Hi guys, Our new #BeatYourBest program is perfect for those wanting to finish 2015 at their peak! Summer is coming, Christmas parties, holidays, bikini weather… Now is the time to get started so you’ll look & feel your best. Don’t have time for face to face training? We’ve got you sorted! We’re all busy with work/travel/family, so we’ve … [Read more...]
Once while running…
Running with my nephew recently was such a fun & rewarding activity I really wanted to share it with everyone & encourage you to run with your own kids or family. Last holidays I went running with my nephew Rylan (who’s in 3rd class at school) & was surprised by his endurance & excitement of running. Of course he knows I love … [Read more...]
St Patrick’s Day Workouts
Put down the Guinness & get your body moving before you start the feast of St Patrick. The 17th March holiday commemorates the day of St Patrick’s passing so this workout (inspired by our Irish OUTFIT X instructor Darren) is 17mins of maximum effort! We’ve given you 4 exercises, think of it as our 4 leaf (exercise) clover, to you! 17min … [Read more...]
Tokyo Marathon 2014
The Tokyo Marathon is an amazing race, and rightly one of the world major marathons. The Japanese people love & respect marathon running and as a nation have an amazing number of elite marathoners. Yesterdays race was won by Kenyan Dickson Chumba in a new race record time of 2:05:42. He beat home Ethiopian Tadese Tola (2:05:57) & compatriot … [Read more...]
Prepare for a marathon & enjoy your holidays
Travelling away for any event always has it’s difficulties… and fun. After all you're travelling for a reason, to experience life, so you don’t want to miss what’s on offer, but how do you balance everything? Ideally when travelling for a marathon you want things to be as familiar & routine as possible, but Japan presents plenty of challenges. … [Read more...]
Beachsprints & Soft Sand Running
Summer is a great time to hit the beach & change up your training with some challenging sand running. With the softer sand your legs work harder on push off giving you that characteristic leg burn. It's great to mix up your training but avoid jumping straight into long runs on the sand or you'll pay the price. Because you push your toes into … [Read more...]
2013, a year of PB’s, travel & good friends
2013 has been another great year full of fun adventures, fitness & good friends. Just as in previous years cricket dominates my summer in January & the Richies had a huge day at the SCG test with 110 of us helping turn Day 2 of the test into Richie Day. And just a week later I put my fitness cap back on when I zipped down to Hobart for the … [Read more...]
’12 Days of Christmas’ workout
Staying active over the Christmas period can be tricky. You all know the '12 Days of Christmas' song... Well complete the workout below over 12 days, or even better over 24 days with a recovery day in between. As the workout increases you’ll be thankful for the day between. Start on Sun 1st or Mon 2nd Dec & train right up until 23rd /24th Dec … [Read more...]
The Amazing Space
We’ve been lucky to visit some great cities with awesome public spaces in our travels including Stanley Park in Vancouver, the Golden Gate park in San Francisco & the lake shore in Chicago. It’s so important for great cities to have a major natural feature and amazing public space. Sydney is full of stunning parks, great beaches, and amazing … [Read more...]
San Francisco Outdoor Exercise Equipment
After our recent blogs on Outdoor Gyms I had to post a short blog (while I’m over here on holidays) to show you the great facilities we found when we rode around San Fran. In the park leading to the Golden Gate bridge, (the view wasn’t too bad), we came across this great new equipment. Nearby was the old brown wooden equipment with chin up bars, … [Read more...]