Intermittent fasting has become an increasingly popular health and fitness trend, with many trialing the regime for weight loss, improved health and to simplify their lifestyles. Scroll through any social media platform or online health and fitness publication, and you’re bound to read about someone doing intermittent fasting. So, what exactly is intermittent fasting? Let’s…
Why There’s Never Been A Better Time To Become A PT
Personal Training sounds like a great job when you’re young and fit, but do people really make a career out of it? Have you ever wondered how big the fitness industry is in Australia? Does it provide sufficient career opportunities to consider it as a sustainable, profitable career option? A recent report from Skills IQ…
Top Fitness Trends for 2019
The New Year is here, and with that fitness professionals and enthusiasts alike are anticipating what the top fitness trends will be for the year ahead. To help plan for what’s to come, The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) have surveyed thousands of fitness professionals about health and fitness trends via an electronic questionnaire.…
Christmas Gift Ideas for Fitness Lovers
The festive season is well and truly upon us and Christmas day is just around the corner. Finding the perfect present for friends and family members can be tricky, so we’re here to help! We’ve come up with a health and fitness inspired Christmas wish list that will be sure to give you some great Christmas…
Steve’s Reflections from the Asia Fitness Conference
The Asia Fitness Conference celebrated its 10th year anniversary in 2018. The 3 day conference and exhibition was held in Bangkok from the 5th – 7th October. It was a significant milestone and representative of the evolution of fitness training in Asia over the last decade. The Conference attracted exercise professionals from a wide range…
How Social Media Has Influenced the Fitness Industry
Social media has had a huge impact on the fitness industry from the instantaneous interaction we can have with people all over the world to content being accessible to anyone and everyone. We live in a world where we have never been more connected and influenced by social media. We have so much information readily…
What are the best health and fitness-related apps?
With Apple’s recent announcement of GymKit, which “allows Apple Watch users to sync data with gym equipment with a simple tap, displaying information from your personal profile on the equipment’s screen while also sending analytics from the equipment back to your apps.” So with that in mind, and for those that don’t have an Apple…
The Rise of the Insta-famous Insta-fitness Trend
The growth of social media, especially amongst the younger generation, has seen the rise of an all new type of famous, one that wouldn’t and couldn’t have existed just 10 years ago. It’s known as being ‘Insta-famous’, people who are famous through Instagram. In the health and fitness industry qualified personal trainers are using the…
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