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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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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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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Early Signs That You Are Overtraining
Overtraining implies that, with an enhanced training stimulus (excessively near or at maximal), the body and mind are unable to meet demands. Training is a…
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How to Train For a Marathon
Marathon running might require leg strength and cardiovascular endurance, but hanging out at the squat rack alone won’t help you cross the finish line on…
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Become a Personal Trainer at Any Age
Are you sick of your day job? Ever thought it would have been cool to be a personal trainer, but that it’s too late for…
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Training at Maximum Aerobic Speed
You may have heard the term ‘maximum aerobic speed’ floating around in the gym, but what does it mean and how can you use it…
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