Seed Cycling 101: Everything You Need to Know
Seed cycling is a natural approach to supporting hormone balance and menstrual health. This practice involves consuming specific seeds at specific times during a woman’s menstrual cycle to help balance estrogen and progesterone levels. The History of Seed Cycling The history of seed cycling is poorly documented, and it is unclear who created the practice. […]
3 Tips for Fitness Professionals to Ease Pregnancy Exercise Anxiety
I was pregnant more than 2 decades ago. Yes, I know. I am showing my age. But for both my pregnancies, the only exercise I did was walking. I was still a teacher, and changing my career to becoming a fitness professional was yet to come. Now lots of things have changed in the world […]
Training Pregnant Clients: 3 Essential Questions
If you are a personal trainer, training pregnant clients can be both rewarding and challenging. Knowing the right questions to ask is key in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of your sessions. Here are three essential questions that all trainers should consider when training pregnant clients: 3 critical questions to ask before training expecting mothers: […]
Menopause: the Hokey Pokey dance
Menopause, and particularly perimenopause, is a confusing time. There are many more symptoms of the menopause transition that don’t get the same attention as hot flushes/flashes. And when women juggle work, home and caring responsibilities simultaneously as menopause, their symptoms can often be overlooked. So it can be difficult to work out exactly when you […]
5 Essential Steps to Online Course Creation
It’s no secret that online education continues to be a growth industry. With the technological advances and the pandemic we’ve seen in recent years, it’s only natural that more and more people are opting for online courses over traditional classroom instruction. What does a quality online course bring to your business? Here are the top […]
“Pull your belly button to spine” is a phase that I am sure you have heard many times in a Fitness/Exercise setting
The key reason that this cue is given by fitness professionals, yoga and Pilates teachers alike, is that they want you to activate your transverse abdominal muscles to create a support for the spine. These deep muscles lie underneath the major abdominal muscles and require a subtle activation. The transverse abdominal muscles are part of […]
As a fitness professional are you prepared for the baby boom?
Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. There are way more pregnant women and women pushing prams than usual. The HCF (this is the private insurer – Hospital Contribution Fund of Australia) reported an increase of 22 per cent in newborn deliveries to the end of the March 2021 quarter. The numbers are in […]
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 […]
You asked and we have delivered: Pregnancy + Postnatal training for PT’s Level 2
You asked and we have delivered! The most common feedback we have received from the short course Pregnancy + Postnatal Training for Personal Trainers is that YOU wanted more. You asked for a greater depth of information and more practical applications – ie: how you can implement the […]
What is EVEolution™?
How mishfit® personal training grew into an award-winning franchise When I was working as a fitness professional I saw both one on one clients and also ran a group training for predominately pregnant and postnatal women. The group option was perfect for those women who needed to bring their kids with them. The one on […]