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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

Muscle and fat are two different tissues. Thanks Women’s Health and Fitness Magazine for helping NOT to educate people!

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One myth that many people get wrong is that muscle can turn into fat and vice versa. This is simply not possible as they are two very different compounds The picture above should show you from a visual perspective – … Read more

ACCEPTING MEDIOCRITY – Not on our time and not under our watch!

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One thing that amazes me and annoys me about Personal Trainers is their willingness to be seen to be nice, accomodating and to appease the client. Sure, the client is paying you but, they are paying you for results! They … Read more

Repetitions – how many should I be doing when doing weights or resistance training?

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How many times have I been asked the question “how many reps should I be doing”? Probably way more than the number of actual repetitions I have done performing exercises myself! Ok, well may be not that many.

It … Read more

Stick with cooking Pete Evans, you are a chef not a dietitian.

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My kids think that I cook a really good lamb cutlet (or lolly-pop chop as they refer to them) on the BBQ and I think that I make a very nice turkey and salad sandwich but I am in no … Read more

What do you stand for? Dick Smith vs Halal Certification. Just In Time PT vs Fitness Australia

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Recently Dick Smith’s Aussie Grown Foods made a rather bold statement in that it was not prepared to pay the required amount to be certified halal as he/they felt that the money could be spent elsewhere and essentially to help … Read more

Project Ken – Episodes 1-6 “To help improve the life and health of a homeless man”

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A few weeks back, I started myself on a challenge and it was something a little out of left field. It was a challenge to try and improve the health and life of a homeless man that I have seen … Read more