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...
At the recent FILEX 2017 fitness industry convention, Australian Fitness Network celebrated three decades of leading the way in the fitness industry. During the event’s Opening Ceremony, Network’s CEO, Ryan Hogan, took the company’s directors by surprise when he went...
Celebrity chef Pete Evans is never far from controversy. Not satisfied with calling sunscreen poisonous and suggesting mothers should feed their babies camel milk, his advice to a woman with osteoporosis on social media was slammed by doctors, causing even more...
This post was written by Australian Fitness Network’s Editor, Oliver Kitchingman. It’s always interesting to see which fitness-related stories get picked up by the mainstream media. Often it’s negative reports about fad diets, body-shaming and extreme workouts...
This post was written by Lisa Greenbaum. Lisa holds her E-RYT 500 in yoga and is the Program Development Manager for YogaFit Australia and Director of YogaFit Canada. Perhaps the most common question I have been asked since I began my own training journey...
A media release from the Fair Work Ombudsman this week highlighted the issue of confusion around pay rates for personal trainers who are employed by fitness facilities. The Level 4 PT was back-paid $9,800 after questioning his wage, which for 19 months had been paid...
‘We will have to build factories to cut off people’s toes’ screamed the front page headline on the Sunday paper; ‘Dire warning on diabetes’. A bit sensationalist, surely? Perhaps not. Perhaps this is the in-your-face approach needed to keep the obesity epidemic at the...
If you work in the fitness industry you’ve probably heard of FILEX. And you’ve probably also heard about the Fitness & Health Expo. Some people have mentioned cool training gear they bought at FILEX, while others have said the same about the Fitness Expo. So are...
The following post was written by Optometry Australia’s resident optometrist Luke Arundel. It’s a common adage that carrots are good for your eyes – but is that really true? Here are ten foods that, in addition to other health benefits, will boost your eye health and...
I recently read an essay titled ‘No diet, no detox: how to re-learn the art of eating’ which included the assertion that ‘the art of eating …is a question of psychology as much as nutrition. We have to find a way to want to eat what’s good for us.’ The same could be...
