All relationships start with a first meeting, and personal training clients are no different. There is no greater mistake personal trainers make than jumping straight into training a client without knowing their fitness background and medical history. In fact, skipping…
Are you OK? As a personal trainer, these should be one of your go-to words for every client. Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses in the world, with one out of four women and one out of…
For some of us, a love of everything health, nutrition and mind goes a little beyond the realm of a hobby. We spend all our free time obsessed with improving our overall health, even while asleep - and wearing a…
For many of us, group fitness and thriving gyms are what keeps us motivated. It’s a thirst for the social experience when smashing out a hard-as-f**k session surrounded by others doing the same that gets our adrenaline racing, and makes…
Do you high five your client's at the end of a session? How about your friends? Your Personal Trainer? The club manager? If you don't, then maybe you should start. The power of a high five is incredible. Not only…
If you want to work in health and fitness you need your Certificate III in Fitness. And now it's more critical than ever. Sporting clubs, gyms and centres around Australia are having to enforce rules aimed at fitness coaches to…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Oh, and also the busiest! Along with higher temps, blissful beach days and the return of shorts and singlets from the back of your wardrobe, summer brings with it an end-of-year whirl…
Recently, our team at IFA Training came across this workout while researching unique ideas to keep our clients motivated. Of course, we had to give it a go first, and to be frank, this is one of the hardest damn…
What do I need to do to become a personal trainer? In order to become a Personal Trainer you need to study SIS30315 Certificate III in Fitness AND SIS40215 Certificate IV in Fitness. What is the cost for a personal…
Social media is awash with perfectly sculpted bodies and 12-pack abdominals served up as fitspiration and to get you exercising, too. It’s reasonable to suspect not everyone you see on screen is as healthy – or feels as good –…