BodyICE Blogs

Here we aim to share information, tips, stories and expert advice on a variety of topics including mum and bub health, physical recovery, mental training techniques, nutrition tips, healthy recipes, and plenty more to keep you inspired and on-track to being the best version of yourself!r.

Strong Glutes: The Key to Good Health? - BodyICE Australia

Strong Glutes: The Key to Good Health?

The first thing we must remember is glutes are muscles. They are one of the strongest muscles in the body and are instrumental in movements involving the hips and thighs. Standing up, sitting down ...

5 Favourite Recipes for After School Snacks - BodyICE Australia

5 Favourite Recipes for After School Snacks

Do your kids need a refuel when they get home from school? A quick snack is a great way to give them that extra boost to keep them going. These simple, and healthy, recipes are some of our favourit...

How to Prevent Muscle Tightness - BodyICE Australia

How to Prevent Muscle Tightness

One of the biggest hindrances to peak performance is muscle tightness. Muscle tightness is defined as “The state of activity or tension of a muscle beyond that related to its physical properties, t...

The Top ACL Surgery Recovery Tips - BodyICE Australia

The Top ACL Surgery Recovery Tips

Recovering from anterior cruciate ligament (acl) surgery can be a long, painstaking journey. There are no shortcuts, and it can take anywhere from 6 to 9 months for a person to fully recuperate. It...

Raw Snickers Bar Recipe - BodyICE Australia

Raw Snickers Bar Recipe

Do you ever get that craving for some chocolate and caramel? Perhaps with some peanuts added in? Time for a Snickers Bar, right?

Spotlight on Kale - BodyICE Australia

Spotlight on Kale

Kale is a leafy green vegetable, a close relative to broccoli and brussel sprouts, and a member of the Brassica family. Absolutely chock full of nutrients, it is no surprise that kale is considered...

On the Road - Equipment Essentials - BodyICE Australia

On the Road - Equipment Essentials

Whether you’re on the road for business or pleasure, you want to be feeling top notch. It’s not always convenient, or possible, to locate a gym or exercise group at your destination, however, by pa...

7 Benefits of Weight Training - BodyICE Australia

7 Benefits of Weight Training

You love keeping fit, after all, it makes you look younger than you really are. You even maintain a healthy diet and keep away from greasy food. But when you see the words "Weight training," vision...

Lactation Smoothie Bowl Recipe - BodyICE Australia

Lactation Smoothie Bowl Recipe

Breastfeeding is very energy-demanding - meaning, you need to make sure you are adequately refuelling and nourishing your body.

Sciatica During Pregnancy - BodyICE Australia

Sciatica During Pregnancy

While sciatica during pregnancy may not affect every woman, sciatica-like symptoms can be quite common throughout pregnancy, especially in the last trimester.

How to Stay Motivated - BodyICE Australia

How to Stay Motivated

We all want to BE ACTIVE. We all want to feel like we're heading in the right direction, like we're moving towards achieving our goals. But...how can we keep the momentum and keep motivated from we...

Non Operative Treatment Options for ACL Tears - BodyICE Australia

Non Operative Treatment Options for ACL Tears

An interview about ACL tears and treatments with Kieran Richardson, a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2016) and the director ...

Cold Showers - BodyICE Australia

Cold Showers

You’re probably thinking...ahhh why would I have a cold shower? Seems unnecessary and...painful. Well guess what? Sometimes there is method to madness and many reasons for why cold therapy delivers...

Spotlight On Chia Seeds - BodyICE Australia

Spotlight On Chia Seeds

What do you really know about Chia seeds? If your most people then your Chia knowledge is probably limited to the green fuzzy grass head you used to call your Chia pet, today, however, Chia seeds a...

Lydia's Recovery Tips - BodyICE Australia

Lydia's Recovery Tips

The key to recovery is making it routine  - it becomes just part of what you do on a daily basis, so that you can continue to push yourself physically and mentally and continually improve. Here our...

Kimmy Smith Fits Hospital Bag Checklist! - BodyICE Australia

Kimmy Smith Fits Hospital Bag Checklist!

Want to know what to pack in your hospital bag? Here Kimmy Smith Fit shares her post birth hospital must haves.

Spotlight on Ginger - BodyICE Australia

Spotlight on Ginger

Ginger could easily be described as nature’s nurturer – calming queasy tummy’s, soothing coughs, easing pain and inflammation, and aiding in warding off infections. As well as providing many medici...

Favourite 5 Active Activities for Active Kids! - BodyICE Australia

Favourite 5 Active Activities for Active Kids!

Here at BodyICE HQ we have a whole bunch of kids – aged between 1 to 10 years. So we’ve put our heads together and come up with our favourite five activities for our active kids!