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...
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...
