Strength training for endurance sports
Strength training has been shown to have enormous performance benefits for athletes (and weekend warriors!) involved in power sports such as AFL football, sprinting, tennis, squash, swimming etc. However,
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Our Award-Winning Gym, Exercise Physiologists and Personal Trainers provide a high level of support and individual attention so you reach your fitness, lifestyle and weight loss goals FASTER and SAFELY. The Inspire Fitness gym team comprise of Exercise Physiologists, Exercise Scientists, and Personal Trainers with 30 years of university study and over 50 years of personal training experience.
Our Award-Winning Gym, Exercise Physiologists and Personal Trainers provide a high level of support and individual attention so you reach your fitness, lifestyle and weight loss goals FASTER and SAFELY. The Inspire Fitness gym team comprise of Exercise Physiologists, Exercise Scientists, and Personal Trainers with 30 years of university study and over 50 years of personal training experience.
Achieving your goals: A positive approach for your journey!
Written by: Matthew Azzopardi (Accredited Exercise Physiologist) Achieving your goals doesn’t have to be daunting. Here are a few thoughts to remember as you strive towards your goals this year. The New
Inspire personal trainer powerlifting competition RESULTS
Richard Bottomer (Personal Trainer / Strength & Conditioning Coach at Inspire Fitness) demonstrated his passion for strength and conditioning by competing successfully in his first powerlifting competition
Using load management in the treatment of tendinopathy
What is a tendinopathy? Written by Matthew Azzopardi AEP (Accredited Exercise Physiologist) Let’s start with the basics. Tendons connect muscle to bone and are important in transferring forces to assist movement.
The food revolution that’s preventing weight gain
Changes to our nutritional intake have radically changed in a short period the level of obesity and ill-health we see in most western cultures. Since the low fat – high carbohydrate recommendations of
The effects of training to failure on strength development
It’s common in many gyms across the world to see people pumping out as many repetitions as possible with whatever weight they pick until they physically cannot do any more. I mean, it makes sense, right? The
How does a sedentary lifestyle impact the benefit of exercise?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines physical activity as any bodily movement produced by the muscular system that requires the expenditure of energy. It has been well document within scientific literature
The legacy of Nathan Jones – the Melanoma Athlete Cyclist
It’s with great sadness that we hear the news of the passing of Nathan Jones – the Melanoma Athlete Cyclist who was an Inspirational speaker at an Inspire members’ seminar back in 2013. Nathan shared his