Let’s get started: creating great GX class intro's
By crafting a unique, personalised class introduction, you can set a professional tone and reinforce the inclusive values of the facility you are instructing at,…
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Heavy Weightlifting Safety Tips For Clients
Safe and responsible weight lifting involves precise, controlled movements that specifically target one or more muscle groups. In addition to increased strength, it has a…
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INJURY & REHAB: Helping clients recover from lockdown injuries
Whether your clients went too hard with their home workouts, or slipped into a screen-based sedentary lifestyle during lockdown, you are well placed to help…
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What’s hot in ‘22? Our fitness predictions for the year ahead
What does the AIF’s team of fitness experts predict will be the top 10 fitness trends for 2022? As per our yearly tradition here at…
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Exercise and Chronic Fatigue
Once dismissed as ‘yuppie flu’, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is widely misunderstood and underestimated. Affecting people at different stages of life, there is no specific…
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How to Maintain Your Fitness Over Christmas
If your Christmas typically looks like; declining gym sessions, increased alcohol consumption, loss of motivation and eating 'til your stomach is sore... you're not alone.…
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Why Does Massage Feel So Good?
People crave massages for a number of reasons, from feelings of relaxation and pain relief for tight and sore tissue, through to injury recovery and…
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Optimise your female client’s running with menstrual cycle-based training
Few female runners or coaches take the menstrual cycle into consideration when planning training, but by working with, rather than against, fluctuations in oestrogen and…
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How do You Prepare For a Week in Hell?
Australian Institute of Fitness (AIF) Coach, Bassim Yaghi took on the mentally and physically gruelling challenge that is SAS selection. It was, he says, unlike…
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