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Inspirational individual takes out inaugural #ActiveAchievers Award
John Domandl of Eleebana Fitness in NSW
has been announced as the national winner of
Fitness Australia’s first annual #ActiveAchievers
Award, supported by Australian Fitness Network.
The #ActiveAchievers Awards recognise
outstanding
fitness
professionals
across
Australia, and one finalist from each state
and territory was chosen from among
hundreds of nominations. John, who also won
Network’s Inspiration of the Year award in 2010,
was presented with the award by Network’s CEO
Ryan Hogan at Fitness Australia’s annual Gala
Dinner on 30 October.
John was nominated by Greg Fullford for his
tireless work encouraging and motivating Greg
and his son to do the very best for their health
and sporting endeavours.
Greg’s son Jason, who has Down Syndrome,
has trained with John for 17 years. When they met,
Jason lacked confidence and was unwilling to
attempt new or challenging physical activities. John
has since helped him achieve great results in Special
Olympics and mainstream sports. He also helped
Greg give up smoking and rekindle a childhood love
of physical activity through soccer and fun runs.
John is an inspiration to his clients and this year
was the first ever vision impaired athlete to compete
in the 515km Ultraman triathlon event in Noosa.
Fitness Australia CEO Lauretta Stace said
‘John really is an inspiration and an excellent
example of the amazing work that fitness trainers
and instructors are doing to make Australians
fitter and healthier.’
Source: Fitness Australia
Don’t worry, be happy …and healthy!
US researchers recently found that increases
in positive emotions across a 5-year period
were associated with improvements in physical
activity, sleep quality and medication adherence.
It is theorised that this may be because people
with greater positive wellbeing could be more
motivated and persistent in pursuing healthy
behaviours and better able to cope with stress.
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine
Resistance training boosts
vitamin D as well as strength
A recent study found that increasing the
amount of resistance exercise we d