Stat 1: Being 10kg overweight cuts three years off your life. If you are obese, say 20kg overweight, this means you will lose seven years. Add smoking to the equation and you can kiss goodbye to 14 years. Stat 2: An extra 15kg increases...
This is a great meal to prepare when you want something quick and healthy – it’s great in summertime too. Ingredients: Large bowl of mixed salad 1 tomato 6 olives 3 baby beetroot cut in half 2 boiled egg whites 1 cup diced sweet...
This fresh pasta dish will not only provide a good amount of iron, but also supplies slow release carbohydrates, protein and a good balance of healthy fats including omega 3 fatty acids. Ingredients: 2 cloves crushed garlic 1 diced brown onion 1 tbspn olive...
In today’s world we are such a carbohydrate (carb) and fat heavy society that protein is often forgotten. In my view, we’ve got it all wrong and this is a major contributing factor as to why Victoria was rated one of the most unhealthy...
Enough data now convincingly shows that people who consume high amounts of tomatoes or tomato products are at a substantially decreased risk of numerous cancers, says the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. So, if you needed an excuse to eat them before, add...
When sitting at your desk you’re likely to have a couple of comfortable sitting positions you alternate between. If they include crossing your legs, however, you could be compromising your circulation. When you’re at you’re computer, try using a footrest, or at least cross...
I talk to people on a daily basis about fitness, weight management and goal achievement. Everyone wants to know how you get there in the fastest possible time with the least effort. Over time, society’s level of patience appears to have diminished. People have developed a...
Our Pakenham Boot Camps For Women program kicks off again for the year starting February 8, 2011. Boot Camps are exploding across Australia for three big reasons. They’re fast, they’re fun and they work. If you’re interested, you can click HERE and be taken...
Wow! Stage 6 is the final stage of the TDU and always runs around a 4.5km closed off street circuit. Each of the other years I’ve attended it’s been a non-event due to the winner of the entire Tour being known at the end...
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...
What’s great about Stage 4 of the Tour is the Mutual Community Challenge bike ride. The aim of this ride is to raise funds for charity. A number of years ago they were lucky to get 500+ people riding in the event. Since Lance...
Today was the third stage of the TDU racing from Unley to Stirling. This is the third year now that I’ve seen the race go through the great circuit of Stirling – every year it’s at least 35 degrees. The leafy streets and parks...
Well today I thought I was driving through the middle of the desert, but then came to this beautiful oasis called Mannum right on the Murray River – this was the finish for Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under. We spent most of...
What a beautiful day it was today in Angaston, the location of the Stage 1 finish to the TDU. Sunny, blue sky, no wind and mid twenties in the leafy Barossa Valley wine district made this the perfect day out to watch some great...
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...
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...
Studioz has been training Australian Floor Ball World Championship Team member, Gavin Staindl for the past few months to prepare him for the Floor Ball World Championships in Finland (December 2010). After being delayed at Heathrow airport for Christmas, Gavin has finally made it back and I...
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...
I’m so passionate about nutrition, so today’s blog may strike you as unusual and a little controversial. Around Christmas time everyone wants to know what they should do to lose weight, how much can they eat, drink, etc. Well, I have a very simple...
Once a month I like to take my Boot Campers out of their comfort zone to do something they wouldn’t normally do. The point is to try and dump all that “head trash” about what you can’t do and push yourself into new territory,...
On Saturday 27th November, Studioz Personal Training hosted the premiere of Pakenham Pushups For Charity, raising valuable funds for Make-A-Wish Australia, one push up at a time. We had a bunch of participants and supporters working hard to push out as many pushups in 90...
The momentum for our Pushups For Charity event on 27th of November is really building and today I had the pleasure of meeting a great little boy – Matthew, aged 7. Matthew has been receiving treatment for leukaemia for the past three years and...
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...
A fit and healthy life needs exercise and in todays market there are literally dozens of different training options and personal trainers to choose from. But, are YOU exercising with a Registered Trainer? If not, to ensure you get the right advice, the correct...
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...