Ben Allen joins our Hutt St team

We’re pleased to welcome Ben Allen to our Hutt St personal training team later this month. Ben started his fitness ‘journey’ as an overweight teenager, engaging a PT to assist him in improving his health. This sparked his interest in the…

Exercise – the answer to manage stress?

For a long time now, I’ve had a strong interest in the role that exercise plays in performance. I’ve always suspected that going to the gym, riding your bike or going for a run on a regular basis also helped…

Balance training – the key to prevention and management of lower back pain?

In a recent internal professional development session, our personal training team had the opportunity to hear from Dr Sam Millard from Chiropractic at Magill. Sam shared his learnings with us in relation to clients who are managing some level of lower…

Banana Girl V Bikini Girl – who’s right?

One of the top stories in Adelaide media over the past couple of days has been the online feud between social media personalities Kayla Itsines, founder of the the ‘Bikini Body Guide’ #BBG  and Leanne Ratcliffe aka Freelee the ‘Banana…

Looking to keep your mind sharp as you age? Looks like lifting weights may be superior to doing the crossword…..

Here’s a great little article that someone sent me recently that was published in a national newspaper which sums up just another reason to engage with regular resistance training, regardless of you age and stage……… -Kristin Lewis  

Is exercise still important as part of a weight loss regime?

In recent times, weight loss has been linked to what we eat and drink rather than the energy that we expend through weight loss. Some of the theories behind this are that we can’t accumulate sufficient exercise volume (time) in…

Physical activity – the new health ‘wonder drug’

A recent report has leading doctors calling for our western culture pandemic of ‘physical inactivity’ to be given equal priority to smoking by health professionals when working with their clients. This backs up data from a 2009 study published in…

Leading By Example

Thank you Rachel Moore for your honesty in today’s Eastern Courier Messenger pg 17. You have raised such an important issue and highlighted the importance of thinking before we speak especially in front of our children. If you have not…

Beetroot and Basil Salsa

Salsas and dips can be a great way to get extra vegetables into your day and summer is the perfect time to enjoy them regularly.  Store bought dips can be high in preservatives and provide little in the way of…

Maddison Lorenzin joins our Unley PT Team

We’ve pleased to announce that Maddison Lorenzin has joined our Unley team as a Personal Trainer. Maddison brings 5 years of personal training experience to the Unley team having previously worked in both large health club ans small studio personal…