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Have you noticed lately that doing “normal” activities like walking up stairs, and just getting up and down is getting harder? With 1 in 3 Australians said to be overweight, and our lifestyles becoming more sedentary, we have almost forgotten how to exercise.    My dream is to help Australia be fitter than any other […]

Many people try to lose weight, and initially do well and then either stop or lose weight and then over months or years later put that weight back on. In an article in 2005, Rena Wing and Suzanne Phelan talked about many factors that help the decision to lose weight initially and then the rate

When training athletes/clients many say I have a puzzled look on my face or a look of deep concentration. Well, yes it is my thinking face! I don’t just coach someone for the sake of coaching them.  I train clients to see performance improve that are relevant to their goals.  I see so many people

In my humble opinion, being a Mum is hard.  I am a 36-year-old husband and I can honestly say right now that my wife is one of the hardest working and selfless people that I know.  2.5 years of broken sleep, returning to working as a Physiotherapist, being married to someone who works an average

As a coach myself, I see the value of coaching in my own life when I spend the time and money to have someone help me succeed in a goal that I have. Sometimes, being accountable to yourself gets difficult, especially when you are accountable to many others! What I see so many times in

Do you want to know how to lose weight but not have to run a single step?   I have trained at least 20 people who have lost 10kg or more without running a single step in the process.  Due to injury, illness or just the pure hatred of running, they could or would not participate

Over the past 15 years I have been privileged to have coached some amazing women in all different sports and walks of life.  The one thing that resonates with me is that the stronger I helped them become, the more self-confident they become. Being strong is a very personal definition. Some women I have coached

I have been coaching for nearly 20 years this year.  In that time I have coached a lot of athletes and one of the main things that I would say that athletes lack in general is an overall lack of intensity when they are in the gym.  I see too much talking, laughing and joking

As someone who works in the health, fitness and sports performance industry, I hear a lot of different ways for people to be healthier. A term that has done the rounds, is nutritional cleansing.  What is that, you say? A simple way of looking at cleansing is to look at cleaning a room.  So, you

I first met Kira-Leo Leo (now Nicol) and Shanita Smith in 2011, when I took over the strength and conditioning program for the Capricorn Claws Netball Squad. Sometimes coaching is more than just about making someone stronger, or fitter, or better at their sport.  It is as much about coaching their mind as their body. 

RU Ok day is today.  We are all asked to just ask that one simple question today. But, this sort of thing needs to happen more regularly than just today. I thought I would write a short article on what to do if someone says that they are not ok and some simple steps to

This post is about a real passion of mine and the foundation of the way that I coach. There are lots of theories and approaches to coaching out there, and I have looked at many of them.  I really encourage young coaches to spend as much time as you can when you are young just

My name is Mitch Guthrie, and I work at Vector Health as an Accredited Exercise Scientist and Strength and Conditioning Coach.  Over the past two years I have coached some great athletes and Chandrea Jones definitely rates up there with the best I have coached.  Chandrea has won multiple MVP’s now and last year took