Exercise tips, workout ideas and more to help you with your training whether it’s at the gym, in your home or doing a sport.
Core engagement, ab activation, deep belly muscle contraction; whatever you want to call it, there are a lot of benefits to getting your core abdominal muscles working correctly but a lot of confusion over how to actually do it. Here are some tips to help you activate your core muscles. What is your ‘core’? Your …
It’s been six months since I had Miss E and the muscles in my belly are still feeling the after-effects of being stretched out every which way. Like many other pregnant women, I experienced Diastasis Recti – the separation of the Rectus Abdominis ‘six-pack’ muscle down the front of my stomach. As a personal trainer …
I love trying out new kinds of exercise and recently had the opportunity to road test The Trip; the hottest new Immersive Fitness class at Les Mills Newmarket, Auckland. The name Les Mills is synonymous with group fitness, and now they’re taking their exercise classes into the future with their new ‘Immersive Fitness’ studios which …
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The craze that is CrossFit and the current trend of HIIT (High Intensity Impact Training) have been getting a lot of attention in recent years for making you fit and strong while burning calories quickly. For people ditching the gym, the online workouts by internet celebs such as Kayla Itsines and Ashy Bines have also …
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As a personal trainer, people tend to think exercising is my thing and that I’ve always loved all of it. Not true. I used to be a couch potato who faked notes to get out of PE at school; it took me years after leaving college to sort out what workouts would keep me motivated. …
Self-Myofascial release, a fancy term for self-massage, is fast becoming a must-do for daily gym goers and professional athletes. It’s the act of massaging the layer of soft tissue called the fascia, which covers the body’s connective tissue and can tighten due to repetitive motion. Runners especially, listen up! Foam rolling 101 Most of us …
With Lydia Ko hitting the headlines yet again – this time as she regained her world No 1 position after winning the recent Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship in Taipei – this month national sporting association New Zealand Golf launched its new campaign ‘She Loves Golf’. Women: Give golf a go! The month of activities on …
Do you find it difficult to stay on track with your exercise routine because you’re always too busy? This is a common complaint for many people. However, regardless of whether you’re a mum, a worker, a student, a social butterfly, you find yourself often helping others, or a combination of the above, it rarely comes …
Carbonated drinks found on supermarket shelves have received a bad rap over the years for being unhealthy and laden with processed sugars. However, SodaStream gives you the ability to take control over what goes in to your fizzy drinks as you make them yourself from scratch at home. Of the four SodaStream models on the …
Many of us find staying on track with training one of the most difficult things to achieve when it comes to fitness. Getting into a routine and sticking with it doesn’t have to involve expensive and complicated exercise programmes, sometimes it’s the simple ideas that are the most effective. Here are some reasons why finding …
Personal trainer Ange Noy is pregnant with her first child and trying to maintain her fitness level as best as possible while navigating sometimes conflicting advice from her endocrinologist, GP, midwife, family, friends, assorted fitness instructors, online forums and phone apps. When you fall pregnant, how do you keep fit while doing what’s best for …
Lying on a bed of nails may not seem like a particularly relaxing past-time, but this ancient healing tool has now been reinvented for modern day use; a less daunting version claiming the same health benefits. We had the opportunity to road test the Shakti Original – an acupressure mat that contains over 6,000 points …
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