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07/09/2026

Come and spend the day with us at the Centre for Wellbeing 🤍

Each week, our team delivers exercise oncology services at the Centre for Wellbeing at Mater Hospital, supporting people before, during and after cancer treatment.

Through one on one and small group sessions, we help people maintain strength, manage fatigue, protect muscle and bone health, and hold onto the things that matter most to them throughout treatment.

What you don’t see in the research is the other part of it. The conversations. The community. The sense of doing something for yourself at a time when so much can feel out of your control.

It’s some of the most meaningful work we do.

If you or someone you know would like to learn more about how exercise can support the cancer journey, please reach out.

02/09/2026

150 minutes. That’s the number.

The physical activity guidelines recommend 150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate activity each week, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity - plus muscle strengthening on at least two days.

Moderate means you can talk but not sing. Vigorous means you’re breathing harder and faster.

Broken down, 150 minutes is around 20 minutes a day. Or three 50 minute sessions. Or five brisk 30 minute walks.

Framed that way, it’s far more achievable than it sounds - and the return is significant. Meeting these guidelines is associated with improvements in heart health, blood pressure, cholesterol, muscle strength and bone density.

The most common barrier we see isn’t motivation. It’s not knowing where to start, or how to build something that fits around real life.

That’s exactly what we do.

www.theexco.com.au

PCOS affects around 1 in 10 women of reproductive age - and for many, the journey to a diagnosis takes years. It’s a co...
27/08/2026

PCOS affects around 1 in 10 women of reproductive age - and for many, the journey to a diagnosis takes years.

It’s a condition that sits across hormonal, metabolic and cardiovascular health, which is part of why it can be so difficult to recognise and so frequently misunderstood.

What often gets missed is how much exercise can do here.

Regular, well-prescribed exercise can help improve insulin sensitivity, support metabolic health, assist with body composition and play a meaningful role in managing symptoms - alongside your medical care, not instead of it.

At ExCo, we work with women managing PCOS to build programs that fit their body, their goals and their life, in collaboration with their GP and specialists.

If this is something you’re navigating, we’re here to help.

Swipe through to learn more 👉

24/08/2026

Weight loss and fat loss are not the same thing - and on a GLP-1, that difference matters.

GLP-1 medications can be a genuinely useful tool for many people. But research consistently shows that a significant portion of the weight lost can come from lean mass, including muscle and bone, not just fat.

That’s a problem, because muscle and bone are what protect your strength, your metabolic health, your bone density and your long-term function. Losing them quietly undermines the very outcome you’re chasing.

This is where exercise becomes essential rather than optional.

Resistance training alongside adequate protein helps preserve lean mass through the process, so the weight you lose is the weight you actually want to lose - and so the results hold once medication changes.

At ExCo, we work alongside GPs and specialists to make sure exercise is part of the plan from the start, not an afterthought.

If you’re on a GLP-1 or considering one, we’d love to have a conversation.

19/08/2026

Your scan doesn’t tell the whole story.

Findings like disc degeneration, bulges and tears are extremely common in people with no pain at all. Research has found disc degeneration in around 37% of pain-free 20 year olds, and over 90% by age 60.

In other words, a lot of what shows up on imaging is a normal part of ageing, not a diagnosis and not an explanation for how you feel.

Pain is more complex than tissue. Load, capacity, sleep, stress and confidence in your own body all play a part.

Scans matter, and there are times they’re essential. But at ExCo, we look at the whole picture, what the imaging says and just as importantly, how you actually move.

If a scan result has you worried, come and have a conversation with us.

12/08/2026

Are your hips impacting your golf swing? Here’s how to check.

One of the most common limitations we see in golfers isn’t technique - it’s the ability to rotate through the hips.

When hip rotation is limited, the body still finds a way to complete the swing. It just borrows that movement from somewhere else, usually the lower back. Over time, that can mean less power, less consistency and more stiffness after a round.

The good news is it’s something you can start to assess yourself, and something that responds well to the right training.

Give this a try and see what you notice.

If you’d like a proper assessment of how your body is influencing your swing, our TPI certified team can help.

11/08/2026

Running doesn’t wear out your knees.

It’s one of the most common concerns we hear, and the evidence points the other way. Recreational runners have been found to have lower rates of knee osteoarthritis than people who don’t run at all.

Cartilage responds to load. Regular, well-managed running helps keep it healthy — and builds the strength and capacity around the joint that protects it long term.

What does cause problems is doing too much, too soon. Sudden jumps in distance or intensity, without the strength to support them.

So if you have knee osteoarthritis, running isn’t automatically off the table. It’s a question of how much, how often, and what you’re doing alongside it.

At ExCo, we help people find that line so they can keep doing what they enjoy.

06/08/2026

Recovery after stroke doesn’t have a deadline.

There’s a common belief that improvement stops after the first few months. The research doesn’t support that. The brain retains the ability to adapt, and meaningful gains in strength, walking and confidence are still possible well beyond the early recovery period.

Exercise is one of the strongest tools we have. It can improve mobility, fitness and independence, while also helping manage the blood pressure and metabolic factors that influence the risk of a second stroke.

At ExCo, our Exercise Physiologists work alongside your physio, OT, GP and specialists so your program fits within the rest of your care, not separately from it.

If you or someone you love is navigating stroke recovery, we’d love to have a conversation.

www.theexco.com.au

05/08/2026

Is tracking your sleep actually helping you sleep better?

Wearables have made it easier than ever to see what our bodies are doing overnight. And for a lot of people, that data is genuinely useful - it can highlight patterns, prompt better habits and start a conversation with your health team.

But there’s another side to it. Waking up, checking a score, and letting that number decide how you’re going to feel for the rest of the day.

If a low score changes how you approach your morning, your training or your energy levels before you’ve even got out of bed, the data has stopped working for you.

The goal is better sleep, not a better score.

03/08/2026

A day out of the clinic with the team 🪓

Every so often we close the doors, step away from the gym floor and spend some time together as a team. The care our clients receive is a direct reflection of the culture behind it.

Turns out we’re better at prescribing exercise than we are at throwing axes. 😅

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Level 3/506 Miller Street
Cammeray, NSW
2062

Opening Hours

Monday 5:30am - 8am
Tuesday 5:30am - 8pm
Wednesday 5:30am - 8pm
Thursday 5:30am - 8pm
Friday 5:30am - 8pm
Saturday 7am - 5pm
Sunday 7am - 5pm

Telephone

+61299231217

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