Category: Fitness

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How Long Does It Take to Get Fit?

February 12, 2023
How Long Does It Take to Get Fit?

When you start to get involved in exercise and work on your fitness, you may come to realise just how unfit you are. And it’s an uncomfortable feeling. You feel sweaty, out of breath, and your heart rate takes a long time to settle. Will it always be like that?

Your heart rate should always rise with exercise, and getting sweaty is all part of it. However, the more exercise you do, the fitter you become. Read on to learn about how long it takes to get fit and what that looks like.

The Six-Week Miracle

There are many marketing campaigns out there that promise you will get fit, healthy, and even ripped in just six weeks. It sounds like a miracle, or too good to be true. Studies show that it is. Twenty-five sedentary men were put through a six-week exercise programme to see if you could get fit in that amount of time.

They completed three 20-minute cardio sessions in a week or three 30-minute high-intensity strength training sessions. At the end of those six weeks, the men’s appearances remained unchanged.

Their body fat percentage, number of push-ups they could achieve, and oxygen efficiency also remained unchanged. So, six weeks isn’t the miracle number many people thought.

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Five Tips to Stay Positive Under Religious Discrimination

September 18, 2022
Religious Discrimination

Australia has some of the strongest laws in the world when it comes to things like religious discrimination and workplace bullying. Employees have the right to open legal proceedings against an employer who doesn’t follow the relevant laws, which can result in significant compensation.

However, religious and other forms of discrimination can take a significant toll on your mental health. Because of this, it’s important to actively work on keeping a healthy mind. In the rest of this article, we’ve explored a selection of our top five tips to stay positive under religious discrimination.

  1. Start the Day Properly

If you feel like your mental health may be at a low, it could be a good idea to spend a little time developing a clear morning routine with exercise and sun exposure. Starting the day right can have a huge impact on your state of mind.

For example, you should ensure you’re eating a healthy breakfast, leaving yourself with plenty of time to get organised in the morning and exercising regularly. For some, standing in front of a mirror and saying positive statements to yourself can help.

  1. Learn to Laugh at Bad Situations

Having a strong sense of humour is a magical thing. Of course, religious discrimination is certainly no laughing matter, but learning to laugh at bad situations that are outside of your control will help you maintain a positive frame of mind.

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Why Training with an Expert in a Group Could Be the Best Option Yet

August 21, 2018
Group Fitness Expert

How do you know your current exercise routine is working for you? How can you tell whether you’re on track, if you’re doing all the right things, or you’re even carrying out specific exercises properly? There are so many things that group fitness classes and trainers can offer that you may be missing out on through solo physical activity. With a lack of education being one reason for joining a group fitness class, here are even more below.

Motivation

When you are your only form of motivation, it can be so easy to fall victim to the lure of the sofa. Instead of pounding the pavement, you can find yourself curled up on the couch after a hard day of work watching TV. If you need motivation, then group fitness classes can be of assistance. Those who struggle to push themselves can benefit from courses such as BodyAttack, Sh’Bam, and even spin cycling. With a motivating and encouraging trainer, as well as like-minded people, you are more likely to turn up and get moving.

It Offers Variety

If you find yourself doing the same things day in, day out, then it’s easy to become bored with exercising and keeping fit. However, training with an expert in a group fitness class offers more variety than you may have ever thought possible. Every class and session will be different, with a range of exciting, sporting and exhilarating exercise options to suit all fitness levels and abilities.

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5 Benefits of a Good Posture

September 9, 2017
Good Posture

These days we rarely hear Grandma – or anyone else – telling us to sit up straight like they might have done years ago. And with the increasingly sedentary work and lifestyle most of us are living, bad posture seems to affect most of us. However, good posture certainly contributes to healthy living and here’s how.

  • Good posture helps you to breathe properly. This ensures a good supply of oxygen in the body. Try inhaling deeply while slouching, then sit up straight and inhale. You’ll easily notice that the latter allows you to inhale much more deeply.  When you have enough oxygen in your bloodstream you are much healthier.
  • It helps your brain to function properly with better concentration and clarity of thought. Studies show that the brain needs 20% oxygen to perform optimally.
  • Good posture improves your image. People look at you and think you are attractive, alert and healthy. When you see a person who constantly slouches, you’ll wonder if they are sick, in pain or feeling emotionally stressed.

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Should People with a Disability Play Sport?

June 13, 2012
Play Sports

As we have seen when watching the Paralympics, people with disability certainly can play sport and so, of course they should. In fact, this is one of the things they can do that they not only gets them out of the house, but is beneficial to them both physically and mentally.

Once they are focussed on what they can do – playing the game – instead of what they can’t do, they find their self esteem shoots up and their enjoyment of life increases exponentially. And if they win what a great way to celebrate being alive. If you’ve even pondered this question, you only have to watch the winners of gold medals to know what a great thing it is for them to play sport.

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