Goodlife Health Clubs has launched a brand new campaign – A Day in the Goodlife – which features real members, not models, to reinforce the role that physical fitness plays in enhancing quality of life. The video series follows a single day in the life of four members, each with their own obstacles – big […]
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This article was updated September 2024. If you are one of those buyers who still think that Total Gym® is a home fitness product seen on late night television ads, we would like the opportunity to bring you up to date. For over 48 years Total Gym has offered commercial grade and commercial service products
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In the final of our seven-part article series providing legal guidance for those in the fitness industry, we’re sharing more advice from Scott McKenzie from Mills Oakley. This time Scott helps you understand the issue around duty of care in the event that your PT injures a client. Did you know that your club can be liable if one of your
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Adults who sit less through the day have a lower risk of early death, particularly from cardiovascular disease. If you work in an office you could be sitting for as many as fifteen hours each day; that’s more than 50% of your day! The Prevention Research Collaboration (PRC) at the University of Sydney has explored
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In the sixth of our seven-part article series providing legal guidance for those in the fitness industry, we’re sharing more advice from Scott McKenzie from Mills Oakley. This time Scott helps you understand your duty of care and how to identify if your facility is ‘unsafe’. Health club owners/managers should carefully consider whether your premises are appropriately fitted out to prevent
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For the past three decades, Keiser has influenced the world of training by uniting both components of human performance: The force you produce and the speed at which you produce it. Introducing Keiser’s pneumatic resistance equipment… What is Keiser’s pneumatic resistance system? Keiser introduced the pneumatic resistance system in 1978. This simple idea, to “pump
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Australia Overtakes Germany in Vegan Trend Australians have the world’s biggest appetite for learning about going vegan, according to Google Trends. An analysis of the past 12 months of searches from around the globe shows Australia has the highest percentage of searches for the word “vegan” of all searches conducted, outranking last year’s champion, Germany. According to Google,
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With more Australians than ever ditching their typical fly-and-flop holidays for health enhancing retreats, Health and Fitness Travel, the leading specialists in wellness holidays worldwide, has seen demand more than triple since their launch in 2014. As the business celebrates their second birthday this month; Co-Founder and Managing Director Samantha Lippiatt says; “Wellness travel is
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Article updated August, 2023. Original article by Michelle Wright. For many women, once they have a regular exercise routine, it’s easy to just stick to what they know. While some women may like to change up their main exercise option every few years, to keep them interested, it actually makes perfect sense that your workouts
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In the fifth of our article series providing legal guidance for those in the fitness industry, we’re sharing more advice from Scott McKenzie from Mills Oakley. This time Scott helps you understand how to secure a 24/7 gym permit. It’s important to understand that applications for planning permits (including extensions to operating hours) must be delicately handled to optimise prospects for
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Functional Training: Exercises and programming for training and performance, by Juan Carlos Santana Reviewed by Tony Boutagy, PhD, AEP, AES of the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia and Boutagy Fitness Institute This is a book that has been long awaited and keenly anticipated, written by the Godfather of the intelligent functional training movement, JC Santana. The text is
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In the fourth of our article series providing legal guidance for those in the fitness industry, we’re sharing more advice from Scott McKenzie from Mills Oakley. This time he’s focusing on what to do if a copycat tries to copy the ‘vibe’ of your gym. It can be problematic attempting to prevent others from copying the ‘vibe’ of your gym,
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