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“More than just a Personal Trainer” – what am I then?

With the ever-increasing flooding of the market with Personal Trainers almost by the day, it has had me thinking. There are now well over 30,000 Personal Trainers registered Australia-wide! The vast majority of these have entered the field with the … Read more

Why you must wear a heart rate monitor when Personal Training!

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Having been a Personal Trainer for so long now (closing in on 20 years) and learning the needs and wants of clients whilst equally mastering the art of meeting these needs, it is apparent that at the top end of … Read more

Please HELP me improve the standards of the Personal Training industry within Australia!

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I write this as a matter of urgency and one that I am clearly passionate about. I have worked in the Personal Training Industry for now nearing 20 years and in my time have never seen such a massive number … Read more

The 7 proven tools for long-term health and fitness results! A successful Personal Trainers’ perspective.

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Here are what you will require to get the long-term results of a successful health and fitness journey no matter what your exact individual goals are:

1)   OMRON body composition monitor including scales (accountability, education and behaviour change)

2)   12

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New Gymnasium Review – Sanctuary Lakes Resort Recreation Centre

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For those of you that don’t know, my wife, 3 kids and I live at Sanctuary Lakes. We moved from the CBD/Essendon over 7 years ago when we decided to build our own home and start our family. We … Read more

Michelle Bridges – Integrity and Credibility = 0.

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Michelle Bridges – Credibility and Integrity = 0.

Michelle Bridges is supposedly the pinnacle of all Personal Trainers in Australia, closely followed by Shannon Ponton and Commando Steve. This amazes me but really goes to show both the power of … Read more

Who is Usain Bolt? Who is Glen Mills?

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I would be very surprised if many of you didn’t know the answer to who Usain Bolt is. Yet I am equally confident that very few of you would have any idea of who Glen Mills is?

Yet behind the … Read more

Extremism – it’s only for the select few and definitely not for all!

We are living in a very interesting time at present and one that seems increasingly exacerbated by image, narcissism and the compulsion to let anyone and everyone know about what we are eating, what we are doing for exercise and … Read more

Regular exercise – It all starts with behaviour change

Most magazines, writers, fitness instructors and personal trainers work from the top down, and use “ideal world” ideology and that is, to get results you need to join a gym (preferably get a personal trainer) and exercise three to four … Read more

FREE weekly exercise class? No way, I’ll call the police! – A tale of two vastly different communities.

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I write this post in disbelief about the short-sightedness of many and the reality that this world is suffering more and more from political corectness, bureaucracy and too many people wanting power.

I will first of all declare my hand … Read more