Friends in Fitness

The health benefits of having friends in fitness are well documented, exercising with a friend or friends, increases motivation, achieves better fitness results and improves mental health. We are social creatures, notwithstanding the occasional or regular need to be...

Exercising Habits

It has been a very technical week as we tried hard to activate the muscles of the back with the single arm rows.  In this exercise, we were training the Latissimus Dorsi, also known as the “Lats” The “Lats” are a triangular shaped muscle that goes from your waist to...

Charting Fitness

  It was great to be back and see you ready and excited for term 3! Responding to your requests,  Eva and I are thrilled to trial the early bird classes at Epping next week giving everyone extra opportunity to Shape-UP! 5.45 am Epping Classes on Tuesday and...

Exercise is a winter warmer!

I hope you all have had a wonderful break and have had a chance to acclimatised to winter! Being acclimatised will mean that Term 3 training will be more efficient and focused on the coming summer  – hooray! Athlete acclimatisation is a real science, with many...

Fitness is within reach

We have come again to the end of term, and it felt great to exhale and reflect on our progress with pride! . The highlight of our program was the deadlift, an amazing exercise that relies on many muscles to work together to lift the weight efficiently. Many of you...

Lead the way in fitness

Recognising that we are stronger, fitter and more energised is an empowering feeling. Understanding why we are exercising is life changing. In a world where fitness levels are decreasing, and life expectancy is increasing we have to contemplate the quality of our life...