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05/02/2016

Published by Anthony Gillespie at 05/02/2016

Aerobic training – what is it? And why should you do it?

Whenever I hear the word ‘Aerobics’ I get a picture of Jane Fonda in leg warmers. I remember studying Sports Science back in 1995 in Sydney and it was a very competitive course to get into. 4000 people applying for 90 places. It was seen as a great thing to do at the time and a super fun and promising career. The only problem was that most people who applied thought they would be kicking a footy around or doing aerobics all day long. The reality was a pretty serious science degree including physics, chemistry, biomechanics, physiology and anatomy. This saw about 40 people out of the original 90 who got in actually make it to graduation. That being said, there was one course we had to do later in the degree, and that was teaching an aerobics class. We all thought this was pretty stupid in light of all the other mind bending stuff they had got us to do to that point, but it was a prerequisite for reasons that remain unknown. Maybe it was comic relief for the lecturers in seeing science nerds jump around like Richard Simmons. Now, I saw myself as aerobically fit, and when I had last done aerobics in the 80’s, it was a million repetitions of the same thing, which any idiot could do if they were persistent and crazy enough to keep pushing… I was that idiot. I decided that I should get myself ready for my compulsory teaching of the class (with or without leg warmers) and do a few […]

14/01/2013

Published by Anthony Gillespie at 14/01/2013

Grabbing the year by the throat!

Okay, it may only be the beginning of the third week of the year but it is a critical time to start making some moves. If you get started now you will be taking advantage of the driving wave of motivation that often happens related to the famous New Years’ Resolutions that many people make in an attempt to change for the better. I have said some negative things about the NYR in the past but you know what, what ever sparks you up. It will be what you continue doing that will really make the difference, but everyone knows that. So what’s it going to be for you? Last week I spoke about goals. I am hoping you have put some work in here because your personal ‘why’ is critical to success. See that post for some help with how to do that. We have a program coming up that may be for you. It is a specialised small group training program that will go for 8 weeks (likely to continue each school term this year) from January 30. 3 mornings a week, 6am starts, comprehensive group assessment to start so everyone is categorised according to their individual starting point. We will be using My zone to track progress, our training app to help you with your own strength training in our key tag access gym to which access will be included and there will also be comprehensive guidance with nutrition because we all know you just cannot out train a bad diet. Check it out here!