How Personal Trainers Can Help Clients Push Their Limits
Raising client motivation is a critical component of being a successful personal trainer. As you might guess, motivation is essential for your customers to get out of a rut, modify…
6 Must-Have Foods To Assist With Your Strength Training Goals
Make sure your gym visits aren’t going to waste by incorporating these six must-have foods into your meal plan.
What is Cardiovascular Fitness?
You know that to improve your health and wellbeing, you need to be able to move your body. Understanding your fitness needs is important and there are so many ways to incorporate cardiovascular fitness into your routines throughout your day. Cardiovascular training is also known as aerobic training and it’s just one of the methods you can use to improve your fitness. Cardio exercise can improve your heart and lung performance, keep the oxygen pumping around your body and increase your muscular endurance with the right cardio workouts. Whether you choose spin classes to improve your cardio fitness score, or you want to join a bungee fitness class, there are so many options to help. Cardiovascular exercise, done for at least 30 minutes continuously, also works large muscle groups. You can also choose to mix up your cardio fitness with lifting weights and even with slower movement, but your cardio fitness can be anything from walking to boxing!
Why People with Personal Trainers Usually Reach Fitness Goals
People ask if they need a personal trainer all the time, so we created this guide to address exactly why a personal trainer helps keep you on track. At the…
How low should you go with your squats, really?
Perhaps no exercise topic is more debated than proper squat form. How low should you squat? Turns out the answer is more complex—and personal—than most people will admit. And it all starts with a simple test. Here’s a guide to finding the right squat position for your body.
11 Reasons Cardio Fitness Classes Keep You Going Strong
Did you know cardio fitness classes can benefit more than just your heart health or help you lose weight? As if those benefits weren’t enough on their own, cardio fitness classes can do so much more for your body and your mind. At our Mitcham gym, we provide the classes necessary to improve your health and keep you going strong. From body combat classes to cycling to having a boxing gym in Mitcham, we are sure to have a fitness class that interests you. Still not convinced? Here are eleven reasons to join our cardio fitness classes today.
5 Careers in Fitness and Health You Might Want to Consider
Are you someone who believes in physical fitness or health and wellness as a lifestyle? If so, you may want to consider a career in fitness and health. This could be something like a personal trainer or it might be something completely different. Here are five careers in fitness and health that you might want to consider to help others discover a healthy lifestyle.
Why Your Ab Workouts Don’t Work
Abs might be made in the kitchen, but that only tells half the story of why so many people perform endless abs exercises and still don’t see the results they want. Just because you focus time and effort on a particular body part—more planks and crunches, anyone?— doesn’t mean your body will respond the way you want. While genetics will always play a factor in how you look, your biggest problem is not your DNA; it’s the exercises you select and how you activate your muscles while performing them.
10 Tips to stay fit over christmas
Christmas is a time for celebration and with that comes over indulgence. Check out these 10 tips to stay fit over Christmas so you can still enjoy the fun without undoing all your hard work.
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4 Ways Working With a Personal Training Specialist Helps You Meet Your Goals
Do you struggle with knowing what workouts are best for you and your fitness goals? Or maybe you need a spotter to make sure you keep proper form. A personal trainer can be the answer you are looking for. Check out these four ways working with a personal training specialist can help you meet your fitness goals.
Do You Know the Best Low-Impact Workouts to Try at Our Nunawading Gym?
Looking for a Nunawading gym that offers low-impact workouts? You’re in luck because Element Fitness has some of the best group fitness classes in the area with a variety of low-intensity options! Our Nunawading gym will have you coming back for more every week with these energizing and centering low-impact workouts. And to top it off, you can finish up your workout by relaxing in our state-of-the-art sauna.
The best foods for recovery
Is there anything worse than waking up with sore muscles? You go hard on a new workout, feel great about yourself and then...not so great the next day. Sore muscles are not only painful but they can also slow your fitness momentum as you wait to recover. But make no mistake: Recovery is crucial.
6 Tips on How to Find Time to Workout as a Working Mom
It’s no secret that moms have busy schedules, but adding in a full-time job just makes it all the more hectic. Between work deadlines, school meetings, extracurriculars, and family time, moms are left with little time for themselves. This leaves many moms wondering how to find time to work out as a working mom. Luckily, we have some tips for all the working moms out there!
5-Minute Finishers: How To Speed Up Progress
Repetition is key when it comes to improving any skill. You don’t get better by setting goals—you get better by doing. “The goal is just an event — something that you can’t totally control or predict. But reps are what make the event happen,” says James Clear, author of Transform Your Habits. Changing your body requires the same mindset. No matter the skill—torching body fat, improving flexibility, or increasing muscle size— you’re going to have to put in the repetitions. Lucky for us, this process can be accomplished by adding 5-minute workout finishers—simple workout circuits—to the end of your program. These finishers will add crucial skill exposure to your routine during the week, and dramatically shorten the path to your goals.
How to get over BACK-TO-GYM anxiety
Working out at home was cool for a while, but if you’re itching to get back to the club—and a little nervous about it—these tips will help.
Reformer Pilates Benefits
Is your workout routine feeling a bit tired? Have you wanted to try something new but you don’t know where to start? A Reformer Pilates course is a fun and very effective way to get a full body workout. There are many Reformer Pilates benefits that combine to make this one of the most popular types of exercise in recent years. Reformer Pilates courses can be done by anyone, from people with zero Pilates experience to those who consider themselves experts. It’s versatile, challenging, and great for your health.
Get Fit with a Gym Personal Trainer
Do you have specific fitness and body goals in mind, but aren’t quite getting the results you’d like? Have you ever stepped into your gym and felt overwhelmed by all of the equipment options? You’re not alone. It can be tough to create your own workout or learn what gym equipment is best for your body and fitness level. That’s why having a gym personal trainer is so important. With a trainer, you have someone there to not only motivate and push you but to educate you on how to reach your fitness goals
4 Types of Yoga and Their Differences
Do you want to try a yoga class but are overwhelmed with all of the options? With so many different types of yoga being offered now, it’s no wonder that a lot of beginners are intimidated and don’t know where to start. The physical postures are the same for many of the styles, but there are subtle differences that may make some types better for you than others. One thing is for sure: whatever form of yoga you practice offers valuable health benefits, especially if you practice consistently. From flexibility to stress relief to better sleep and heart health, yoga is definitely something you should incorporate into your wellness plan. But there are so many yoga classes offered at so many studios and gyms – how do you find the right one for you?
Get Your Heart Pumping with These 4 Cardio Workouts at the Gym
There’s nothing like getting your sweat on at the gym. Strength training is certainly having its moment right now, but cardio workouts at the gym are a necessity to any fitness plan. Cardio not only helps you burn a lot of calories, but it boosts your metabolism and makes your heart stronger.
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Get Summer Ready
As the warmer weather heats up and the days become longer, we are seeing ourselves spending more time outdoors. For some of us may be feeling a little self-conscious that we were not in the best shape we hoped to be in especially, being beach ready. Feeling good should not come at a cost of sweating it out at the gym every day and eating zero calories but creating new habits to support your mindset change. Here are the 3 key things you should be doing that will get you in the healthiest mindset for this Summer.
10 Best Thigh Exercises to Use During Leg Day for Women
When you are serious about getting fit and healthy, I always recommend that you never skip a leg day. To build a solid foundation to crush your daily life like a Queen, you need to train the large muscle groups in the lower body. You might think that its better to do butt and leg exercises to sculpt your booty, but you need stability and a solid and strong core as well.
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Running Low on Exercise Motivation? Here are 10 Ways to Fall in Love with Fitness Again
Its not everyday that you have the motivation to get up and exercise, even the most avid ones have bad days. Start-of-the-year and New Year’s resolution spirit will only get you so far and as the months go by, your motivation will begin to wane. But there is a good way to build a genuine connection to exercise and become a commitment that you want to keep. Here are 10 ways to keep you loving exercise in the long run
Choosing the right workout for your fitness goals
Undertaking the right workout for your fitness goals is essential for getting the results you want. Just as there’s no point in an hour of cardio a day if you’re looking to build muscle, you need to be structuring an exercise plan based around your desired outcome.
Why We Should Stretch
Doing a stretch before a workout properly prepares our muscles for the activity that we’re about to engage in. Stretching afterwards, on the other hand, helps to encourage recovery. A single stretch will make the muscles, tendons and ligaments more flexible BUT this would be for only for a short period of time. Over time, regular stretching will induce the growth of tissues that will lead to a more long-term increase in flexibility. Remember though if your muscles are sore, stretching won't necessarily make them more flexible, but rather help them to feel better.
Some of the common mistakes people make in the gym
We’ve focused on major things that will have a big impact on results. Check in with yourself to make sure you’re avoiding these 6 mistakes, and if you are, look at fixing them and watch your results take off.
Strong and lean is the NEW Skinny!
Historically speaking, men and women have idolized different body figures. As much as the hourglass-figure of a woman is mouth-watering, some may argue that strong and lean is the best body type. By all accounts, a chiseled body is what women find attractive in men today. Of course, everyone’s different. Each person has their own unique preferences. As they say, every man to his taste. Having said that, there is a huge shift in how both men and women perceive beauty and aesthetics. Most women would like to be skinny. Men do too! But what about version 2.0?
Expert Secrets To Keeping The Weight Off!
Expert Secrets To Keeping The Weight Off!
Shedding weight off and meeting your fitness goals is one thing, but keeping the weight off for good is another
Struggling with with Motivation to Exercise? Here are 10 Ways to Fall in Love with Fitness Again
Its not everyday that you have the motivation to get up and exercise, even the most avid ones have bad days. Start-of-the-year and New Year’s resolution spirit will only get you so far and as the months go by, your motivation will begin to wane.
When to change or stay with your program
How do we know if what we are doing is the right training plan? The important factor is what are we measuring against to determine if it is working or not? Is the plan not working if we don't have defined abs after a week of training? If you judge a plan based on that then any type of training regime is going to fail
7 Ways to Get a Fantastic Workout Every Time
Poor energy levels, incomplete sets, longer-than-desired workouts and shoddy results can leave you feeling like your time in the gym is a waste of time. But the good news is, there are lots of things you can do before and after the gym to ensure a fantastic workout every time.
12 Practical Tips To Stay Fit For Christmas
If You Want To Stay Fit During The Holiday Season, Especially During Christmas And The New Year’s Eve, Here Are Some Useful Tips That Might Help You
6 Benefits of Group Fitness Classes
Whether you're a beginner at the gym or you just don't have much fitness knowledge, group fitness classes may be your solution. Joining a class can help build a foundation and structure that you can use to fuel your personal health journey for years to come.
7 Reasons You Should Find an Exercise Partner Right Now
What can pairing up with a partner do for your workouts? Quite a bit, according to experts. Read up on the science and get motivated to grab a friend and start a new fitness routine.
7 Ways To Lower Training Injuries
While injuries can be common to people who are beginning their exercise journey, there are seven simple things you can do to help avoid these so you can continue progressing your training
Eat like Dwayne the ROCK Johnson
It’s then no surprise that adopting The Rock diet and workout plan isn’t a matter of access as much as it is a matter of conviction. Well, that and a decent budget, since you’ll be spending a lot on food. Should you take on this training regimen, however, you might one day flaunt a body like the one he did in “Hercules” or “Fast 5” or any other movie he’s been in because he’s pretty much always fit. But are you up to the task, young go-getter? Let’s find out.
Hip Thrust: The Most Important Exercise You’re Not Doing
There are four leg exercises every athlete should do. You're probably already doing three of them: Squats, Deadlifts and Rear-Foot Elevated Split Squats. But the fourth exercise—the Hip Thrust—isn't so common. Though it most certainly should be.
Improving back pain through exercise
Movement can help relieve back pain, but only the right kind; avoid workouts that put too much stress and strain on the back. So which exercises should you choose? That partly depends on how intense your pain is, and what causes it.
How to get TONED ARMS and feel confidence wearing singlets
Firstly, dispel the myth that lifting heavy weights will make you ‘bulk up’. Secondly, dismiss the idea that you can spot reduce a particular area of your body. Thirdly, recognise that consistency and effort is required to change your body, but know that it can be done.
Try our new JLO ‘Hustlers’ body workout
Sure, JLO is genetically blessed. But she’s also very disciplined. So where does channelling the key muscle groups; the abs, glutes and booty just like her body, become a part of your routine? there’s a number of work-out moves she used for the ‘Hustlers’ movie that we would recommend. And here’s how-to perfect them
The Benefits of Working Out At Home
We may not be able to control certain outcomes regarding the coronavirus, but what we can control, is our overall health and wellbeing during this stressful time. One of the first steps down this path is making the commitment to work out regularly at home.
Reasons why you should try Reformer Pilates
The Pilates Reformer is an exercise machine used to incorporate the Pilates exercise technique for a challenging and intense workout. Springs, leverage and body weight are used as resistance while performing movements targeting specific muscle groups. Workouts consist of controlled, flowing movements working your muscles through a full range of motion. The reformer adds increased resistance to the movement. By working to overcome this resistance, training results in increased fitness levels.
Eating the Right Foods for Exercise
Eating A Well-Balanced Diet Can Help You Get The Calories And Nutrients You Need To Fuel Your Daily Activities, Including Regular Exercise.
Losing the last few kilos
Working Smarter, Not Harder Is Often The Best Way To Break A Weight Loss Plateau. Combine These 13 Strategic Weight Loss Tips With Weekly Resistance Training And Watch How Your Progress Accelerates. Good Luck!
Why Working out Together Works Wonders
Research Shows That If We Work Out In A Group, We Are Far More Likely To Stick At Exercise Than If We Go It Alone. A New Study Reveals Why.
7 Ways to Smash Through Your Plateau
Hitting A Plateau Can Be Super Confusing Because You Probably Don’t Know What’s Causing It.
7 Mind-Blowing Benefits of Exercise
Think exercise is all about toned abs and weight loss? It also makes you happier and smarter.
7 Exercises to Tone Your Lower Abs
Muffin top, gut, beer belly—call it whatever you like. Many are able to make the top row of the desirable 6-pack visible, but the dreaded lower abs can be challenging to develop.
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Armed and Fabulous: The Secret to Toned Arms
If you're tired of envying other women's arms while covering your own, get ready to roll up your sleeves.
Equipment in the Gym That Everyone Should Try Instead of the Treadmill and Bike
‘I don’t like running on a treadmill, or I have a bike at home and I never use it' – if you can relate to this, learn the correct technique of these 3 great exercises and mix up your routine.