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Boost Your Core Strength with Stability Balls

Dive into the world of core strengthening exercises using stability balls! A powerful tool for enhancing stability, balance, and overall fitness, stability balls challenge your core muscles, including the abdomen, lower back, hips, and pelvis. Here’s why you should incorporate stability ball exercises into...

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The Power of Hydration

Ever wonder how something as simple as drinking water can profoundly impact your physical performance? Let’s dive into the ocean of hydration and uncover its crucial role in helping you achieve your best! 🌊🏆 💡 Boosts Physical Performance: Proper hydration is essential for...

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The Link Between Body Positivity & Overcoming Bullying & Narcissism

Ever pondered the intricate dance between our well-being and the m shadows cast by bullying and narcissism? It is where power dynamics and self-perception intertwine, profoundly influencing not just our personal journeys but the fabric of our communities. Bullying extends beyond childhood, infiltrating...

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Unlock the Secret to Healthy Eating, Even With a Jam-Packed Schedule!

Ever wondered how the busiest bees manage to eat healthily? In today’s whirlwind of deadlines and commitments, finding time for nutrition can seem like solving a puzzle. But what if I told you that with a few smart tweaks, you could master the art...

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How to make Blackberry Squares

In this video indulge your taste buds with the delectable flavors of homemade Blackberry Squares in this mouthwatering recipe video. Join us as we guide you through the step-by-step process of creating these irresistible treats that will delight both your family...

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How Do You Become the Best at What You Do?

Seven years ago, I decided and committed to becoming the absolute best version of myself in every area of my life. From my physical body, health, strength, my business, my ability to coach clients, the results for my clients, better relationships with my children,...

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High Profile US Attorney Thrives on Honesty, Integrity & Passion

When I was in Los Angeles last year attending a conference with 2,500 people from 75 countries around the world, I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Mandell (pictured far left).  Steve is the Chairman and CEO of Gameplan Entertainment, is an Attorney that specialises...

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Brooke Shields & Robb Evans Interview: Why Alcohol Is My Biggest Problem

In November 2018, I had the great privilege of interviewing mega star Brooke Shields in front of 2,500 people at JT Foxx’s Mega Success event in Anaheim, California. With so many topics covered with Brooke, it was refreshing and illuminating to step inside the...

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Kristy Whiting, aged 30, Pakenham

What a phenomenal transformation update we have for you this month. Kristy, who we have featured previously, has reached an incredible milestone of 50kgs of fat loss! That’s right 50kgs in a little more than 12 months! An incredible achievement through focus and commitment...

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I have a job for you!

“If You Have Enthusiasm, A Positive Attitude And A Few Basic Fitness Skills, I Have A $23.51p/hr (plus super), Fun And Fulfilling Personal Training Position Just For You!” Dear Prospective Fitness Coach, First of all thanks for taking the time to visit this site.  It’s...

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How to select the right hotel gym before you travel

If you’re serious about your health & fitness and want to get the most out of your workouts when on holidays anywhere in the world, then let me show you how to find the right hotel with the right equipment for you. If you’re...

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30 Day Challenge

How do you get life-sustainable results to transform your body and optimise your health? You take consistent daily action and condition yourself until you master these fundamental steps. For the next 30 days write down your daily actions for each of these: * Complete...

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Is Your Inner Circle Holding YOU Back?

In the 29 years since I made the decision to make fitness and nutrition THE key part of my lifestyle, I’ve seen so many trends, fads, pills, diets, programs, DVDs, Youtube videos, apps, books, magazines and weird equipment enter, and leave, the multi-billion fitness...

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What “State” Do YOU Live In?

We all have “states” that we live in.  That could be happy or sad, euphoric or depressed, energised or tired, positive or negative, empowered or disempowered, focussed or distracted, grateful or ungrateful, and the list goes on. What state do you live in? From...

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Tour de France Challenges

This month’s challenge is built around the Tour de France using a stationery exercise bike. You can play with the settings on your equipment, I’ve included the examples that I use on the bikes in our Studio: King of the mountain challenge. Set the...

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Be Part Of The 1% Who Make It!

Although there are many ways to measure success, happiness and fulfillment, I’d like you to consider these facts. Half of the world’s wealth is controlled by entrepreneurs and businessmen/women making up 1% of the total population. 85% of them are self-made. Every millionaire and...

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Ironing Out Fatigue

People with anaemia don’t have the usual number of red blood cells carrying oxygen to the vital organs. Although there are many forms of anaemia, the most common results from iron deficiency.  When you’re not getting enough iron in your diet or you are...

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Healthy Fast Food? Here’s How You Can Still Get Good Nutrition — Even When Your Only Option Is The Drive-Thru

Healthy Fast Food? It doesn’t matter how busy you are… you can still make sure you eat healthy — even when your only option is a quick stop at a drive-thru. Here are 4 tips that can help you make healthy choices which ALL...

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8 Fat Busting Tips!

Hot Health & Fitness Tips For Maximum Results In Minimum Time! Lose the fat permanently with these eight easy changes.   Replace all liquid calories with water and real brewed tea (green, black, or white—no fake prepackaged junk—and go light on the sweetener). If you...

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Tasty Foods For A Happy Heart

These foods will keep your body healthy and your heart—and arteries—VERY happy!   Kiwifruit. This healthy and tasty fruit was originally native to southern China. A recent Taiwanese study looked at the effects of kiwi on cholesterol. It turns out it‘s a powerful HDL...

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Why Do I Get Sore Two Days Later? DOMS!

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is a condition that occurs after strenuous, unfamiliar exercise and affects the muscle fibres, resulting in localised pain and discomfort.  DOMS is commonly associated with extended endurance exercise and explosive types of exercise requiring forceful,  muscular contractions, eg jumping, squats,...

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12 reasons why you should make green smoothies part of your daily diet

Fruits smoothies are cool and refreshing.  Plus because they contain fruit, they just seem healthy.  But are they? Well consider this.  CHOICE Analytical analysed 95 fruit-based drinks from popular fast food chains, including Boost Juice, Donut King, Gloria Jean’s, New Zealand Natural and Wendys....

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Ginger Chilli Fish With Herbed Rice & Asian Greens

Total Time: 10m Ingredients 250 grams (1 ¼ cups) long-grain rice Canola oil spray 4 (about 150g each) white fish fillets 2 tablespoons sushi seasoning 2 tablespoons salt-reduced soy sauce 5 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, cut into matchsticks 1 long red chilli, seeded, thinly sliced 200 grams snow peas, halved diagonally lengthways 1 bunch choy sum,...

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5 Minutes of Walking Can Reverse the Damage of 3 Hours of Sitting!

We all know that sitting for prolonged periods of time can be bad for you.  But new research has linked extended periods of sitting to high cholesterol, obesity and cardiovascular problems.  This is partly because the sitting makes the muscles in our bodies become...

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How-to Create an Autobiographical Article

Edit Post Where to Find Cheap Cigarettes In case you are seeking inexpensive cigarettes, you’ve more choices than you may think of in the beginning. Inexpensive or inexpensive cigarettes may be ideal for an ailing wallet, but negative about the smoking satisfaction you obtain.

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7 Steps To Minimise Your Christmas Butt!

The Festive Season is full of temptations so we have come up with a plan to ensure your clothes don’t miraculously shrink over Christmas. So sit back and enjoy reading this FREE book in Christmas… Download your FREE electronic version of the book by...

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“Laugh, It’s Good For you”

Dear Clients and Friends, You may have heard it before, and we’ve talked about it here before – humour and laughter is healing. Yep, you heard it right, laughing is good for you. In a previous issue, we talked about how laughter is good...

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Studioz Wins Cardinia Business Awards – Health & Education – 2013

I am very proud to announce that at the end of May Studioz won the Health and Education section of the 2013 Cardinia Business Awards.  The Health and Education section had the largest number of entrants this year and a total of seven finalists...

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Studioz FREE $11k+ Give-away – Family Food Rescue – Open until 30.11.2012

My growing frustration with the increasing obesity epidemic in our community, has driven me to create this unique, free “Family Food Rescue” nutrition and exercise program to completely transform the lives of one Cardinia Shire family. I’m very excited about the launch. I will...

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Teaching Kids To Ride Their Bikes…Without Training Wheels

You know those moments, those very special moments, that your children have that you have to share with the world.  Well this is one of them. My, just turned 7yr old Emily, has been on her trainng wheels for over 6 months now and...

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Fresh Green Salad

(serves 4 people) An old classic green salad.  You’re limited by your imagination, but here’s one example of refreshing green salad.  Ingredients Fresh salad mix – 180g Tomatoes – 2 medium Carrot – 1 Avocado – 1 small Cucumber – ½ Preparation Place the...

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Snow Peas & Pine nuts

(serves 6 people) This one is an old classic that I’ve pinched from my late Mum.  She always used to serve this one as one of the dishes at Christmas dinner.  Simple, but delicious!  Ingredients Fresh snow peas – 4 cups Pine nuts –...

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Quick Tips To Stay Warm

10 Ways To Keep Warm When It’s C-O-L-D  Keeping warm when temperatures reach record lows isn’t just about comfort.  Low temperatures can result in cold-related illnesses.  Here’s a few tips to help  keep you warm all winter long. 1. Have at least one hot...

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Don’t “Pass the Salt, Please”

 The average Australian consumes around eight or nine times more sodium than they need for good health. The National Health and Medical Research Centre’s (NHMRC) suggested dietary target advises that Australian adults should aim to consume no more than 4g of salt a day...

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NEVER, Give Up!!

Well I’ve just had an awesome weekend and wanted to share it with you.  The heading to this blog will make sense shortly! I’ve always loved cycling.  My Dad was a professional cyclist, as kids we always went along to cycling events, I had...

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Quick Tips To A Good Night’s Sleep

8 Tips to Get Better Zzzzzz’s….  1. Cut Caffeine.  The effects of caffeine can take as long as eight hours to wear off.  So if you drink a cup of coffee or soft drink in the afternoon and are still tossing at night, caffeine might...

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The Cancer You Can See

   Skin Cancer…you’ve heard of it, you’ve looked at your moles with suspicion, thinking you’ll see the dermatologist about them when you ’get around to it’….but did you know that skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in Australia. 2 in 3...

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Studioz Launches Kids Nutrition Program In Local Primary Schools

Having two young girls myself, aged 4 and 6, I’m often concerned with the amount of mis-information and advertising bombardment of “junk” foods out there, which result in our younger generations forming unhealthy habits.  Childhood obesity in Victoria is a huge problem, with approximately...

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Studioz Thai Beef Salad

Preperation time: 30 mins Cooking time: 10 mins Ingredients (serves 4) 500g rump steak black pepper 2 tbspn lime juice 2 tbspn fish sauce 2 tbspn brown sugar 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1/4 chinese cabbage 1 cup fresh corriander sprigs 1 cup fresh mint...

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Tour Down Under – Stage 5

This is my favourite stage of the TDU.  Today you see the riders 5 times through the tough circuit of Willunga Hill.  Last year Cadel Evans broke away and almost looked like taking the win, only to be caught within the last kilometre from...

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Studioz On Tour In Adelaide

This is the third year that I’ve travelled with my eldest daughter Emily to Adelaide for the Tour Down Under.  A great opportunity to spend some quality time, relax, enjoy some great racing and get up close to some of the world’s best cycling...

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Make 2011 Your Best Year Ever!

I hope that you’ve all had a really great Christmas and New Year, have taken some time away from the hustle and bustle of every day life to spend some valuable time with your loved ones.  Have you set your fitness goals for 2011...

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Studioz Rides With The Stars!

On Sunday 9 Jan, 2011, my family and I attended Ballarat for the Australian Road Cycling Championships. Emily and I participated in the recreational ride with cycling legend, and television commentator, Phil Liggett. We rode the 10.2km circuit to the top of Mt Buninyong...

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Pushups For Charity Works To Raise $200,000 For Make-A-Wish Australia® & Kick-Start A Mini Fitness Revolution…One Pushup At A Time

 On November 27th 2010, Studioz Personal Training, along with almost 50 health clubs, personal training studios and fitness boot camps across Australia will hold Pushups for Charity events in their respective towns involving thousands of participants and generating thousands of dollars each in donations to...

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Body Balance Challenge – Starts June 28, 2010

If you’ve got the guts to change your life forever, then take the Body Balance Challenge and I will PAY YOU $700 To Get the Best Looking, Best Performing Body You’ve EVER Had… And You’ll Do It In Just 8 Weeks! Body Balance is...

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Strictly Limited! 2 Weeks Of Boot Camp For $2!!

Now here’s an amazing Mother’s Day gift for all those Mums out there. That’s right, we’re offering 2 weeks of Womens Only Boot Camp, to the first 23 people that register below, for just $2.  There’s no strings attached.  Simply go to www.StudiozSpoilYourMum.viprespond.com to...

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Give The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift This Year!

Have you been wondering how to give the ultimate Mother’s Day gift to that amazing mum in your life…and have her blushing with joy over how much you care? This wonderful Mother’s Day gift of relaxation, health and beauty, valued at $180 is FREE...

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HURRY!! Boot Camps Are Filling Up Fast….

Studioz Personal Training Women’s Only Boot Camps are the quickest, easiest and most FUN way to jump start your fitness program, lose kilos and centimetres fast, make new, supportive friends and look and feel great in just four short weeks. We’re now taking registrations...

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Studioz At Stage 5 – Tour Down Under, Adelaide

Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under started in Snapper Point and concluded in Willunga.  I remember this stage last year and with two laps of Willunga Hill, this is where the Tour Down Under is won and lost.  It’s a really tough climb,...

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Studioz at Stage 4 – Tour Down Under, Adelaide

Stage 4 of the Tour Down Under saw the riders go from Norwood to Goolwa.  Today was also the day of the Mutual Community fund raising bike ride which saw thousands of riders take part.  This ride enabled all the participants to take the...

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Studioz At Stage 3 – Tour Down Under, Adelaide

Stage 3 of the TDU started at Unley today and finished up at the beautiful hillside township of Stirling.  Emily and I based ourselves  in Stirling on one of the many hills the riders had to conquer at Mt Barker.  Boy it was hot today,...

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Studioz At Stage 2 – Tour Down Under, Adelaide

Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under started in Gawler and finished in the German town of Hahndorf. We went straight to the finish today and the town did an incredible job of decorating the streets and shop windows.  The weather is starting to...

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Studioz At Stage 1 – Adelaide’s Tour Down Under

I’m currently over in Adelaide, South Australia, following the Tour Down Under with my eldest daughter Emily.  We came here last year and the experience was fantastic, so we thought we would make the journey this year as well.  This year Lance Armstrong has...

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Honey & Cheese Muffin Snack

This is a fantastic snack that I often use to give me a bit of an energy boost.  It’s fast and simple to prepare. Ok, use wholemeal toasting muffins.  Cut in half and toast.  Spread honey, no margarine and then add a slice of...

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Studioz Receives Major Fitness Excellence Award

Studioz Personal Training was recently awarded the People’s Choice Award for Victoria, 2009.  This is an Australian Fitness Industry Award that is voted on by the people.  It involved more than 3,750 votes and 327 business throughout Australia.  It’s a great honour to receive...

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Congratulations To “Go Country” Prize Winners!

Studioz had a stand at the “Go Country” outdoor and lifestyle show held at the Pakenham Racecourse on 17th and 18th of October 2009.  The weather was cold, but the people still came out to talk to us.  I had a great time talking...

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Banana Smoothie

This is a fantastic healthy snack that is quick and easy to prepare and is one of my personal favourites! Just mix it all up in the blender. Ingredients: 1 cup of skim milk 1 medium sized banana 2 raw eggs (1 yolk) 2...

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Vanilla Spice Oatmeal

Ingredients 3 1/2 cups water 1/4 teaspoon salt, optional 2 cups old-fashioned oats 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped, optional 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch nutmeg 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar, plus more, to taste 1 cup lowfat milk, divided 1/8 teaspoon...

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What Is Your Favorite Exercise?

I was talking with a training client today and we got into an interesting conversation about his favorite exercise.  It was kind of neat learning about his preferences, likes and dislikes.  So I wanted to open this up a bit and ask you… what’s...

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