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Winter Fitness Guide: Stay Active and Healthy
How do we stay healthy during winter? Don’t let the colder temperatures discourage you from staying fit during the winter months. At our boutique personal training studio in Kogarah and Bondi Junction, we are dedicated to helping you stay active and healthy all winter long. Discover our expert strategies to keep your fitness routine on…
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Common fat loss mistakes
Are we making the same mistakes? When it comes to fat loss, there are several common mistakes that people often make. Here are two of them: 1. Overemphasising Cardiovascular Exercise: Cardiovascular exercises, like cycling or jogging, have several health advantages and can aid in calorie burning. However, relying only on cardio for fat loss is…
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The best morning routine to get rid of back pain
If you’re experiencing back pain, establishing a healthy morning routine can help alleviate discomfort and promote overall spinal health. Here’s a recommended morning routine to target back pain:
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How to continue training while dealing with pain or injury
What to do when have an injury Pain and injury stink. There’s no other word to describe it. We’ve all dealt with some level of pain or discomfort, and for most people, pain automatically means ‘I need to stop doing that,” but what happens when we stop moving? We lose it (as the old saying…
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The benefit of sprinting for your health and fitness
As a form of high-intensity exercise, sprinting offers a host of health and fitness benefits. When I say sprinting I don’t just mean running, it could be skipping, pushing a sled, short bursts on a rower or bike, or even performing a beautiful burpee at speed. Here are a few reasons to consider incorporating sprints…
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How to increase your step count and make it a daily habit
We all know the benefits of frequently moving throughout the day. Every day, we see hundreds of people walking, we as humans are built and designed to walk, it’s one of our best features as we can go on and on for long periods of time compared to most other species in the world. It’s…
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Strength Training and Longevity: Why It Matters
Strength training is often associated with bodybuilding and aesthetics, but its benefits go far beyond just looking good. Regular strength training has been shown to have a positive impact on overall health and longevity. Here’s why it’s important to maintain a healthy and active life as you age. In conclusion Strength training is an important…
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Resistance Training vs Steady State Cardio
How do we rate resistance training vs steady cardio training? My personal experience with resistance training has been an amazing journey. When I first started I began noticing my body composition was changing within the first six months. I was an inexperienced lifter back in the day, and I admire all those fitness models in…
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The Best Exercises for Warming Up
When working out, it is important to tailor your warmup to whatever exercises you will be doing. Warming up is key because it increases blood movement to your muscles which brings oxygen and nutrients to them to help with exercise and movement. As well, warming up properly for exercise will help stretch your muscles and…
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Daily Morning Routine
My daily morning mobility routine can enhance your performance. We all tend to perform our daily task without thinking movements play a major role.A busy lifestyle and eating a high process and ultra process can lead to inflammatory joint pain. I noticed when I eliminate sugar, pasta, bread and seed oil and replace with fresh…
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Running Low on Exercise Motivation
Running Low on Exercise Motivation? It’s not everyday that you have the motivation to get up and exercise, even the most avid ones have bad days. Here are 10 ways to keep you loving exercise in the long run: 1. Keep yourself open to being a student When you work out there is always an…
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4 Basic Actions to Kick-Start Your Nutrition Journey
Wanting to start your nutrition journey can be daunting at times and even unrealistic. Fortunately it does not have to be this way. These 4 basic actions you’re about to read can be implemented by anyone, anywhere, and anytime. It doesn’t have to be all four in one day; it can even be 1 action…
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Life in Lockdown
In March 2020 Australia went into lockdown, businesses were shut down, ours included and we had to adapt, so we took our members online or outdoors. It seems so long ago now, and not only did we survive it, but we thrived and came out stronger. Fast forward to July 2021 and we are back…
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Keeping The Weight Off!
Weight loss is one thing but keeping it off is just as difficult. It is common for weight gain to occur after weight loss. Stick to these important points to help keep your weight in check. Schedule your workouts. “Make time” rather than “find time.” If your workouts lean more to “finding time”, then this…
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How to Build Your Best Body Ever!
Sculpt and tone your physique by adding weights to your training. Not only is resistance training good for your bone health but also 80% of your metabolic rate is determined by how much lean muscle you have. This means the more muscle you have, the more energy your body will burn whether you are working…
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Exercises That Are Good for Posture
Whether we are standing, sitting or lying down, gravity exerts a force on our joints, ligaments and muscles and good posture simply refers to the body’s alignment and positioning to help us look better, but also ensuring we move more economically so no one structure is overstressed. In our modern day lives, posture can be…
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Getting Over the Diet Mentally
One of the biggest hurdles I’ve had to face as a health and fitness coach is getting clients over the ‘diet’ mentality and diet behaviour. We are decades deep into the diet culture and it’s a massive challenge to rewire that. It’s not my job to put you on a diet. Because it’s not a…
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6 Reasons Why You’ve Suddenly Gained Weight
6 Reasons Why You’ve Suddenly Gained Weight When you have no idea why you are adding on pounds, here’s what might be going on. Sometimes you don’t have to wonder why you’ve picked up those extra pounds. An example could be when you had that busy week at work when you hardly had time to…