Supporting Clients with Endometriosis: Tips for Personal Trainers
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, which means it’s a great time to learn about this painful and often overlooked condition. Endometriosis affects an estimated 1 in 10 women, yet diagnosis often takes years due to a lack of awareness and understanding. As a personal trainer, you may have clients who suffer from endometriosis or who […]
COVID, missing clients and You
We all have our stories about COVID. If / when we caught it. How the whole pandemic disrupted our lives. For some people, they recovered like any other virus. For other people, the post-virus affects are still troubling. I am one of those people. I got COVID 6 months ago. My initial symptoms were like […]
Why walking is an unpopular form of exercise
Don’t discount the daily walk A daily walk provides enormous health benefits – but can be overlooked in the rush to start ambitious exercise regimes. No one has ever finished a walk and said, “Well that was a waste of time!” Following on our series of one small change – read on to find out […]
Show your vagina some love – everything you need to know about Vaginismus
Show your vagina some love – everything you need to know about Vaginismus May is pelvic pain awareness month. There is a condition called Vaginismus which very much fits this label of pelvic pain. Although vaginismus affects around 1 in 10 women, it is likely that you have not heard of this condition. And it […]
3 Mistakes that Fitness Professionals make when Creating an Online Course
Online learning is a booming industry at the moment. An IBISWorld report shows that online education in Australia is an 8.1b market in 2022, showing a year-on-year growth of over 5%. The pandemic has created the will to both up-skill and learn in a virtual fashion, as opposed to the traditional face-to-face model. Creating an […]
Training Women – a male perspective
Hi, Travis Mattern here from www.fitnesseducationonline.com.au and i’ve recently written a blog on why it’s important to upskill when training women… from the male perspective. So here it is! As a young male trainer working at an all female bootcamp you would think I would’ve been more aware about working with pre/post natal women. To […]
Women Reinventing Midlife
If you would like a FREE copy of Active Pelvic Practice meditation — be sure to read to the end! I started out in the fitness industry, like many Fit Pro’s did, running group classes. mishfit mothers™️ was my signature group exercise program. Women could bring their bubs and kids and for many mums, this […]
The rubber band effect. The politics of kindness.
The playbook has changed in leadership. But it has taken a serious taste of nastiness to make us appreciate kindness. Soft skills, that many assume are naturally woven into the fabric of management, need to be placed on a platform of their own. Where they belong. I left New Zealand in the 1996, with the […]
Re-entering the workforce (as an older woman)
When I first re-entered the workplace full time, I bought myself the rings photographed above. I still wear them. They remind me to be: Brave – stand up for the things that I believe in. I am Brave. Enough – I bring a diversity of skills to the table and self talk that tells me […]
Prolapse. What will be your last straw?
Most women accumulate the risks of prolapse over time. Although just one may tip you over the edge, they are certainly not usually in isolation. Understand the 10 most significant risk factors for prolapse. Being fore warned is being fore armed. 49% of all post natal women will experience prolapse* So if you have had […]