The importance of Sleep on muscle gain.

Does sleep have any effect on your muscles? Our Sports Scientists hear all the time from clients that their sleeping patterns are poor. Late nights out, working late, mind racing when your head hits the pillow etc. Can you relate? It is very well known and documented that sleep plays a crucial part of humans’ […]

Can you convert Fat into Muscle?

Fat into Muscle.  Myth or fact? When a client says they want to turn their fat into muscle what they are really saying is that they want to lose fat and gain muscle! Now, there are really two goals in that sentence; 1. Reduce fat 2. Gain muscle. This is a great goal and losing fat […]

Christmas Gift Vouchers.

Are you looking for the perfect Christmas gift for your partner, family member, colleague or that hard-to-buy-for friend? Look no further than Gift Vouchers at Body Measure! Choose from DEXA’s ($110), METABOLIC TEST ($150) or a range of package deals. With the ease of phone payments and email options, this gift will be a winner […]

ACHIEVING RESULTS THROUGH DEXA

ACHIEVING RESULTS THROUGH DEXA. Congrats to Pretty P, Body Measure’s client of the month for November! She has achieve great results in the past year. Pretty has reduced her body fat percentage from 18.9% to a lean 15.5% You can see on Pretty’s latest DEXA scan she now has a very visible waist line and […]

What’s more important – diet or exercise?

It’s a question we regularly hear when clients come in for a DEXA scan: “What’s more important, diet or exercise?” The short answer is they both are. But you’re not reading this for the short answer, are you? And if you’ve been trying to run your way into a smaller clothing size, then you’re probably […]

It’s not too late to get your dream summer body!

It’s a common saying – summer bodies are made in winter. And maybe with the whiff of wattle in the August air, you’re thinking that it’s nearly spring and you’ve left it too late to get your dream beach body. Well, we’re here to tell you that it’s not too late! Losing body fat and […]

Get a picture of your bone health

How healthy are your bones? Do you even think about your bones? After all, bones are hidden away, just doing their thing. This week, 3 to 9 August 2015, it’s Healthy Bone Action Week, so we’re asking you to think about how strong your bones are. Most people don’t know how many crucial functions your […]

Intramuscular fat- how much do you have?

Did you know our DEXA machine is the ONLY machine that can measure INTRAMUSCULAR FAT? Intramuscular fat is the fat in your muscles, rather than the fat under the skin and for a long time has been largely ignored. It’s often referred to as intramuscular triglycerides, which help to provide fuel to the body. But, […]

Fat: Making friends with this former dietary enemy

For years, we were told that eating fat was turning us all into fatty boombaladas, causing heart disease and sending us to an early grave. And so, everyone turned to the low-fat and no-fat “foods” that flooded the market. But what happened? The obesity epidemic didn’t subside. No, obesity levels have continued to increase with […]

Protein powders – do you need one and how to choose one

No longer just a mainstay of bodybuilders, protein powders have gone mainstream with shelves of them in supermarkets across the country. But a lot of the people we see in the clinic are confused about if, which and how they should be using protein powders. In this blog post, we’ll try to clear up this […]