This coming Saturday, June 1, is the start of our Winter 12 week Challenge! The challenge aims to keep the group motivated and training throughout the cold winter months. We will start with fitness testing in Chelsea on Saturday morning, to give us a starting point, and be able to gauge how far everyone has [...]
Someone asked me this week about calories and weight loss, and whether the quality of their calories mattered. For example: a female who wants to maintain or lose weight is looking to stay around the 1200 calorie mark each day (approx 5000kj), depending on her activity levels etc. So does it matter whether these 1200 [...]
Sunday just gone was the Two Bays Trail Run - a 28km or 56km trail run on the Mornington Peninsula. HIMF had 7 runners in the event - 3 in the 56km and 4 in the 28km, which covered a hilly and challenging course from Dromana, over Arthurs Seat, to Cape Schanck. The HIMF runners [...]
A really common question I am asked is which exercise is better-walking or running? There are so many opinions around about this, and also many reasons why both are great. It really depends on where your fitness level is at, what your goals are for your training, any injuries or weaknesses that you have, and [...]
Last weekend we had the final detox weekend of the year down at Rye-and what a great weekend it was! A group of 18 met down in Rye on the Friday night for a weekend of healthy, nutritious food, (free of sugar, saturated fats, caffeine, wheat & gluten-all the things that over load the system [...]
October is marathon time in Melbourne, and this year we had 15 runners in 4 distance events-the 5.7km, the 10km, the 21km and the full 42.2km marathon. Each of the runners put in a great deal of training time- we ran the streets of Seaford, Patterson Lakes, Frankston & Chelsea 4 days a week to [...]
This Sunday we are running a fundraiser fun run in Patterson Lakes to help one of our bootcampers, Shane, raise money for Livetrong as part of his New York Marathon journey. The run will start at 8am sharp, with the option of a 6km, 12km or 18km run or walk around the river. All money [...]
Our HIMF detox weekends have been a big success this year - almost every month of the year has seen a group head down to the Mornington Peninsula to learn about healthy eating and be put through their paces during various fitness sessions. Coming into the warmer weather, more and more people are asking "what [...]
Yep, I'm still on the low-carb eating today!! I've been speaking with a few of my personal training clients who have read the previous posts about going low-carb, and they were keen to know what sort of meals could be eaten on this plan. So here are a few examples: * Smoked Salmon Salad - [...]
As a follow on from the previous post, I wanted to give a bit of clarity around the type of "low carb" diet plan I follow and recommend. There is always a new diet around to try, or a new book on the shelves claiming to be the most effective way to lose weight. It's [...]
