Does Cardio work?

Does cardio work

Does Cardio Work? I sometimes read articles from other Fitness Professionals preaching that cardiovascular exercise doesn’t burn fat. The question is, does Cardio work? OF COURSE IT DOES! All you need do is look at Elite Sport people and examine them to find your answers. We have just had the 2020 Olympics, visualize or search […]

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Target heart rate

Target heart rate can be worked out via different equations such as, working at 50% of your maximum will make you burn more fat.  But this is way too broad. Below you will find out a better way of working it out. Let’s take a marathon runner – a 30 year old marathon runner’s max […]

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The Pros and Cons of Stretching

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Pros and Cons of different stretching methods Static stretching is the best known form of stretching. While performing static stretching a relaxed muscle is brought under tension. This tension is maintained for longer periods of time (around 30 seconds) after which tension slowly decreases. Advantages – Effective in increasing ROM (range of motion) Disadvantages – […]

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It’s Marathon Training Time Again

Gold Coast Marathon Training Techniques

It’s Marathon training time again on the Gold Coast. Having run a few 42km ‘s myself , I know what it’s like to be part of such a great event.If you are running the 42km, then I would hope you have done the training , so it should be a matter of course. Here ‘a […]

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Energy for Training

Personal training courses Exercise tip of the week With an engine running on only fumes you won’t even get out of the driveway. First, your body temperature is lowest in the morning so you take longer to warm up, which protects you from injury. Second, your cortisol levels are highest early in the day, Cortisol […]

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Whats better Machines or Free weights?

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Whats better Machines or Free weights?   Age long debate that comes around in cycles, first machines were better then free weights were better, I”m sure that in the not to distant future machines will be there again. Here are the pros and cons for both:   Machines: PROS – Easy to learn and use, […]

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Mental Conditioning

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We Are All Unique.   Everyone of us is different to each other with our own personality and ability to think, act and do thing with our own creativity and spontaneity.   However, something has happened to most humans to prevent us from being the totally unique beings that we are. I put it down […]

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Why you should eat fruit and vegetables??

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why should you eat fruit and vegetables  As it’s claimed five daily portions of fruit and veg aren’t enough, here is what the experts say…   For many cancer patients, it takes a life-threatening illness to start eating more of the fruit and vegetables that are vital for a long and healthy life.   That’s […]

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John Briggs

Owner, Head Assessor & Trainer John is by nature a doer and “INSPIRES” others around him by example John has been a fitness fanatic since the age of 9!! A sports nut who wanted to be like Muhammad Ali, Bjorn Borg (tennis) and Denis Lillee (fast bowler). You needed muscles and fitness to be like […]

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