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When we develop our Strength & Fitness programs and activities, we always consider what effect it will have on your metabolic rate. When there are only 45 or 60 minutes in each session (out of the 1,440 minutes in a 24 hour period), we obviously want to burn the most amount of energy possible. Although there are actually many ways that our programs can increase your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) for long after you have finished with us, there is still more you can do to keep that BMR going strong all day, every day.

After all, you can burn more energy in your 18 waking hours than you can ever do in a 1 hour/45 minute workout. So doesn’t it make sense to think of your waking hours as a workout in itself? Read the rest of this entry »

Although most people will hate to hear it, ‘running is the best form of exercise for burning energy’, bar none!

Someone running at 12km per hour will burn a massive 4141 kilojoules per hour, compared to high level sports such as playing football (2452 Kj) or high impact aerobics & swimming (2146 Kj). It also has the added benefit of the ‘negative feedback effect’ where by the more body fat you have the harder it is it run & the more energy you burn.

How come then, if it’s SO GOOD for you & perfect for burning fat, why doesn’t everyone do it? BECAUSE IT’S Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most frequent comments that I hear from new clients is “I just can’t do sit-ups, or push-ups or squats”. We all want to get stronger don’t we? Wouldn’t you like to know how to be able to do these exercises so you can feel like you’re making improvements towards functional strength & injury prevention &/or rehabilitation?

Before considering going into detail of the techniques of these exercises, the first thing that needs to be covered is; ‘how to activate your core muscles to provide the foundation for the working muscles’.

Without a doubt, the most important muscle groups of the entire body are your deep core muscles, namely the Transverse Abdominals (TA) & Pelvic Floor muscles. Why? Let’s look at a simple daily action of picking up a box off the Read the rest of this entry »