Have you ever wondered about the size of your own engine? You know the engine (heart, lungs and circulatory system) that drives your body?? VO2 max stands for the maximum rate that your body can consume oxygen whilst exercising. The larger…
We are continually under gravity pressure. Did you know that the typical head weighs about 10% of your body weight? That is some pressure on the rest of the body to keep things in alignment. The typical posture of the…
You may or may not have heard of crossfit. It is a type of training that has many followers across the world particularly in the armed forces but don’t hold that against it. I don’t necessarily agree with everything that…
The age old push up is one of the best upper body exercises you can do and the coolest part about it is that you can do it anywhere. If you want a strong chest, great shoulders and toned looking triceps then…
There are some exercises that are a waste of time. Just go to any gym and see someone sitting on a pec dec machine and you will see a classic example of wasted time. Why is it wasted time? Well…
The humble chin up is probably the greatest measure and challenge of someone’s relative strength. When I say relative I mean ability to move one’s self. I guess when it comes to useful fitness, being able to move yourself well…
What is 100 extra calories per day going to do to me anyway?
Well the answer might shock you. If you consume just 100 extra calories per day to what your body needs given your current level of expenditure it…
Next year we will be offering you the opportunity to measure your progress with Fitness Test week. In the last week of every quarter, instead of the regular group training sessions we will be doing benchmarking of where you are…
It is an unfortunate fact that unless you either stretch, massage or do some form of myofascial release (more on what that means further on) you will get an injury. When you exercise you are using muscles repetitively and whilst…
These are two words you would have almost certainly come across in fitness and health vernacular. But what does it mean? When I hear the word ‘aerobic’, the first image that jumps in to my head is leg warmers, headphones…