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Female athletes have gained considerable attention in the last few years as more women’s sports have finally been recognised as high performance and showcased elite events. However, we are still viewed and trained like ‘small men’ despite the well-known impact of female hormones, for elite female athlete, training, performance, injury risk and longevity in sport. Sonya has developed this online content for CQUniversity with the Centre for Professional Development, along with 12 other courses, all CEC approved and is also hosted on the Future Learn global learning platform. We encourage you to visit CQUniversity's profile in the CEC directory to continue learning about a range of topics. Click here to visit their profile. Member Price: $0 Non-Member Price: $39.95 Read more

Stuart Biddle is a research professor in the Centre for Health Research at the University of Southern Queensland. He was Professor at Loughborough University, UK, 1998-2014, including being Head of the School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, 2001-2007. His current research is on sedentary behaviour and physical activity behaviour change, as well as mental health. He was ranked 16th all-time worldwide for career-long citation impact in ‘sport sciences’ up until the end of 2021. Stuart has been senior author of the book ‘Psychology of Physical Activity’ with the 4th edition published by Routledge in 2021. He is a Web of Science 'Highly Cited Researcher' 2018-2020, in the top 0.1% of scholars writing about Health Education over the past 10 years ("World Expert") calculated by Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms, and ranked 19th all-time worldwide for career-long citation impact in ‘sport sciences’ up until the end of 2019 (ranked 8th for 2020). He has been involved in the production of physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines for Australia, Canada, UK, WHO, and for obesity in Singapore. Stuart has an Honorary Doctorate from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Member Price: $0 Non-Member Price: $39.95 Read more

Phillip Mills, the Founder and Executive Director of Les Mills International.  Les Mills started as a small gym in a New Zealand garage, founded by Leslie "Les" Mills. With support from his son Philip and daughter-in-law Jackie, Les Mills International transformed the world of group exercise forever.  Philip has been recognised for his exceptional contributions to the global fitness industry. In this conversation, he shares his journey and offers valuable advice on becoming a successful group exercise instructor or leading a business in the fitness industry.  Member Price: $0 Non-member Price: $39.95 Read more

Mike is known worldwide as one of the foremost experts in the field of strength and conditioning, and spends his time lecturing, teaching, training, and writing. Mike served as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Boston University for 15 years. He also served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Boston Bruins from 1991-1999, the US Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team (Gold in 1998, Silver in 2014, Gold in 2018), and for the World Champion Boston Red Sox. In this Industry Insights session, Mike will discuss his career pathway and key pieces of advice for longevity in the exercise, fitness and active health industry. Member price: $0 Non-member price: $39.95 Read more

Passionate about stopping heart attacks, Warrick has more than a decade as a preventative cardiologist, that’s the one you see to avoid a heart attack! His aim is to inform, educate and empower individuals to have the best heart health care. He believes patients get the best care when they have the best understanding. He is the Founder and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network, best selling author of 5 books, presenter of two TEDx talks, he has been involved with the Australian Heart Foundation and other professional bodies contributing to guidelines, academic papers and public policy. Warrick’s message is “Prevention is Better Than Cure”, and his “why” is “To help People Live As Well as Possible For As Long As Possible”.   Member Price: $0  Non-member Price: $0* *This important topic has been made available for non-members to access. Non-members must create a LearnUpon account to access this course. Read more

Why is scope of practice a risk management issue? Today’s exercise and active health industry brings increasingly diverse clients and requests for services.  It has become more crucial for exercise professionals and business operators to possess a comprehensive understanding of their professional competency and scope of practice. Whether you are a teacher, doctor, physiotherapist, or exercise professional, having a clear awareness of the boundaries of your professional capacity and how to mitigate risks associated with your practice and advice is fundamental to demonstrating professional competence. This seminar is the second in a three-part risk management seminar series and is a follow-up to our previous session, Exercise Safe: Putting clients first.  In this follow up we examine two critical risk management issues; Professional Knowledge and Competency and, Scope of Practice.  We’ve also featured insights from two business operators; Mishfit and Vision Personal Training, as they share their views about why professional scope of practice is a key business issue and their experiences and strategies for ensuring their staff are competent and working within their professional boundaries.   Who should participate? This iLearn session is essential for exercise professionals, business managers and educators who should thoroughly understand the professional boundaries and protocols for ensuring that exercise and active health-related advice and services remain within those boundaries.  Read more