Breakfast has long been known as the most important meal of the day. As the name suggests, breakfast breaks your overnight fast, kickstarts your metabolism and provides you with the energy you need to keep you going throughout the day. Making good breakfast choices is important, as it not only fuels your body for physical…
Exercise Progressions: The Plank
The plank hold is a staple core exercise that not only helps to tone your midsection, but also helps to improve posture, support a healthy back and enhance overall movement and stability. Performing the plank engages all major core muscle groups including the transverse abdominis, the rectus abdominus and the external obliques, as well as…
How Training For Sport Differs From General Exercise
There can be a number of different factors that affect the design of training programs for athletes. Understanding these factors is important, as it allows you to create a program that will help the athlete not only get better at their sport, but also fit into their weekly schedule. This blog will help you understand…
The Best Health and Fitness Apps of 2019
In an era where health and fitness are key priorities and smartphones are a must-have, it only makes sense to use our phones to help achieve our fitness goals and improve our health and wellbeing. The good news is, there is a whole category of health and fitness apps to help get you fitter, stronger,…
The Ins and Outs of Intermittent Fasting
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…
Own, Rent Or Employee – Which Type Of PT Business Is Right For You
So you’ve graduated from your Certificate III & IV in Fitness (or about to), and it’s time to take the next step in your career. You’ve done all you can to educate yourself and get the practical experience, now it’s up to you to make the most of it. The big question at this point…
A Helpful Guide to Reading Food Labels
Our partners at Be Fit Food have provided us with an insight into what we should be looking for when reading food labels, not only to determine what is healthy and what isn’t, but also to understand what we’re putting in our bodies: When it comes to grocery shopping, it can be overwhelming trying to…
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…
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