Yet another year of study has well and truly dawned. Which means back to the intensity of juggling our social lives, work, study, friends and family. One problem many of us have in common is finding the time to incorporate regular exercise into our...
Ah winter! As temperatures plummet it’s tempting to indulge your inner bear and crawl into your cave, stocking up fat layers and sleep for months. In order to avoid meeting spring as grumpy and out-of-condition, here are some human winter-survival...
Jessica Griggs has spent the past eight weeks as the Red Runner at CSU in Dubbo, inspiring others and motivating herself to be #BetterInRed. Here she reflects on how the challenge has brought people together and why she wants the activities and...
Congratulations – you’ve come this far on the #BetterInRed challenge! We hope you’ve seen results, improved fitness, met new people and felt the benefits of an active lifestyle. So what’s next? The weather is getting cooler, the evenings are getting...
We all like to think we’re on top of things, but chances are that sometimes being a uni student will be stressful. You might be trying to balance your social life, class schedule and part-time job, or you could be an online student trying to juggle...
Uni days are some of the best of our lives and there are so many opportunities to make the most of them. Joining a club or two, making new friends, catching up with old friends, going out on uni night, getting enough sleep, working a casual job to...
Starting uni is difficult, period. Moving away from the ‘rents, learning how to ‘adult’ and trying not to get your friends sick from your first few tries at chicken wings – everyone has their own obstacles. I started uni with a 10...
Attending Intensive School for the first time can be nerve-racking. I found this out in my second year of a Bachelor of Science at CSU. As an online student, you won’t know the people you’ll be studying with, what your lecturers are like, or the...
Make sure you don’t let your ambition get ahead of your ability on the #BetterInRed challenge. Dr Cheyne Donges from the School of Exercise Science, Sport and Health talks about the risks of doing too much too soon and how you can avoid them. As...
Lauren Benson is the Red Runner at Port Macquarie who’s getting people together to get fit, active and have fun for the #BetterInRed challenge. Three weeks in and she thinks they’ve cracked some great new habits in Port Mac and given people the...
