Our business is dedicated to helping women and men achieve their health and fitness goals through customized nutrition and fitness programs. We have a highly skilled and qualified team of trainers who are educated across many platforms of rehabilitation, nutrition, life coaching and sports performance and we are always looking to expand our team as we continue to grow and develop our exciting programs. We closely follow the CHEK principles of health and have earned a strong reputation in the Mitcham area as the best training facility for injury management and prevention, and more recently sports performance. Our advanced programming allows us to train everyone from professional athletes to complicated rehabilitation conditions however it is quite complex to learn as a trainer and be able to begin training our clients using these principles. We currently have 2 Exercise Physiologists, a qualified Chef, massage therapist and even a VFL Football player in our team (see our team), and we are expanding our Sports Specific Program so quickly we cannot keep up with the amount of work.
You might be thinking, "why is a Personal Trainer talking to me about Stress"? Shouldn't he just be getting me to exercise and eat right? Well this is exactly what I used to think when I first started as a trainer 11 years ago! I thought everyone just needed to workout more and this would help you with your stress. Little did I know at the time that this strategy, although it worked for me, would not always be a good solution for some people. In fact it would have a negative affect on some! After a few years of seeing many people struggle to make changes in their life I began to see I needed to understand stress better and have some simple tools and resources to help my clients get on top of their stress in order to get results, and importantly improve their health. And without doubt I would now rate stress as the number one reason why people struggle to lose weight or get fit. Why? Well when you are overcome with stress you have no more reserves to make changes to your life physically, emotionally and mentally. Stress sucks every bit of energy you will need to make positive lifestyle changes, whether that is to your nutrition, getting up early to exercise or for some even going outside for a daily 60 minute walk. Think of your energy like a swimming pool and everything you do drains water from the pool. That means every action you take during the day will draw from this resource, some more than others depending how stressful they are.
The role of supplements with Health and Fitness has changed considerably in recent times and a misunderstanding of the role in achieving health has become very clouded. For many young guys wanting to pack on some muscle, the attraction of clever marketing with all types of protein and creatine supplements can see guys feeding their bodies with all types of harmful and completely unnecessary products. There is also plenty of people who are eating all types of sugar laden processed food garbage taking all types of supplements and vitamins and calling themselves healthy. Once again clever marketing and just poor information have led people to believe they can get all the necessary vitamins and minerals from a synthetic man made capsule or tablet. It is time for people to realize that only through eating a nutritious diet rich in organic proteins, fats and vegetables will your body be able to achieve optimal health and energy. Here is an excellent article that explores this unfortunate trend.