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Husbands’ physical activity predicts wives’ mental health
A Yale University study found that if you exercise regularly,
you won’t only improve your own mental (as well as physical)
wellbeing, but also that of your spouse.
An affectionate tongue-in-cheek tribute to Aerobics Oz Style
The triplej breakfast radio hosts travelled back in time to appear
in a classic Aerobics Oz Style workout with the legendary Wendi
Carroll, Michelle Dean and crew.
Kathy: Now that’s interesting... Ladies, if you are not into
going to the gym, just make your partner go... it turns out that’s
good for YOU too J
Wendi: Just went on the morning
show with Matt and Alex. Had lots of
fun. Thanks for posting AFN x
Hayley: If you are around a partner you’re going to influence
each other and your moods. Exercise is great for improving
mental health… It makes sense that if your wife or husband
is physically active, you’re both going to experience a more
positive relationship!
Michelle: Haha!!! Brilliant. …Good old
AOS... Good for a laugh x
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CONFRONTING, OVERWHELMING
AND ASTONISHING
Network’s Education Manager, Alisha
Smith, recently attended the Be Activated
Level 1 Workshop, delivered by South
African body ‘Shaman’ Douglas Heel.
Here’s what happened.
“Walking into the Be Activated workshop
alongside a bunch of other unsuspecting
health and fitness professionals, I was
totally unprepared for how amazing,
controversial and utterly life changing the
next two days would be.
Having watched hours of video footage
of past presentations and heard firstperson accounts of the impact of his work,
I was expecting improvements in my own
mobility, strength and performance – but
the level achieved was phenomenal. After
just 60 seconds of hip activations, so
intense that I was reduced to sobs under
Douglas’ hands, I achieved a physical goal
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I’d been trying for years to master – flat-tothe-floor middle splits.
In 16 hours with Douglas, each as
confronting, overwhelming and astonishing
as the last, I’d had almost every concept of
human movement and functional anatomy
challenged. From the very foundation of
the initiation of movement, through to
how to actually activate my lagging and
uncooperative glutes (hint: if you’re not
looking to the back of your neck for answers,
you’re looking in the wrong place), Be
Activated, purely and simply, made sense.
Perhaps the most unexpected change
was what I experienced psychologically,
as the physical and emotional trauma I’d
encountered throughout life was literally
wrung from every tight, sore, obstinate
muscle in my body. Walking out at the end
of day two, I felt more powerful, mobile and
connected to my body than ever before, and
more positive, weightless and aware than I’d
been in years. Be Activated Level 1 promises
to change your body – and it will – but it also
has the power to change your life, if you let it.”
See feature on page 14 for an introduction
to the unique Be Activated system.