Hi All,
Hope everyone is feeling figting fit! Just to let you all know that our phone number has been changed to 9322 5803.We apologise for the inconveinience, have a great day.
Team Health First
We were in awe last year when Margaret Watroba, 62, climbed the Nepalese side of Mt Everest to reach the summit. Now we find out that she is at it again! This time Margaret is climbing the Tibetan side of Mt Everest between May and June 2012 – depending on the weather.
You can read the full article by clicking on the following link
Good luck Margaret! We are so in awe of your achievements to date, and so proud of you!
My bad, my bad I left out Irish!!
Well done to Lil Shaun Doody as well on sunday who despite changing his technique still managed 7-9 lifts with a huge 270kg dead!
We wish Shaun our best in his training with his move to the muscle pit where he will become stronger than strong!
2012 State Qualifier Muscle Pit
The cove team were represented by Aaron who had lifts of, Squat: 170kg, Bench:132.5kg PB, Deadlift: 210kgPB, Julian Jones who had PB’s on squat 185kg, Bench 135kg and deadlifted 225kg and Richard Collins who had lifts of 120/90/145 and well on the way to perfecting his new techniques!
Congrats to the Brothers Dan Rucci & Paul Rucci who both killed it with Dan setting 4 Australian sub-master records with 170/125/180 and paul coming back from injury and smashing 2 pbs in squats:180kg and Deads 200kg.
Great day had by all and thankyou to all the people who came down and supported everyone.7 weeks…..state champs…….. BOOOM TIME!!
We have been a little slow posting this one, but our biggest congratulations go to Mark Donnelly, one of our corporate members, for his achievements in Superbike Racing.
Mark won 1st place in the 2011 Clubman 600, and came 2nd place in the 2011 State Superstock Series!!
Now Mark has the opportunity to compete in the 2012 Malaysian MotoGP and needs to raise personal sponsorship of $30-40k for the event. If you or your company are interested in sponsoring Mark it would go a long way to helping this worthy cause. PLUS, there are all sorts of advertising opportunities available for your logo to be displayed on either of Mark’s bikes, his leathers, or in his Pits.
To follow Mark’s journey ‘like’ his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/markdonnellyracing
Or, to donate to Mark follow the following link: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9KGVTFH7736QC
Wishing you all the best in this amazing adventure Mark! We will be following and supporting you the whole way!
Day by day I see people all around me constantly running like bored hamsters on their wheels, trying to burn off those unsightly kilos! I always pondered why? Why do they have to do cardio and I only have to strength train to keep the fat off? This lead me to a lot of reading and study and, apart from great eating habits, I found that there are some negative effects of aerobic training:
- Elevated Cortisol levels
- oxidative stress
- Accelerated Ageing
- Lower testosterone levels in men
Cortisol is an important hormone in our bodys thats involved in many needed functions like regulation of blood pressure, insulin release for blood sugar maintenance, immune function and inflammatory response. The problem is that when we get stressed this hormone is over secreted and this causes our bodies to store fat (visceral belly fat) instead of burning it. High cortisol also makes you age faster as it increases oxidative substances in the body that produce inflammation in the brain, heart, gastrintestinal tract and reproductive organs! There is also ample evidence to that aerobic training leads to immune suppression putting the athletes at a greater risk of infection, espically upper body respiratory illness. The worst aerobic exercise you could do is a long continuos session (roughly 90 minutes) at a moderate to high intensity.
“So, what do I do?” I hear you asking?
Strength Training: builds muscle which in turn burns fat (energy) at a higher rate, it also triggers a greater release of growth hormone which burns more fat, (and helps us stay looking younger) as well as lowers cortisol and inflammation.
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): Sprint! If you can, sprint outside as you will be working at YOUR maximum capacity(not a machines). If not jump onto a bike, or treadmill, and try your intervals on there. The benefits of HIIT include: increased burning of Visceral and subcutaneous fat, increased hormone production and conditioning!
Now it’s not all bad, and I do realize that some people actually have a passion for thumping away on treadmills for hours on end. But for those of us just wanting to shed some unsightly fat in the smallest amount of time possible than a good combination of strength training with some HIIT is your way to go.
If you’re a little lost and need some help with organising a fat loss program then come book in with one of our friendly coaches and we can get you started on the right path!
Enjoy
TONIGHTS SPIN CLASS IS CANCELLED! Sorry if this has caused any inconvenience to anyone of our athletes. We have covered tonights class with Deano’s Boxing Bonanza if you still want to sweat it out 
ASN Progress (unbelievable)
Posted: January 9, 2012 in Product ReviewsTags: asn, nutrition, post, pre, protein, supplement, workout
I have always used protein shakes as a staple in my supplement regime as it has always had science to back up the added benefits. But I have never had the same response that I had off of the ASN HP-100 Protein! In my years of protein abuse I have NEVER recovered faster overnight than the 4 weeks that I was on it. Now it may not be the greatest Tasting protein on the market but results speak for themselves and ASN have found a believer in me. I have been off the HP-100 protein now for the last 2 weeks and switched to another to compare. Compare WHAT! I still woke sore after a workout and it took days to recovery, I would normally be used to this sort of pain but thanks to my new HP-100 I don’t have to.Don’t take my word for it though try it out you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
