Global Fitness Institute was recently featured in the Star Weekly. See the original article below! Learning is the Key to Success in Health, Fitness and Life Global Fitness Institute has returned its headquarters to Melton, with the opening of a fully equipped learning campus and personal training gym, for both the conducting of classes and
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Visit almost any fitness blog on the internet and you will see the mantra “your summer body is made in winter”. And while this mantra might get annoying, there is certainly a great lot of truth behind it. The average person puts on more than 4 kilograms over winter. We tend to fall into a
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Generation Stress: Why Massage Therapy is on the Rise Stress is a global, human condition, and it isn’t always bad. In fact, in tense moments – like avoiding a car accident – stress is an enormous helper. It diverts much needed adrenaline and cortisol away from the digestive system to give our senses a boost.
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Providing a quality service All service providers and retailers hang their hats on the claim they provide quality service or products, but what are some of the guidelines and checklists to help the consumer and provider alike, ascertain whether they can stand by their own quality claims. So what are some checklists or pointers to
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Nutrition Tips for vegetarian athletes Vegetarian athletes must be sure to eat a variety of food choices including protein-rich and carbohydrate-rich foods at each meal. Vegetarian sources of protein and minerals typically found in meat include lentils, dried beans and peas (ready-to-use products are available), tofu, tempeh, textured vegetable (or soy) protein, and ready-made nut,
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Feedback in Martial Arts coaching There are many areas in martial arts where some subtlety in feedback, a minor detail, provides the answer to a seemingly much bigger problem. It could be a slight shift in weight that allows you to launch your much larger opponent through the air, or a minor change in your
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Injury in Martial Arts Martial Arts training, by its very nature, can place the exponent in a variety of situations where an injury may occur, whether it be in competition, training or during demonstrations and gradings. Injuries and their causes can be many and varied, and hence the precautions taken to minimize injury are also
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Ethical Behaviour in Martial Arts By Michael Muleta, CEO, Global Fitness Institute, 8th Degree Black Belt When we talk about a good martial artist having high ethics, or displaying ethical behaviour, what do we mean? Ethics can be described as a level of acceptable behavior, which embodies the spirit of martial arts. It involves the
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RESPECT – Tell you what it means to me In the romanticized folklore of traditional martial arts values, the master instructor commanded respect through his deeds, his abilities and his profound wisdom and knowledge of philosophy and moral culture. He led by example, gave sound advice and guidance, he was truly respected, educated in life,
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