This Month
This CEO loves soft sand running at an iconic beach
Entrepreneur and investor Gavin Basserabie gets up early three times a week to keep fit and revel in the beauty of Bondi.
- Life & Leisure
This simple exercise burns 800 calories – and slashes your heart attack risk
A new study of more than 450,000 UK adults has found that simply climbing the stairs can burn calories and body fat, slashing the risk of a heart attack.
- Jessica Salter
‘Like extra sleep’: the anti-burnout trend that’s just a breath away
A rising number of employers are turning to something called breathwork to help staff build resilience and improve their mental health after the pandemic.
- Euan Black
How many boats are too many?
Urbis and Cistri managing partner James Tuma reckons he almost gets more joy from working on boats than he does using them. And he has six to choose from.
- Life & Leisure
Billionaires fight it out to join $56,750 a year gym – with no showers
Billed as New York’s most Instagrammed fitness centre, Dogpound counts A-list stars such as Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Cindy Crawford among its customers.
- Susie Coen
Why cold water swimming might be doing you more harm than good
An inquest into a tragic death has highlighted the fact that such activities, while invigorating for many, may be hazardous for certain individuals.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
I walked off 35 kilos and beat my sugar cravings
Ten years ago, my belly was enormous but when I looked in the mirror, I’d pull in my stomach and think I still looked great. It took a health scare to change my ways.
- Ian Walker
What makes you fatter – office life, or WFH?
An exercise app tracked 2000 hybrid workers, comparing their activity while working from home with a typical day at the workplace. The results may surprise you.
- Jack Rear
Avoid holiday crowds: Swim your way around Greece
A swim safari in mid-July around the Sporades archipelago – 130 kilometres north of Athens – is surprisingly uncrowded, despite taking in where Mamma Mia was filmed.
- Josephine McKenna
Meet the law firm owner who loves to give people the chop
After a long day in court or a tough mediation, Paul D’Angelo likes nothing more than to put in a session of kung fu.
- Life & Leisure
September
Landing a punch is good for everyone, reckons this exec
Deel country leader Shannon Karaka is happiest when training hard and sparring with a fellow boxer.
- Life & Leisure
Nothing cosmetic about this executive’s hobby
Monday to Friday he’s a mild-mannered executive. On weekends Rohan Widdison, of New Laboratories, is a BMX bandit.
- Life & Leisure
Are 7 bikes too many? ‘I definitely need them,’ says this biotech CEO
Road bikes and mountain bikes create different sorts of joy for MicroBioGen founder Geoff Bell. Will an e-bike be next?
- Life & Leisure
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- LeBron James
Pickleball is about to go major league in Australia
The son of an Australian business icon is helping to bring a new level of professionalism to a sport that is taking the world by storm.
- Zoe Samios
The woman smashing running records while hallucinating in loose shorts
Courtney Dauwalter may be the toughest female runner in history. The American, who loves lollies, nachos and beer, is obliterating ultra-marathons.
- Rebecca Byerly
How this top lawyer quit alcohol and coffee – and started working out
Anne-Marie Allgrove, managing partner of Baker & McKenzie, decided to do something for herself five years ago, and hasn’t looked back.
- Sally Patten
Entrepreneur keeps shooting for success
Hayley Clarke, a co-founder of CandleXchange, has had a burning passion for netball since she was a child. Now she’s added coaching to her skill set.
- Life & Leisure
Best place for a family cycling holiday
While design and marketing boss Marcus Marchant likes the solitude of biking, nothing beats a family ride on Rottnest Island.
- Life & Leisure
August
F45 to quit the NYSE as share price languishes
Backed by celebrities including Mark Wahlberg, F45’s $US1.46 billion float in 2021 placed founder Adam Gilchrist on the Financial Review Rich List.
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- Jessica Sier
Forget ski holidays - take your kids horse riding in Mongolia
Crucial Dimensions managing director Geoff Flemming began horse riding as a kid. He’s got his own sons into it and now plans holidays around the pastime.
- Life & Leisure
