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Oct 11, 20191 min read
6 Ways to Refresh your Fitness for Summer
2. Team Up 3. Clean Out Your Pantry Get rid of all those left over bits of comfort treats and snack that may have crept in during...
Sep 20, 20182 min read
Weightloss Rules that Works – Melissa’s tips
Fat loss happens when you ditch the scale, start to exercises effectively and when you see food as fuel instead of something to feed your...
Sep 5, 20172 min read
Beatrix’s Scoliosis Story
Scoliosis is the side-way curvature of the spine (click here to learn more about Scoliosis). post-surgery x-ray When I was 9, I was...
Sep 5, 20171 min read
Strength Training when you are over 45 – Medical Benefits part 2 – Type 2 Diabetes *
A study published in April 2017 from the University of Turku in Finland looked at High Intensity Training (HIT) and insulin sensitivity....
Jul 29, 20173 min read
You can be Healthy and fit while pregnant – 10 Tips and Tricks
31 Weeks Pregnant As I write this article, 36 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby, I can’t believe how fast time is going. I have had many...
Jul 29, 20172 min read
Strength Training when you are over 45 – Medical Benefits part 1 – Sarcopenia *
Are you 45-ish and either anxious about not getting enough exercise, or frantically worried about doing the right type of exercise, to...
Jun 30, 20173 min read
101 Fitness Gives 5 Weightlifting Secrets that could Keep You Young
As someone balancing a 2-year-old daughter, expecting my second in August and running my own business, I should have been more prepared...
Jun 16, 20172 min read
How I dropped 2kgs and 2 pants sizes in just 2 months* – Greg from M2 Magazine
Last Friday I had an appointment and needed a new pair of jeans. I dropped into 5th Ave on Ponsonby Road and grabbed a pair, my usual...
Mar 23, 20171 min read
Rest and Recovery – Having an Active Rest Day – Why is it important?
Recovery also allows the body to replenish energy stores, optimise protein synthesis (the process of increasing the protein content of...
Feb 19, 20173 min read
Your Body Shape is determined by 3 factors. 101 Fitness explains how to help you look your best.
The three elements that determine our body shape…. Our skeleton, the skeleton is just the framework upon which the other two elements...
Oct 22, 20164 min read
Quick tip Do’s and Don’ts on weight loss
WebMd has recently set a test for the do’s and don’ts of weight loss. Interesting that most people didn’t score more than 50% and even I...
May 18, 20162 min read
5 Reasons why taking a break from your usual exercise regime – is good for your health.
2. Go with the season: When the weather gets bad – taking your exercise indoors will help keep you motivated and fit during autumn and...
Mar 16, 20162 min read
7 Tips for maintaining your fitness this change of season.
Noticed the change in weather? Yes, the time has come as autumn settles in with shorter, wetter days. This morning I stuck my nose out...
Nov 21, 20151 min read
What is core strength and what does it really mean?
Although a beach ready body may be all the motivation you need for building strong core muscles, there are plenty of other reasons to get...
May 28, 20153 min read
3 Weeks Post Baby Body
My response on a interesting New Zealand Herald Article on the 27th of May 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id...
Apr 8, 20152 min read
Working Out and still Not Losing Weight? 4 Reasons to Break Up With Your Scale.
Eating well and exercising often, but still feel like you’re not losing that stubborn weight? The thing is, fat loss happens when you...
Oct 14, 20142 min read
Why you need a faster Metabolism
Your metabolic rate is directly responsible for the amount of calories you burn and the only thing that will give you a higher metabolic...
Sep 11, 20142 min read
Is training to often making you fat?
“Am I training enough?” – I often get asked this and the simple answer is that usually those (both men and women) who take their fitness...
Sep 11, 20141 min read
Count your Steps, Not Calories for overall fitness
10,000 steps a day is the goal! We’ve all hear this a thousand times . . . but why? After four months, the number of GCC participants...
Sep 9, 20142 min read
Is training to often making you fat?
“Am I training enough?” – I often get asked this and the simple answer is that usually those (both men and women) who take their fitness...
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