News: Wellness
Leisure Concepts relaunches Intenza Fitness brand in Australia
Leading fitness distributor Leisure Concepts has announced that it has signed an agreement to distribute Intenza fitness products in Australia.. Intenza fitness, the premium...
Apr 1, 2019
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New Zealand Rugby partners with Oceania Rugby to deliver rugby programmes in the Pacific region
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has formed a partnership with Oceania Rugby, bringing the two organisations together with the aim of delivering rugby programmes in the Pacific region....
Apr 1, 2019
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New spa opened at Fairmont Resort and Spa Blue Mountains
Fairmont Resort & Spa Blue Mountains has added a two-storey day spa as part of its ongoing revitalisation. One of the largest purpose-built day spa facilities in Australia,...
Apr 1, 2019
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New Victorian program aims to end gym intimidation
With new data showing that Victorian women are feeling unwelcome and intimated by gyms - resulting in them shunning their local fitness centres and missing out on the chance to...
Apr 1, 2019
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ExerciseNZ's Beddie flags anomaly of New Zealand having high gym membership and low overall physical inactivity
Exercise Association of New Zealand (ExerciseNZ) Chief Executive Richard Beddie has highlighted that while New Zealand is rated 10th best in the world for gym membership it has...
Mar 31, 2019
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Surfing NSW supports study on the health and injuries associated with competitive surfing
Research on competitive surfing health and injuries published in March 2019 in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness and conducted by a group of chiropractors with...
Mar 31, 2019
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Advance Fitness launches new franchise concept
Advance Fitness have launched a new franchise concept in which the goal is to offer a full range of fitness services under one roof with options to suit all budgets and fitness...
Mar 31, 2019
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Kompan releases outdoor fitness bike for park locations
In a world first, KOMPAN is taking the quality and technology of stationary bikes seen in traditional indoor gym settings and making it available in the outdoor public...
Mar 30, 2019
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Former fitness executive's active outdoor lifestyle videos a growing YouTube sensation
Greg Webb, widely known in the fitness industry as an equipment distributor, is fast becoming a YouTube sensation with a series of walking videos. Now aged in his sixties and...
Mar 30, 2019
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Fitness Australia flags FILEX 2019 highlights
With FILEX 2019 set to start on Thursday 11th April, Fitness Australia has flagged some of the highlights of what it says will be an "action-packed FILEX weekend". Thursday 11th...
Mar 27, 2019
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Federal Minister for Sport announces first group of successful Move It AUS Participation Grant Program applicants
Federal Minister for Sport Senator Bridget McKenzie has announced an opening round of 50 successful applicants as part of the $28.9 million Move It AUS Participation Grant...
Mar 27, 2019
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Vanuatu volleyball program wins global women and sport award
A Vanuatu-based beach volleyball program, Volley4Change, supported by the Australian Government through the Pacific Sports Partnerships has won the International Olympic...
Mar 27, 2019
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University of Queensland highlights the health issues associated with limited access to fresh water
Marking World Water Day, Dr Nina Hall, lecturer at the University of Queensland School of Public Health, has highlighted that Australians need to recognise where action is...
Mar 21, 2019
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EVH secures Technogym communications and marketing account
EVH, one of Australia’s leading communications agencies has added Technogym Australia to its wellness division. EVH will support Technogym with its marketing and communications,...
Mar 21, 2019
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Fitness Australia executive reports on World Health Organization Dialogue
Last month, Fitness Australia's National Manager of Advocacy and Partnerships, Joel Perricone attended the second World Health Organization (WHO) Dialogue on the Implementation...
Mar 21, 2019
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Natalie Cook to discuss the role of mental health in athlete performance at SportAccord Summit
World Sport & Business Summit, SportAccord has announced that Natalie Cook, five times Olympian and Gold Medallist representing Australia in Beach Volleyball, will take part in...
Mar 20, 2019
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ESSA highlights the role of physical activity in closing the health gap for Indigenous populations
With today being National Close the Gap Day , Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) recommends it be a time for all Australians to come together and commit to achieving...
Mar 20, 2019
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Zoos Victoria raises awareness of herbivore oral health care
Werribee Open Range Zoo celebrated World Oral Health Day (20th March) by having the teeth of their pod of five female hippopotamus checked by keepers as part of their regular...
Mar 20, 2019
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R&A launches Health Week to highlight wellness benefits of golf
A dedicated campaign to raise awareness of the health benefits of golf for people of all ages and abilities is to tee off next month. The first ever Golf and Health Week will...
Mar 19, 2019
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Golf
VicHealth report says women are 'shamed' into quitting fitness activities
Coinciding with today’s commencement of VicHealth’s inaugural This Girl Can Week, the health promotion agency has released a report highlighting barriers that women encounter...
Mar 17, 2019
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Kafnu co-working and lifestyle space opens in Sydney
A newly opened co-working, lifestyle and hotel property in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria marks the entry of the innovative Kafnu brand into Australia. A concept of...
Mar 17, 2019
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Fitness equipment suppliers present new concepts and technologies at FIBO
The focus of Germany's FIBO 2019 will be on individualisation, digitalisation, health training, emotionalisation, small group training with the key players of the fitness and...
Mar 17, 2019
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Rise of wellness holidays an antidote to overtourism
Destinations around the world are creating ‘wellness tourist zones’ to try to fight the effects of overtourism - a trend that is likely to grow, according to a recent report on...
Mar 16, 2019
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Tobacco linked sponsors dropped from F1 cars for 2019 Australian Grand Prix
The McLaren Racing and Scuderia Ferrari Formula One teams have confirmed that their tobacco related sponsorships have been dropped from their cars competing in this weekend’s...
Mar 14, 2019
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