Work Life Balance
We know you love to study and Iove to learn, but let’s face it, assignments can be a bit of a drag. Yes, you may enjoy the intellectual challenge, but the stress of getting the task done on time and…
Work Experience Is Important… Here is why!
February means back to school - or in your case, study. It also means you are closer than ever to completing your course, and starting your days in the gym or outdoors doing what you love. But before you do,…
Hooray for information!
Whether you are just starting your course or are smashing your way through it, we want to help you make the most of your experience and provide some handy little tips and tricks to using the online platform. We are…
Study Dilemmas – Where to find the right information
Do you find yourself asking: “Where do I find the right content?” Happy to tell you, you’re not alone - and we are here to help. Along with the provided Powerpoint presentation and your textbook, you will find a complete Referral…
Need Motivation? Here is a story you have to hear…
Most people love to talk about success (and life in general) as an event. We talk about losing 10kg, or building a successful fitness business, or winning that race you have been dreaming about for a decade as if they are events…
Study Hacks
How are you finding online study? Is your brain feeling a bit fuzzy? Have you been staring at the same paragraph for hours now? We feel you; we have actually come up with a name for it. Yep - we at IFA…
Food For Health & Fitness
Whether you’re a 7-day macro junky, leafy green lover or paleo champion, food takes up a lot of our thinking space. We seriously can’t stress how important food is to health - especially your study brain! In Certificate III in…
The Keto Diet – as told by a dietician
The Keto diet - the truth as told by dietician, Steph Cronin. The Keto diet is a low carbohydrate, high fat diet (LCHF), which causes the body to enter “ketosis”. Ketosis is when the body produces ketones in the liver…
The exercise volume myth
Does exercising for 30 minutes 3x per week improve health outcomes? For years we’ve been told that 30 minutes 3x per week was all we needed to do to improve overall health and body composition. However, according to most research,…
The protein myth
Protein builds big muscles? Although athletes and exercisers have believed for generations that eating more protein builds big muscles, this statement isn’t always true. Sure, if an individual is undereating protein (getting less than the recommended 1.5g/kg) then they might…