Strength Synth

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/mindfulness-strength-training-a-therapeutic-relationship

Mindfulness & Strength Training: A Therapeutic Relationship There's a synergistic relationship between Mindfulness and Strength Training where leveraging both results in a potent therapeutic intervention.

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/strength-conditioning-for-high-fatigue-or-high-stress-lives

Strength & Conditioning for High Fatigue or High-Stress Lives Building strength while managing fatigue/stress by using Strength and Conditioning strategies that prioritise nervous system recovery and consistent, low-stress volume over high-intensity exhaustion.

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/why-strength-training-is-an-effective-tool-for-chronic-symptoms

Why Strength Training is an Effective Tool for Chronic Symptoms Strength training, when applied in the correct "dosage," serves as a powerful intervention for recalibrating the nervous system, reducing inflammation through myokine release, and managing chronic symptoms without overwhelming the body.

Now taking on a few in-person clients in the Southern Highlands!

Following the closure of my Northern Beaches strength training studio to move overseas (which took an unexpected turn), I’m back to in-person 1-on-1 coaching — now in Bowral.

As I complete my Master’s degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology, my approach to using strength training for improving Individual's quality of life is evolving.

The way exercise functions as medicine fascinates me, and it has encouraged me to pivot back to an outdoor training service with a special interest in working with those who are navigating the "in-between" phase after rehab or chronic health challenges and aren't quite ready for the standard personal training/gym/fitness approach and environment.

If you're looking for this kind of approach or know someone who may be, I'd love to chat!

Northern Beaches to Southern Highlands: Why I’m Bringing Outdoor Strength Training to Bowral While completing my Master’s in Clinical Exercise Physiology, I’m shifting my focus to outdoor strength training (In Bowral) to leverage the restorative physiological benefits of 'green exercise'.

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/food-choices-beyond-calories-and-macronutrients

Food Choices: Beyond Calories And Macronutrients Food choices that can drive your fitness and health outcomes beyond their calorie, fat, carbohydrate and protein content.

Moving ahead and moving online

A big thank you to everyone I worked with while I was in the northern beaches! I appreciated the opportunity to guide you in your health and fitness endeavours and I hope it has positively changed how you approach this area of your life.

Due to a move and plans for future studies, I have taken my services entirely online for now!

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/gamify-your-exercise-goals-to-help-you-stick-with-enjoy-and-progress-in-your-training

Gamify Your Exercises To Help You Stick With, Enjoy and Progress In Your Training How you can apply gamification to your training sessions as a way to increase intrinsic motivation enabling you to get more out of and be consistent with your training.

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/tackling-the-mental-obstacles-that-are-holding-back-your-fitness-pursuits

Tackling The Mental Obstacles That Are Holding Back Your Fitness Pursuits How you can use techniques and processes from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help your fitness pursuits.

September Articles

“…the current data demonstrate that those low in perceived stress returned to baseline several times faster than those reporting high levels of stress” (Stults-Kolehmainen et al., 2014)

It’s probably obvious that your levels of stress are going to significantly impact how well you recover from training and thus the results you see.

Stress is inevitable (and important).

There are different ways you can approach these stressors to ensure you’re still getting the most out of your training and feeling good:

• Autoregulate your training: Having minimum through to maximum intensity/volume days planned and performing them based on stress levels and how you feel. (To create your own: Read “Always stopping and starting your training” blog post)

•Including more stress mitigation activities: Whatever helps you relax and feel happy (more important than specific recovery modalities) (also preferably not with various substances)

•Stress inoculation? This is a form of cognitive behavioural therapy, but how stressful you perceive something can dictate how much you’re emotionally and physically affected by the stressor. If the stressors are perceived as useful and beneficial (like the stress experienced during a tough training session), you’ll have a greater capacity for stressors and recover better.

https://www.strengthsynth.com/blog/does-what-you-eat-affect-how-you-sleep

Does What You Eat Affect How You Sleep? How the foods you eat (and at what time you eat them) can impact your quality of sleep.