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Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have heard of the game-changing Google Glass that was unveiled last year. One of the coolest technologies to hit the scene, the sci-fi looking specs that are collecting apps by the minute is about to be launched in 2014. The Glass is basically a head […]
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For personal trainer, Kirsty Welsh “Fitness was an unexpected calling”. Toni Krasicki explains… Originally, Kirsty Welsh was enrolled to study a Bachelor of Classical Performance in Music, until a light-bulb moment inspired her to choose health and wellness as her career path, with music being retained as a deep-seeded passion. “Initially, I had no intention
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Brad Sheppard BEd (PhysEd) is the co-founder of Create PT Wealth (www.ptbusinessbuildingbootcamp.com.au), which is Australia’s largest Business Coaching and Mentoring program for Personal Trainers. Brad has taught thousands of Personal Trainers Internationally the methods on how to become Multi Six-Figure Personal Trainers. He is also the co-author of the best-selling book A Personal Trainers Guide
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In fitness, adaptation produces strength. When changes are introduced, our bodies adapt, and we grow stronger. Now excuses are everywhere. We all have them – we’re too tired, we’re too busy, we don’t believe we’re capable of lifting more weight or increasing the speed. But when outside forces handed Jed McGiffin an excuse, he responded
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Blackmores reveals: Australian women handling stress better than men. However, across the nation we’re a bunch of stress heads! The results are in. Over 21,000 Australians have completed Blackmores Stress Quiz[i] and the results reveal as a nation we’re unquestionably stressed, with more than half of survey participants reporting that they are stressed. In the
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During the last ten years, there has been a marked shift in attitude to using alternative modalities in healing and alleviating pain and/or illness. No longer pigeon holed as ‘something you do in Byron Bay’, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy and Homeopathy, have now virtually become mainstream. With an assortment of alternate therapies now available,
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Just been diagnosed with coeliac disease – or simply gluten intolerant? Either way, no matter how hard you try to cut gluten from your life, chances are that just like an embarrassing high-school photo it keeps finding a way to creep back in. The result may be abdominal pain, bloating, tiredness, headaches or poor concentration
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It is Australia’s biggest killer, causing more deaths each year than all cancers combined and with insufficient physical activity, alcohol consumption and obesity on the rise the outlook is anything but hearty. Heart disease kills four times more women than breast cancer and three times as many men as prostate cancer. That is why this
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Master Trainer Josh Stolz reveals to Sheila Monaghan, the planks you should be doing (but probably aren’t), taking a traditional move in new directions. Now that the plank has effectively supplanted the crunch as the go-to core-strengthener, exercisers have placed a premium on their ability to hold the toning move—the longer, the better. As one-minute
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Christmas is probably the most challenging day of the year when it comes to eating well. Weight loss expert Kylie Ryan gives us her top tips for keeping your motivation in check this festive season: 1. Get really clear on why you want to stay healthy and slim this Christmas, without a BIG why, the
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[dropcap]F[/dropcap]inding a gap that needs filling in a competitive market is one of the key drivers to launching a successful business. Three years ago Victorian, Rory Sercombe, at the request of some exercise hungry mum’s, started running training sessions at his children’s school. Rather than having the kids hanging around, Rory put two and two
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With the growing awareness of eating disorders, such as anorexia, it is imperative that Personal Trainers understand there can be a strong link between many of these disorders and their exercise habits. Olenna Korczynskyj, Course Coach at Australian Institute of Fitness WA, talked about some of the issues Personal Trainers need to know. The focus
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