Winter warmer package
Winter is often a time when people stop being active. It’s easy to cuddle up indoors and put on your best tracky daks and eat some comfort food. A few extra rolls can easily be hidden under a baggy jumper – summer is way off anyway. As winter starts to fade and the weather starts to warm up you realise spring will be here very soon and inevitable panic sets in as you ponder how...Learn MoreDiary of a Non Wimpy Mum
I approached my first class with a healthy dose of nerves – I can’t remember the last time I did any cardio other than walking, which, judging my spreading waistline, was not really doing the trick anymore. “It won’t,” Della informed me, as we watched our kids’ swimming lessons. “You’re over 40 now.” Ouch. I found it easy to get a carpark at Rushcutters after dropping the kids at school and...Learn MoreJust keep keeping on
Sometimes I hear clients expressing their disappointment about the fact that they have put on a few kilos. They know what to do and what to eat but they are not disciplined to stick to a regime for very long and they keep going back to old habits. Other times it might be disappointment with their fitness level or their skills. Again they know what they can do to get to the next level but...Learn MoreChanging your body composition
As part of the New You program I asked the participants to undertake a DEXA body composition scan before and after the 8 weeks of training and good nutrition. The reason for this is that I wanted them to be able to see how changes to nutrition and training can result in more muscle and less fat. As we age we want more muscle. It is a way to avoid the “spread” – that layer...Learn More