The health benefits of having friends in fitness are well documented, exercising with a friend or friends, increases motivation, achieves better fitness results and improves mental health. We are social creatures, notwithstanding the occasional or regular need to be...

It has been a very technical week as we tried hard to activate the muscles of the back with the single arm rows.  In this exercise, we were training the Latissimus Dorsi, also known as the “Lats” The “Lats” are a triangular shaped muscle that goes from your waist to...

  It was great to be back and see you ready and excited for term 3! Responding to your requests,  Eva and I are thrilled to trial the early bird classes at Epping next week giving everyone extra opportunity to Shape-UP! 5.45 am Epping Classes on Tuesday and...

I hope you all have had a wonderful break and have had a chance to acclimatised to winter! Being acclimatised will mean that Term 3 training will be more efficient and focused on the coming summer  - hooray! Athlete acclimatisation is a real science, with many studies...

We have come again to the end of term, and it felt great to exhale and reflect on our progress with pride! . The highlight of our program was the deadlift, an amazing exercise that relies on many muscles to work together to lift the weight efficiently. Many of you...

Recognising that we are stronger, fitter and more energised is an empowering feeling. Understanding why we are exercising is life changing. In a world where fitness levels are decreasing, and life expectancy is increasing we have to contemplate the quality of our life...

  Being "fit" means different things to different people, and it does depend on your current level of activity. Sometimes, when we do not achieve the results we hope for we begin to wonder whether “fitness” is a fairytale.... What does Shaping-UP mean? Physical...

Our injuries teach us so much about ourselves. They teach us to see when we are striving or pushing our self too much and teach us to slow down and take note. My past injuries have taught me to notice when I feel as if I “have to” work harder, they do not withstanding...

It was great to see you all this week and great to get back into the business of regenerating natural movement patterns. When we teach our body how to do something like hopscotch, ride a bike, surf, yoga poses or run a few kilometres,  it creates a physiological...

It is important not to go back in life, but it is ok to start at the bottom, then, the only way is up! There will also be times when it is necessary to take a step back so that you can safely take two steps forward. We don’t get fitter in the class workouts, they are...

This week Geraldine blew us away!  With sore knees Geraldine advised she could not do the offset push ups – to our surprise she proceeded to do them on her toes!! “Where there is a will there is a way” is an old English proverb and the basic premise is that if you...

That’s the challenge done! Hooray! In a research study published in Plos Medicine; Dr Lee, concluded that exercise adds years to your life, extrapolating, he said that for every minute of exercise there can be a 7 minute gain in quality life expectancy! Morning...