Les Mills Asia Pacific’s Business Partnership Manager Miriam Cohen recently chatted with two of Melbourne’s leading fitness operators, Fiona Kriaris (YMCA Victoria) and Frank Lennard (Glen Eira Leisure) about the power of content for successfully engaging members and...
Looking for a worthwhile fitness challenge to motivate your clients and members, regardless of how, where – and if – they’re currently exercising? ANZUP Cancer Trials Group has launched an ‘easy to participate’ new fundraising event called Below the Belt...
Family doctors consistently refer their patients to expertly trained specialists. The specialist’s field of expertise helps the referring doctor feel confident they are sending their patient to the right place/person for help (i.e., cardiologist for heart problems,...
Well, that’s an autumn we won’t forget in a hurry – however much many of us may want to. Ironically, as winter hits its stride, we find ourselves tentatively emerging from the enforced hibernation that has profoundly affected every aspect of our lives and work. To say...
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...
