Today’s way of life has contributed to prolonged periods of inactivity – whether it’s at a desk, in front of a computer, standing behind a counter, or commuting in a car. We are spending the majority of our time in one plane of movement.  As we age and live our lives in the same routines, muscles, ligaments and joints become used to the patterns of movement. The elasticity of our muscles change and the synovial fluid in our joints decreases, which in turn changes the range of motion in our joints – depending on our movement, or lack thereof.  What is functional movement? Funct ..read more

  Bioelectric Meridian Therapy (BMT) operates on the principle that the body functions as an intricate, self-sustainable system capable of maintaining balance and promoting healing.  By understanding the body’s structure, cellular processes, and energy production mechanisms, we can explore how BMT facilitates chemical reactions versus supports recovery, performance, and optimisation. How BMT supports the body’s natural functions Our body as an intelligent system The human body operates as a complex, self-regulating entity constantly adjusting to maintain homeostasis. BMT acknowledges ..read more

  An often overlooked structure, fascia plays a key role in holding our bodies together. Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds and supports muscles, bones, organs, and other structures within the body. It is composed of collagen, elastin, and other proteins, forming a web-like structure that provides structural integrity and helps transmit mechanical forces throughout the body. How does fascia contribute to functional movement? As explained by world-renowned physician, Dr. Jerry Tennant in his book titled, Healing is Voltage: The Handbook, your muscles are stacked one on top of the ..read more

  Bioelectric Meridian Therapy (BMT) is a concept rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles, combined with modern technologies and scientific understanding of bioelectricity to supercharge the natural healing process.  In TCM, the concept of meridians refers to a network of channels through which vital energy, or “qi,” flows in the body. These meridians are associated with specific organs and bodily functions.  BMT involves the application of electrical stimulation to these meridians to promote and encourage health and well-being and functional mobility. BMT delive ..read more

By Michael Rand, personal trainer and triathlete This blog is the post-race update and final instalment of my countdown to the Busselton Ironman journey – read my previous pre-race blog here. The hope for me for this blog was to tell you all a story of a day for the ages – how I performed better than expected and to the very best of my abilities. Unfortunately, the day didn’t go as planned and indeed was a day that literally brought me to my knees, breaking me emotionally and physically. You see I DNF’d (Did Not Finish) the race. You want to see an empty husk of a person after an event, which ..read more

By Michael Rand, personal trainer and triathlete. This blog is a pre-race blog, following on from my 5 weeks out update. Now, the countdown has officially begun. This Sunday 3rd December is Busselton Ironman. If you have been following my journey over the last few months, you already know that this race is what my last 5 months of training has all been leading up to. Training Update Since my last blog it has been quite an eventful few weeks. The very next weekend, I had a fairly serious crash on my bike during a training ride. I had just fitted a new part to the front end of my bike, which end ..read more

By Michael Rand, personal trainer and triathlete. As I write this month’s blog, there are 5 weeks left until race day. It is about this time in an Ironman build that you really ramp up the training. The weekly volume is at its highest and as an athlete you are at your most tired. Over the last month my progress has been steady. There has been a mixture of great workouts, okay workouts, and workouts that I either didn’t do as prescribed or left out completely. This is a series of blogs journaling my training in preparation for Busselton WA Ironman in December, with support from my ABMMA PRO Bio ..read more

By Michael Rand, personal trainer and triathlete. After my last blog, Ironman training and recovery journey with ABMMA BMT (Part 1), I thought a monthly follow up of my training progress incorporating the use of my ABMMA PRO BMT Device would be appropriate, as I countdown to the Busselton Ironman series in WA at the start of December. Not long after my last blog, I won a competition for an entry to Ironman Western Sydney 70.3. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Triathlon speak, a 70.3 is a half Ironman. That means it is a 1.9 km Swim, a 90 km bike ride and a 21.1 km run. The Western Sy ..read more

  In this article, we explore Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), how it is linked to Bioelectric Meridian Therapy and take a look into Tianjun Liu’s research paper ‘The scientific hypothesis of an “energy system in the human body’ from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, published in Science Direct. Traditional Chinese Medicine and the energy system Traditional Chinese Medicine is more than just medicine. It’s a way of thinking about the body and our health. Ancient TCM sees the human body as a tiny little universe, with vital energy flow (Qi) that travels through us and maintains ou ..read more

By Michael Rand, remedial massage therapist, personal trainer, triathlete. Since my last article about my Ironman recovery with ABMMA BMT after Ironman Cairns, my Ironman training regime has ramped up again as I prepare for WA in December. Between training and work, you could say life is busy. Over the last four weeks I have averaged 15 hours per week of structured training and 43 hours per week of work. My workday starts at 6.30am. As I am generally a morning trainer, it means getting up at 3am each day to achieve the 90–120 minutes of training per day I wish to get. Then, during my workday ..read more