From the Toolbox to the Training Room: Nathan Leith’s Certification Story with Fit Education
We spoke to Nathan Leith, a former student of Fit Education, to learn about his fitness journey and how he got certified. Nathan is the co-owner and head coach at […]
Contrast Training – For Strength and Power Development
Contrast training involves performing a strength exercise followed by a power movement similar to the strength movement. Examples: a Deadlift paired with a Broad Jump, or Bench Press paired with […]
Monster Walk
Monster Walk: The Monster Walk is a common resistance training exercises for strengthening / activating the glutes. The Monster Walk is a great exercise for helping people who are having […]
Weight Training: Why Everyone Should Lift
Weight training has many benefits including: Increasing overall strength. Weight training improves a person’s ability to perform taxing physical tasks as well as normal, everyday activities—like bringing in the groceries […]
Why Do we Always Forget about Preventive Health?
What were the major party’s preventative health strategies? An internet search comes up with nothing. They were non-existent. We know that prevention is better than cure. Data, research, and history have continually shown a four-fold return on investment to the health budget. We know that exercise improves physical and mental health.
Are You One of These Types of People? Discover How a Career in Fitness Complements Your Psychological Traits and Offers Growth Opportunities
If you identify with any of these five character types and their psychological traits, a fulfilling career in the fitness industry might be just the right fit for you. Let’s dive into each of these personalities and explore how the fitness profession aligns with their strengths and offers growth opportunities for personal development.
What is Recovery?
What is recovery? Recovery is one of the most underrated aspects of a fitness journey, sport training or everyday life.
Breaking Unhealthy Habits
Habit: usual way of behaviour or a tendency that someone has settled into.
Whether it’s our morning routine or our night time bed routine that we can’t go to bed until all steps are followed, habits are regular activities done in the same place, same time and with the same people. We are all creatures of habit.
How exercise can reduce pain
When we are in pain sometimes movement or exercise is the last thing we want to do, however exercise and movement are some of the fundamental aspects in management for persistent pain.
Exercise has been proven to improve post surgery recovery, or any recovery for that matter, reduce side effects for conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart attacks, and some neurological conditions.
As exercise can improve function, wellbeing and pain levels.
Fitness Boxing Illustrated
Everybody wants a great body, but where do you start? You might have tried the latest diet or exercise fad and lasted maybe a month. There’s so much misinformation about how to get a lean and tight body that you’re ready to give up. Don’t give up. Fitness boxing might be the last exercise program that you’ll ever need.
