News & Events

Hi All Every year, for decades, we have posted out a Christmas letter to you all and this year may be the first year that we will communicate with you in a different way.  Since I am very old-school in relation to so many aspects of keeping in touch with people, and since postage has… Read more »

Hi All My prediction 30 years ago has come true. I said at that time that we would have an epidemic of type 2 diabetes and this has well and truly happened. I became very interested in sugar metabolism and how the body was being affected by extra sugar floating loose in great quantities in… Read more »

Hi All It always interests me when people say they need air conditioning if they are going to do any exercise. I wonder if they realise how many viruses and bacteria float around in the air in closed environments which can be so easily breathed in. If one thing COVID made us aware of it… Read more »

Hi All Are you as amazed as I am in how fast this year has gone? A sign of our busyness! Everybody seems to have things on these days. We just seem to stuff so much into our lives and this, plus the informational overload from multiple sources at times, can be overwhelming. We have… Read more »

Hello Green Apples, It’s Nessa, here this week to write to you about the different activities we have at the Green Apple either on now or coming up. I have been told by a lot of the Aqua Class members that it is beautiful in the pool at the moment. So if you haven’t tried… Read more »

Hi to you all Thank you to our early bird members who had a great conversation over their coffee at AHOY one morning about “how to get up from the floor after a fall”. The conversation led to a suggestion that it would be a good topic to explore with an Exercise Physiologist, just in… Read more »

Hi All In last week’s newsletter I mentioned an article I have written, “What is Fascia”, which you would have received in your monthly Green Apple email newsletter. I hope you have had time to read it and perhaps have done some research in the topic. If you haven’t had access to it you will… Read more »

Hi All Well, I have made it past the 76th milestone! Thank you to everyone who sent me kind messages on my special day. I loved them all and feel so grateful to have lived the life I have led right up till now.  Big thanks to Team member, Nessa, and long term Member, Cheryl… Read more »

Hi All Did you know that we are practicum supervisors for many universities and some schools and TAFE. You probably see these young people with the exercise physiologists and have been very patient in allowing them to “shadow” the staff. Charlotte herself came through our “prac” student  mentoring, as did AEP Charlie and AEP Ben…. Read more »

Hi All Good news for water-babies, our Aqua classes will commence the week starting Monday October 16! The weather has been so changeable and variations of temperature from night to day time have been so unusual for this time of year that we have delayed introducing the Summer Schedule until mid October. Expression of interest… Read more »