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We’ve all heard about it, we’ve all been told we need to exercise it, but do we really know what it is? What it does? And whether we’re doing the exercises correctly?

If you tuned into the AFL Sydney Swans vs Melbourne Demons game on Saturday night you would have witnessed the scare to the Swans camp on as Lance Franklin hobbled to the bench following a seemingly innocuous marking contest with Melbourne’s Tom McDonald.

Those who have completed a lengthy trail walk, such as the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker or Trailblazer events will rightly know how gruelling it can be, both physically and emotionally. Tough Mudder to some feels like a walk in the park in comparison. One hundred kilometres of hills in 48 hours…are you mad?

Exercise is the best medicine. You’re probably thinking, that can’t be right, wasn’t it an apple a day keeps the doctor away? Don’t be concerned, you can continue to gulp down the Pink Ladies as part of a healthy diet, but it is exercise that has proven to be most successful to improve general health and prevent disease over any other form of management. But what type of exercise is best?

Last weekend Joel Pocklington, a physio at Actif (the workplace health arm of Back In Motion) won the Australian pole vaulting championships for the fourth year in a row (only two male pole vaulters have had a longer streak of wins!). This win means he is automatically given a place in the Australian Commonwealth Games team and will compete later this year in Glasgow, Scotland.