After a challenging summer overshadowed by the bushfires that ravaged so much of Australia, we’ve arrived in Autumn, only for coronavirus to occupy our every waking moment. As I write, clubs and facilities in Australia and New Zealand remain operational, along with...
If you were to name the top fitness trends of the past decade, functional training would surely be up there. Unlike some trends, however, functional fitness has become a mainstay of many facilities group fitness timetables as well as many PT’s client programming....
Fitness professionals’ clients are many and varied. Although each has their own unique qualities, certain behaviours and needs will often be apparent across the population to which they belong. In her article ‘How to thrive in your classes for teens’...
This blog post was written by personal trainer Theresa Prior of theresapriorpersonaltraining.net As the days get shorter, the air gets chillier and the mornings get frostier, it can be tempting to ditch your workout and take your active wear to a cosy café to sip...
Catching up with industry legend and longtime friend of Network, Paul Brown, at this year’s FILEX convention reinforced to me the growing importance of member retention in today’s market. In 2019 more and more clubs and niche facilities, studios and trainers are...
The saying goes that first impressions last, and there’s probably much truth in that – though arguably, given enough time and opportunity, it may be possible to disprove someone’s negative perception of you. But why waste time trying to correct a bad impression when...
This blog post was written by George Porter, a freelance writer based in Sydney. He can be contacted at george.tim.porter@gmail.com. In 2019 it is common to encounter people that are using some sort of online training tool to help them either lose fat or gain fitness....
This post was written using materials from Urban Strength and Australian Fitness Network. New global survey results have once again named Bodyweight Training in the top five fitness trends for 2019. The survey, conducted by ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal (FIT),...
‘There’s more than one way to skin a cat’ the old saying goes. Why you’d want to know even one way eludes me, but the point is, there’s more than one way to get something done. Recounting a key lesson learnt from a lifetime working in the fitness industry, in the...
This post was written by Nigel Champion, Executive Director of Australian Fitness Network. Until the late sixties, the idea of exercising for good health and wellbeing was virtually non-existent. Then, former US Navy doctor, Kenneth Cooper, wrote a global bestseller...
