Goal setting = smart training

by Rebecca Myers | Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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What happens in the 23hrs a day that clients are NOT exercising?

by Oliver Kitchingman | Friday, April 08, 2011

This post is written by Alisha Smith, Australian Fitness Network’s Education Manager. Alisha is also a personal trainer and a group exercise instructor based in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Consumers are constantly being bombarded with products that purport to help track energy expenditure and intake, record heart rate, predict V02max, calculate kilometres run, strides per minute, elevation climbed and a whole host of other fancy sounding scientific things. As a personal trainer, I’m usually hesitant to recommend anything beyond a good ol’ fashioned heart rate monitor – unless a client is particularly interested in the greater detail for the purpose of trekking/marathon/triathlon training. And while there are a wide range of monitors on the market that cater for this group, I’ve never really found a product that can provide the type of details that fat reduction clients are more interested in – namely, what’s happening for the 23hrs a day that they’re typically NOT exercising?   ...read more

Is this your dream job? PT on a Criuse Ship?

by Rebecca Myers | Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Imagine waking up in a different port every morning and working in a gym that has constantly changing views from its windows.   ...read more

Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Aniston have one.

by Rebecca Myers | Sunday, February 06, 2011

Have you ever dreamed of being a trainer to the stars?

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Response to criticism of 8-week fitness courses

by Jack Lee | Thursday, February 18, 2010

In response to Siobhan Moylan’s article that appeared online on 1 February, criticising the fitness industry’s 8-week qualification courses, Vicki Tuchtan writes this:

My hand is up high and proud Siobhan Moylan, as I am a fitness guru.
And as such, I feel compelled to respond to your recent article surrounding the training of fitness professionals in Australia (Hands up if you’re a fitness guru, 1/2/10). Before we get to that, let me indulge with a brief history of the training system in Australia.  ...read more