Exercise tips, workout ideas and more to help you with your training whether it’s at the gym, in your home or doing a sport.
Whether you’re a stay at home mum, studying, working or doing a combination from the three, it can be difficult to maintain your weight when you’re so busy you forget to eat or things become too hectic for you to have the time to cook or exercise. Here are some tips that will help you …
Stretching is an important part of any workout, but is often left out of many people’s fitness regimes. Although it may not burn many calories, making time to do your stretches is a good thing in more ways than one and it’s certainly not wasted time. Why you should stretch Increasing your flexibility may not …
Ever been working out on a piece of cardio equipment and wondered what the heart-rate monitors are really used for? Your heart rate can be a good addition to your fitness testing as it’s an indicator of how strong your heart is getting, plus you can also use it to help you get a better …
Are you one of the many women skimping on strength training because you don’t want weights to turn you into the Incredible Hulk? We’ve got some good news for you: training with weights won’t bulk you up, but it will increase your muscle tone and help you burn fat! Women’s physiology doesn’t allow for bulking …
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Inspired by the athletic figures you’ve been watching on TV over the last few weeks? Then it’s time to incorporate some of the Olympic moves into your weekly workout! Here’s an Olympic-inspired mini workout to kick start your week: ROWING GYM: 5 minutes rowing machine, aim to row 1000m (if you can do it easy, …
Sugary foods laden with calories usually come with warning bells when it comes to weight loss and weight maintenance. But it can be frustrating when you feel deprived, and completely avoiding foods that you love may result in either a one-off binge (not so healthy) or even lead to unravelling the rest of the healthy …
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As we tend to store excess fat in the tummy area, it’s one of the hardest places on your body to tone up. Abdominal exercises are part of almost everyone’s fitness routine, but they are often done poorly which can result in injury. Read on to learn how you can train your abs more effectively …
If you’re serious about your health and fitness goals and your budget allows for you to set aside some money to achieve them, it’s a good idea to team up with a professional and find a personal trainer. There’s a reason they’re called ‘personal’ trainers – there are many different exercise and nutrition philosophies out …
Inspired after Val’s Olympic silver medal shot put throwing prowess? So are we! Okay, so you may not want to do something quite as intense as throw a shot put through the air (which is technically pushing it into the air rather than throwing anyway…), but there are some thing you can do to improve …
You may feel a little less speedy and streamlined when you’re on your own bike, but there’s no reason why you can’t take a leaf out of our Olympic cyclists book and channel your inner Alison Shanks or Sarah Walker. Cycling is not only a great form of low impact cardiovascular exercise, but it can …
Thanks to television show Dancing on Ice and our national ice hockey team – the Ice Blacks – gaining increased media coverage, ice skating is gaining popularity in New Zealand. We’ve given ice skating a go and find it pretty addictive (plus we’ve learned that even if you don’t have balance to begin with, it’s …
Feel like watching the Olympic swimming has inspired you to take up the sport yourself? Freestyle is one of the most common swimming strokes used by competitive swimmers due to the fast speeds you can get up to, plus it’s relatively easy to learn how to do. So whether you’re a budding lane swimmer, looking …
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