 With Christmas fast approaching, it’s often that time of year when we feel guilty about choices that perhaps aren’t so beneficial for our health. Thankfully, it is never too late to make changes and step forward into improving your overall health and wellbeing – even through the Silly Season! Make this summer your healthiest yet by taking these simple, achievable steps to really start to form healthy habits geared to having the most successful 2019! Stay Hydrated Water plays such a key role in our fat-loss journey, not to mention how much better we feel when our bodies remain hydrated throughout the day. Hunger can often be mistaken for thirst so ensuring you are having adequate water throughout the day will stop you from overeating as well! Water also helps boost our metabolism and increases our energy levels not to mention helps to detoxify the body, which is so important this time of year! I cannot stress the importance of water this time of year as our alcohol consumption may be higher then usual as is the amount of treats that are sneaking into your diet ;) Be Active! Don’t be one of those people that skips out on the exercise because your “too busy”. With the extra calorie consumption over the Silly Season it is crucial we are balancing that out with extra caloric expenditure meaning move your body more to burn more calories! Continue training hard in those gym sessions, factor in time to go for a walk before or after work or even park your car the furthest away from the Shopping Centre – your waistline will thank you for it and you will enter 2018 feeling fit, fresh and fabulous ready to smash your new goals! Get creative with healthy snacks and platters There are SO many fun ways to up your fruit and veggies content over the Christmas period – you just need to be prepared and get creative in the kitchen! Try making your own homemade veggie dips with veggie sticks, a kiwi and berry wreath or fruit skewers! Homemade Bliss Balls and Raw Slices are also great additions for your Office Parties or Christmas day platters! Load up the plate with nutritious options first. One of my FAVOURITE things about Christmas is all of the delicious food options available! My tips for buffet eating: fill your plate with the nutritious options first! Salads, fresh fruit, healthy dips and lean meats. Then with the remaining space pop a spoonful of those goodies you look forward to eating every year (In my case it’s my Uncles potato salad!). Following on from nutritious options on your plate is to be strategic! To avoid overeating, overfilling and having a head that is WAY bigger than your stomach why not try the following:
Sleep is absolutely essential to weight-loss as it aids in balancing hormone levels, assists with maintaining a normal appetite as well as metabolism. Not to mention, being tired impairs our judgment often causing us to skip exercise, drink more coffee and crave more food causing us to over-eat. Aim for 7-9 hours sleep over the Christmas period to ensure your body continues to function optimally! Don’t let one day de-rail you Often one or two days, or even a week, of over-indulging sets us back mentally. Be kind on yourself and don’t let this stop you from getting back on track once the festivities are over! Be realistic with any goals and don’t forget to still enjoy yourself! During the Christmas period it’s inevitable that your progress or routine will be effected in some way and this is perfectly fine. After all, this is a time for enjoying the company of family and friends so most importantly, remember to enjoy yourself! Start 2019 on the right track to become the BEST version of YOU!  Dan's going to reach up to any bar around him. Hands can either be over or under. He's then going to lift his body weight off the ground. He's got a straight leg, raise straight up to about this height here, about where the belly button or the ribs are. Okay. So, he's really targeting the abs here. This is the advanced option. If you guys want to regress this, we can go knees straight up. Really focusing on curling up those abs. If we're struggling with this one, we can regress this even further. I'm going to get you guys on a flat bench and we're just going to work on a V-up. Ruby's going to lean back a little bit, and she's supporting her weight through her core, holding on, and she's going to bring her knees up to her chest, squeeze the abs, let them come out. Same rep ranges, same sets. We can just regress this and start to build that up over a couple weeks. Hey guys a pretty raw chat with Tom and Dan with some edited interruptions but some awesome insight into how the boys consider their training programs if they have busy or interrupted weeks and how do they identify over training and how do they recover. A summary of of some of the questions asked: Over training, that's the big question that's been asked a bit. When you guys think about over training, what does mean to you? You have a busy week coming up. How do you prioritise your training schedule? I miss a day that I'd scheduled in, how do I catch that up, or how do I get the mindset to get back into it? So my body feels like I've over trained. I've had a big week, I've done multiple sessions and back to backs, bad sleep, all those things. How do I consider that in a recovery session? I'm interested to know how many times you guys train a week, and then what you put into your weeks for your recovery, but then I'm also interested to your recommendations on our eight week transformation. How many times do you think our guys should be training each week to help get them to their goal? What do you guys schedule in for your own keeping your training fresh, keeping your lifestyle fresh? What's your deload? What's your recharge?  One of the hamstring exercises we have for you today is a hamstring curl on the exercise ball. If this is Dan's first time, I recommend that he use his hands for a little bit of support. He's gonna lift his hips up, so like a glute bridge, and he's gonna pull his heels into the ball as his hips come up. If we want to get a little bit more stability through the core and the hips, Dan can bring his hands back into the chest, still working hamstrings really well. For your first couple reps, it might look like your hips are a little bit lower. This is still working the same muscles, but we don't have as much tension through the hamstrings. But the first option is the one we're going for. Option 1
"Hey, guys. Another one of the core exercises program for you is stir the pot. So, what Dan's going to do is come into a plank on the exercise ball. Nice, tight core. He can spread his feet for a little bit more stability, and he's going to be working on stirring the pot. Okay. So, moving the exercise ball around in a circle. It's got 10 and 10 prescribed for you, so Dan's going to do 10 in one direction, and then he's going to change that direction going the other way." Option 2 "We can start to regress this movement by limiting the amount of movement he does. So, he's just moving his elbows back and forth, making sure the whole time he's got that nice, strong core. Other than that, we can start regressing that again to just a plank. Holding it. He's going to add a little bit of instability, so you got more work through your abdominals. Okay. We can make it easier by doing the same movement, just on your knees. We've sort of shortened those levers. He's still working through his core, and the exact same principles apply again." This afternoon I decided to sit down with Ruby one our nutrition coaches and Lucy our resident nutritionist (author of the 8 Week Transformation Nutrition Guide & 6 Week Challenge meal plans) to spend a few minutes asking some common and not so common question about the program and life's what ifs...??? Listen for the full 10mins or skip ahead to find some information that might help you. What if my appetite is increasing? 30sec When should I snack? 1:40min How can I manage the kids and the meal plan? Can I repeat a meal or two? 4:35min What if I am picky? Can I mix and match the options in the plans? 6:30min What if I have a bad day? Like a really bad day... 8min There are lots of little golden nuggets in between the questions so don't skip too far ahead. Enjoy! Ever wondered what a coach does when it comes to their own health and fitness? We ask one of our coaches Ruby how she prepares and plans to have a successful day and what she prioritises when it comes to her body and mind. This video is one of our series from our 8 Week Transformation. We hope you find something that inspires or motivates you to make some positive changes in your day/weekly routines. Enjoy :-)
It has been an incredible past 2 weeks with the addition of baby #4 to the Mumford household... meet baby Jai, Jasiah Rowan Mumford born on the 12th of May. I would like to say a huge thank you to all of the well wishes and congratulations we received from all of our Fitness Life Family. You all make it incredibly rewarding to be a part of such a strong and supportive community. I look forward to introducing him to you in the coming weeks.  from left to right Noah 5, Beau 1, Jasiah 1day, Carter 3 = a busy and hilarious household
Hey Fitness Life Family!! First off, a massive shoutout to Coach Bernadette on running in the Adelaide Marathon over the weekend. I hear she is hanging up the running shoes and swapping them for some lifting shoes to focus on lifting some big numbers. We are proud of you so well done for completing yet another goal. Also as some of you would have seen on Facebook a group of Coaches and Members got behind a great cause and raised over $2000 for the Leukiemia Foundation and completed the Stadium Stomp. A challenge that consisted of running the 6000 stairs in Adelaide Oval. As one of the participants I can tell you it was an amazing event, well run and the free 5 minute calf massage and apple made it all worth it!!! Keep an eye out for the event next year. Lastly, just an update on the bare wall at the back of the gym. We are currently deciding on whether or not we get a murial painted or just a plain colour. When we know what we are going to do we will let you know. See you in the club, happy training. Daniel
Hey FLS team! I often only get to chat with you on the phone or through email so if you ever get the chance to drop in during business hours feel free to come say hello :-) I am a Fitness Coach, Nutrition Coach here at the club but some of you may not know that I have the pleasure of managing all of the Business Development and Projects at Fitness Life Studios. Currently we are working on a number of exciting projects that will benefit you as members and also how the club operates. Some of these projects include our 6 Week Challenge which kicks off next Monday, our online booking system for our classes and a complete makeover of our online platform including our website http://www.fitnesslife.com.au, blog and database with the aim of going completely paperless in the coming months! There are LOADS of cool things going on behind the scenes at Fitness Life and we cannot wait to share and roll-out a number of these exciting projects which will enhance your visits and experience in the club! 
The GT Room is a hive of activity. In the past six months, we've introduced a number of changes to the timetable now incorporating 24 sessions each week. With an array of session types available, we truly have something for everyone. Each week, we average over 170 session attendances and it's exciting to be part of this growing and thriving community. Not only are we seeing improvements to people's fitness, strength and mobility, we are seeing friendships form. We're currently launching the first 6 Week Challenge for 2018 partnering with S.A.B.A. (South Australia Body Analysis) for the most advanced body composition analysis available giving participants a great understanding of what is happening inside their body. Participants of this challenge will be receiving a clean eating meal plan with recipes along with an online support group with direct access to our nutrition coaches and fitness coaches. There is still time to sign up so hit the link to register now! bit.ly/6WEEKCHAL Team events have become a focus and we're always chatting about what is coming up and what we may like to part of. Our coach Bernadette will be leading a team for 'The Bloody Long Walk' a 35km challenge held on Sunday 19 August. This is a fundraising event for Mitochondrial Disease. If you would like to join this team, please click on the link www.bloodylongwalk.com.au/adelaide/register/ and join the Fitness Life Team. 
For the past almost 12months now we have implemented an in-house EDU Session for our team of coaches. The education sessions are about teaching our coaches the most efficient and up to date training methods in the industry today. They are held twice a month and vary session to session depending on the presenter and the needs for example we have looked at pelvic floor activation, general nutrition planning and deadlift form. They are designed to produce consistency amongst our coaches whilst creating a safe environment for our members to train in under watchful eyes of experienced and confident coaches. The last two sessions have consisted of external professionals visiting Fitness Life Studios and horizontal press exercises. Recently SABA (South Australia Body Analysis) dropped in and taught the team how to breakdown the figures provided by the body scan. The team were excited by the comprehensive approach taken by SABA and the scan results that we will be recommending to all of our clients to think seriously about having a scan and getting detailed information to the internal changes your body is making. There is an amazing opportunity to have your first scan as a part of the 6week Challenge the team are providing this week. The following weeks will focus on programming considerations for specific populations and periodising training for clients who train 3+ times a week. Our education sessions are not only for our coaches! If you have any questions about training, nutrition, lifting form or programming, please approach one of our coaches and pick their brains to better influence your time in the gym.  |
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