with our engine revving at 90% - instead of 105%. This then places an enormous strain on the production (and need) of testosterone. And, like any system, if repeatedly hammered, eventually, breakdown is the likely result!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo what’s the link between the repeated challenges of testosterone production - that is, from a state of being over- trained with insufficient recovery, AND, our DNA’s Y chromosome?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGene science is well beyond my intelligence or this post – but, it would seem our X (pink) chromosomes are stronger than our Y’s (blue). So when our depleted Y’s and dominant X’s <a href=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vvdvfd.png\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-2834 \" src=\"http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/vvdvfd-105x300.png\" alt=\"vvdvfd\" width=\"86\" height=\"246\" /></a>meet with a female 2 x X’s – pink dominates. There’s seems to be link between state of repair and Y chromosomal strength. If you’re in a constant state of repair (as in recovery from hard exercise) your Y strength/ health MAY be considerably less than your X.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo, is it that exercising healthy males less than 40 years producing boys are not training hard enough??! – On the contrary – perhaps they have an excellent balance of work/rest ratio, and perhaps I was simply over-trained in my late 20’s and early 30’s (this is likely) ?!?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnyway given the info in this post is largely anecdotal, the take is away is to be conscious of your work:rest balance! And testosterone markers could be considered a sign of health. Low testosterone could be considered as a marker for sub-optimal health.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI’m now off to a dancing concert.\r\n\r\nBP','PAMPY\'S POST 45.15 - OVERTRAINED MEN PRODUCE GIRLS!','','inherit','closed','closed','','2829-revision-v1','','','2015-12-06 19:21:31','2015-12-06 19:21:31','',2829,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/2829-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(2837,2,'2016-01-23 04:49:22','2016-01-23 04:49:22','&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRecently I was offered a commercially made (blended) healthy juice, and, I must say I enjoyed it!\r\n\r\n<em>This got me thinking!</em>\r\n\r\nWhile the constantly increasing pace of our modern lifestyle opens itself up to quick and <a href=\"http://www.bp28dayprogram.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nkkkn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3001\" src=\"http://www.bp28dayprogram.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/nkkkn-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"nkkkn\" width=\"261\" height=\"179\" /></a>easy liquid meals, like juices and protein shakes, I think many need to be mindful of liquid meal dynamics.\r\n\r\nFor example; let’s say you whip up a homemade juice, using one of those blender bullet models with the following ingredients;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Apple (1-3)(and OR banana, mango, pear, rockmelon), Beetroot, Celery, Spinach, Kale, Lemon, Mint and Ginger.</span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow, is this good for you? Well, the obvious answer is yes. It is loaded with a stack of immune supporting goodies, including being chockers full of vitamins, and, vitamins are great? Right!\r\n\r\nAnd, given the sweet zing of fruit, it is also friendly on the palate. This time friendly meal in a glass goes down nice and easily – and quickly.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Now then, in my opinion, based on experience, I don’t believe juicing should replace a solid meal, or act as a multi-vitamin hit.</span></blockquote>\r\nJuicing using a blender or specific juicing machine, eliminates the majority of rich fibre – you know, the stuff you chuck out when cleaning the unit.\r\nAnd, as I said many times before, fibre is king. In short, fibre helps control and stabilise our insulin balance, assists in informing us when we’ve had enough to eat – STOP, and, as food containing fibre is broken nice and slowly, it also assists in letting us know when it’s time to eat again – usually not for an extended period of time. And of course it also plays a significant role in waste management.\r\n\r\nSo, if someone has a genuine interest in dropping a few pounds, I can’t help but think focussing on eating whole real foods is the way to go. Eating whole real foods takes longer to consume (well beyond liquid options), and this is a good thing. Whole foods reduce total calories consumed and promotes dialling in one’s most ideal calorie intake. Liquid meals fail in these areas.\r\n\r\n*Some juicing outlets will throw up to 3-4 pieces of fruit into a medium glass. There’s <img class=\"alignright  wp-image-3000\" src=\"http://www.bp28dayprogram.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fgfgfgff-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"fgfgfgff\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" />no way you would usually consume 3-4 pieces of fruit in one sitting, and within 2 minutes. Fruits natural toxins (and fibre) would usually prevent this from happening.\r\n\r\nJuicing when used as a meal is broken down (gastrically) super quickly, meaning, you’ll usually be in need of more food (calories) far faster than they would be from consuming whole real foods – which are broken down more slowly and release energy more sparingly.\r\n\r\nOh, and I don’t believe you can have both a real meal and a juice – this basically doubles your calories, coupled with a *spike in insulin (blood sugar), however natural, from the juice.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">*Once again my experience suggests if you’re naturally more Clydesdale than Thoroughbred, regular spiking of blood sugar will prevent (limit) weight loss, irrespective of training habits.</span></blockquote>\r\nNow then, what about if you’re training hard, you’re pretty close to your ideal weight, and you’re looking for a post session recovery hit. Bingo! Now we’re talking. In this case, consider throwing in a tasty (natural) sugar boosting hit within 10 minutes of finishing your session. The goodies will be absorbed almost immediately, thus promoting faster recovery (in terms of your depleted muscle and immune systems).\r\n<h4></h4>\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What about protein shakes!</strong></span></h4>\r\nAgain, I just don’t get it. I have most certainly tried a number of versions over the years, both for recovery post heavy training sessions, and, as fill me up on the go calories.\r\nAgain, it feels like it’s cheating the system – a system unbroken for centuries – until more recently that is. Shake options are usually unsustainable, and, with modified flavours, colours, and aroma’s, I can’t help but think this opens itself up to disaster down the track –<a href=\"http://www.bp28dayprogram.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/745px-Protein_shake.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-2999\" src=\"http://www.bp28dayprogram.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/745px-Protein_shake-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"745px-Protein_shake\" width=\"203\" height=\"209\" /></a> particularly when food is eventually re-introduced.\r\n\r\nWhile I appreciate the convenience factor, I just can’t believe with an extra 3 minutes of preparation time, real whole food trumps modified food everyday – and always will. I mean, c’mon, we’ve got teeth for a reason.\r\n\r\nIn respect to weight management (loss), it can be approached the easy way or the right way. The easy way often involves modified liquid meals, the right way involves taking your time to determine what real foods, and only real food, works best for that person.\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Eventually, a healthy brain will naturally program one’s desires &amp; appetite toward their ideal weight for life.</span></blockquote>','PAMPY\'S POST 2.16 - THE LIQUID MEAL MYTH','','publish','closed','closed','','pampys-post-2-16-the-liquid-meal-myth','','','2016-01-23 04:50:08','2016-01-23 04:50:08','',0,'http://balancehealthprograms.com.au/?p=2837',0,'post','',0),