Luckily for families in Auckland, Tāmaki Makaurau is packed with awesome outdoor adventures and some of the best day walks that are perfect for children and friendly on…
If you’ve had a baby, you likely attended a 6-week postnatal check with your obstetrician, midwife, or GP. But you may not have had a postnatal check with a women’s…
During menopause there are lots of changes that happen within the body. Many body systems are affected as one hormonal surge create deficiencies in another. The body constantly…
Over the last few months I have been fortunate to try out some new exercise equipment all with different fitness benefits.
I’ve just returned from a three-day fitness conference in Auckland. It’s always good to find out new information and have your own thoughts challenged. One particular speaker struck…
Firstly congratulations on your pregnancy. What an exciting time lies ahead. There are many wonderful exercise opportunities for you to explore while you are pregnant.
Mothers and daughters who run together – have fun together… Well … mostly 🙂
Getting consistent and effective results from your fitness schedule is the key to maintaining a good level of fitness over the long term. You may need to make…
The general rule is that if you are exercising prior to getting pregnant then you can continue on exercising as you were, adapting as required. If you are a…
It’s not fair, you set out on a plan to get yourself in shape and keep on track pretty well then… The Silly Season, with weeks of temptations…
Stability and balance training can often be forgotten amongst our workout schedule. After all, a gentle stability training session is not a big fat burner and it doesn’t…
Are you doing endless crunches and core exercises, feeling a pain in your thighs and in the lower back and not a lot else? Are you starting to find…
Resistance training is basically any formatted exercise we do that overloads our muscles, so it’s not just going to the gym and using dumbells; exercises involving bodyweight and…
Cardio exercise, when we get our heart rate up, tends to be where we spend the largest part of our exercise time, so let’s take a look at…
So, if you are one of those people who have joined a gym and never visited or don’t have room in the budget for a Personal Trainer then…
‘Living Green’ means looking after ourselves as well as our planet, and this means taking care of our bodies and our minds. Most of us experience being ‘down’…