Training Aids & Tools

A big favourite at What’s New in Fitness because small training aids and tools can compliment your general fitness offering and bring alive your one-on-one PT sessions and your group fitness training and performance sessions (such as HIIT) by offering exercise variety and variations at a personal level and training intensity and that can make the difference between your members coming back or not! Check this out on a regular basis, there is always something new hitting (or about to) the Australian market.

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How to Add Boxing to Your Gym Offering (And Actually Make Money From It)

Fitness Education, Group Fitness, Gym Retention and Member Experience, Programming and Coaching For Fitness Professionals, Staffing, Hiring and Team Management, Training Aids & Tools /

If you’ve been thinking about introducing boxing into your fitness offerings but keep putting it off, this one’s for you. We sat down with British Olympic bronze medallist and global boxing fitness entrepreneur Tony Jeffries to get the unfiltered truth on what works, what doesn’t, and exactly how Australian gym owners can turn boxing into […]

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Mid-Life Women as PT Clients: Exercise for Hot Flushes and Sleep Problems

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Article by Mish Wright. If you believe the current fitness headlines, there’s only one prescription for midlife women: lift heavy and lift often. Strength training is vital — no argument there — but the problem is the way it’s become the only message. Cardio is being quietly cancelled, as if running, cycling, swimming, or even

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Personal Training Clients on Weight Loss Medication

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As more Australians embark on medical weight loss treatments, many trainers now find themselves training clients on weight loss medication without fully understanding what these drugs do, how they affect exercise performance, or what’s within their professional scope. Clients may casually mention, “I’ve just started Ozempic,” leaving trainers torn between curiosity, concern and confusion. In

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Training Clients with TFCC Injury: A Practical Guide for Fitness Professionals

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You’ve worked hard programming an intense session for your client, only to have them walk into the gym clutching a crumpled radiology report and saying, “My physio says it’s a TFCC tear.” It’s normal for trainers to freeze at a point somewhere between concern, confusion, and “Wait… what complex?” before realising that all your programming

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Promoting Progress Over Perfection: Guiding Clients In Pursuit of The “Beach Body”

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With summer just around the corner, it’s no surprise that many Australians are starting to think about how they’ll look and feel when the weather heats up. But new survey findings show that plenty of people are still chasing the idea of the “perfect summer body” and some are willing to take extreme measures to

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3 Fitness Products You Should Have In Your Gym in 2025

Commercial Gym Equipment, Fitness Business Management, Fitness Technology, Training Aids & Tools /

The Aussie thirst for gym facilities is as strong as ever and the greatest challenge for fitness business owners is retaining members in a highly competitive market. There are some pieces of equipment that you could expect to find in pretty much any fitness centre, such as weight plates, dumbbells and cardio machines, but what

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SMART TECH: The Les Mills Equipment That Hits Differently

Group Fitness, Strength Fitness Equipment, Training Aids & Tools /

For a long time, the equipment central to group fitness was very slow to innovate. As a world leader when it comes to group exercise programming, Les Mills has been in a unique position to develop cutting edge equipment that integrates seamlessly into group fitness classes, improving safety and delivering maximum results. It’s been a

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Top Tips For Gym Flooring Design in 2025

Commercial Gym Equipment, Fitness Business Management, Training Aids & Tools /

From the arrangement of cardio equipment down to the colour of the walls, Juliana Mare chats to design experts to find out their top tips for gym floor design to maximise functionality and member enjoyment. The importance of gym flooring design for member retention What convinces a person to join a gym? Of course, factors

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Our 2024 Guide To Christmas Gifts For Fitness Trainers

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It’s that time of year when the shops are getting busier and you have to check the expected delivery dates for the things you order online. With only weeks to go before the fat man in the red suit comes to town, you need to get your butt into gear when it comes to your

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Weightlifting Feet: How Strong Is Your Foot Core?

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When I’m at the gym I’m always baffled by all of the trainers/gym goers ‘pumping iron’ and doing cardio. I can safely say that most or all gym goers have forgotten their crucial core muscles; the ones that help stabilise the body to conduct certain movements from deadlifts, to squats, to running. Are you training

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The Garmin Golfing Products Sure To Level Up Your Game

Fitness Fashion & Wearables, Fitness Technology, Training Aids & Tools /

Golf calls for ability, strategy, and accuracy. Every shot that you take on the course shapes your performance. If you want to be better at playing golf, you need tools that complement your commitment to the game. That’s where Garmin comes in, providing various advanced golfing technology to take your game to the next level.

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The Underestimated Versatility of Sandbag Training

Health & Fitness, Strength Fitness Equipment, Training Aids & Tools /

When we think of functional fitness and strength training, barbells, dumbbells, and high intensity cardio machines like the Technogym SkillMill might come to mind first. There are also some simple, yet highly effective tools that can be absolute powerhouses for functional fitness workouts such as BOSU, battle ropes and the humble, often overlooked sandbag. Sandbags

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