So much of getting into shape is psychological. What we think often becomes our reality. You know the old saying….be careful what you think! Therefore it is crucial that when we embark upon a fitness or weight loss campaign that we do so armed with the most positive thought process to enable us to achieve what we set out to…
Interval Training
If you are like most, you will find that you might get a little ‘stuck’ in your regime of exercise. It’s interesting watching people in a gym environment doing what I call ‘going through the motions’ or just doing his/her thing repetitively. Now don’t get me wrong, all movement is cumulative at the end of the day and the general…
Exercise and Injuries
Many of the Personal Training clients I work with present with injuries of varying degrees before they commence training. For some this is a catalyst to their training as they are unsure of how to go about getting fit due to an injury they may have been carrying for some time. As there are such a broad range of injuries…
Weight Loss road block
It is no surprise that as a nation, Australia is getting fatter. This is not something we can merely blame on genetics either. We are getting fatter as a nation because of two main factors – we eat too much and the wrong kinds of foods and we don’t exercise enough. Over the years of working as a Personal Fitness…
Cold Weather and Breathing
With the onset of winter and the chill in the air I find many people complain of the difficulty in breathing when exercising. This is not an unusual scenario as the air particularly in the early morning is very cold making it much more difficult for the body particularly the nasal passages and air ways to warm it up before…