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Dietitian and Nutritionist, Susie Burrell provides these tips to help busy women eat well and stay lean. Without a doubt, juggling work, relationships as well as finding time to look after self is a constant battle for women who need to be at their best every single day. While we know that regular training and […]
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Australian fitness industry icon, OH! Magazine author and fitness professional, Laraine Dunn, shares with us the key to ageing gracefully. “I feel that I am really blessed to be able to play and have fun.” “That’s how I make a lot of my decisions,” explains Novocastrian Laraine Dunn, “By getting out of my comfort zone.”
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Analee Matthews ponders over the globe-trotting adventures a passion for or a career in fitness can offer… When I was 21 I headed to the United States and worked as a fitness professional in a gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. And due to that country’s lack of education and training standards back then (PT hadn’t
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This article was updated December 2024. Australians claim to rate their health and happiness as two of the most important things in life, yet almost 15 million of us miss out on one of the easiest ways to maintain our health and happiness because we don’t move enough. What is the key to happiness? Research
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Article updated December 2024. Essential fatty acids play a vital role in women’s health. They are required by our body for carrying out various biological processes that keep us healthy and alive. Since they cannot be synthesised inside our body, they must be obtained from food sources or dietary supplements. Deficiency of essential fatty acids
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Yoga instructor Dylan Werner shares his advice for perfecting these five arm balances. Why not make it a New Year’s goal to nail these ultimate power poses? Fitness lends itself to quantifiable goals: a time to beat, a weight to lift, a distance to reach. But there’s also artistry involved, and the opportunity to cultivate a
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Want to make a difference in your community, but don’t know how? If your club wants to make a difference and help transform the lives of young people in your community, BORN TO MOVE™ could just be the answer you’re looking for! Did you know there was a Les Mills program for kids? BORN TO
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According to Brad Sheppard (personaltrainerbusinesssystems.com) there are 15,000 new personal trainers graduating across the country ever year. Interestingly, each of these graduates has their own story that led them to the decision to take their interest in fitness to the next level. Toni Krasicki spoke to four PTs to find out what led them to
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You may spend a lot of time on your physical flexibility, but emotional flexibility is just as crucial in order to live a healthy, well-rounded life. Margie Warrell explains… When I went to the Australian Open this year, I found it inspiring to see top seeded players like Victoria Azaranka and Andy Murray move about
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Do you train in one, two or three planes? For too long, getting fit has meant picking an activity you like and then doing it over… and over… and over again, without paying much attention to variety or training the body evenly. The human body is made to travel through three planes of motion and
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Twenty-nine-year-old Marcia could honestly say that her one passion in life was health and fitness. Each and every day, she would rise at 4:45am to put herself through a gruelling gym session, an exercise regime that she found help her keep her weight at a lean 57kg. When her demanding job finished each day, Marcia
Orthorexia: Are you taking healthy eating too far? Read More »
This year, we see Facebook celebrate their 10th birthday. A platform designed for people to find out what their friends are reading, wearing, doing, eating, listening to, their values, where they are going and more! And yet fitness centres, gyms, health clubs and personal trainers seek to use the platform to sell their services, Justin
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