The Magic of Group Fitness

It's 6am on a chilly Tuesday morning at Genesis Health + Fitness Lilydale and the carpark is already packed. The first booked-out group fitness class of the day is about to commence. There are smiles, banter and positive vibes – and the music hasn't even started yet!

The Importance Of Recovery With Your Fitness Training Plan

Everyone values hard work, but it's also important to make sure you get downtime as well. Nowhere is this more important than with exercise, whether you're a runner, lifter, yoga guru or dancer. We're going to give it to you straight and let you have some reasons why it's so important to schedule in rest days.

How To Choose The Right Workout For Your Fitness Goals

Undertaking the right workout for your fitness goals is essential for getting the results you want. Just as there’s no point in an hour of cardio a day if you’re looking to build muscle, you need to be structuring an exercise plan based around your desired outcome.

How to Organize Your Training for a Perfect Week

We all have busy lives going on right now. Between work and family commitments, it can be difficult to find the right amount of time for your health and fitness training throughout the week. Follow these tips below to ensure that your workouts can stay on track and you can have a perfect week every week.

5 Tips for Strength Training for Injury Rehab

Strength training and rehabbing from injury are often looked at as two very different entities. However, strength training can be performed while rehabbing if done properly. Be sure to keep these five tips in mind when taking on strength training during your injury rehabilitation.

5 ways to make fitness more fun

One of the best ways to get better results in your fitness is to make it more fun. When it’s fun, you are more likely to turn up and stick with it for the long term. Here's five ways to make fitness more fun.

3 Workouts to Try Today

You’ve probably heard the buzz around circuit training – it’s everywhere. Magazines, reality TV shows, radio advertisements, gym workout challenges, Pinterest boards, memes, Instagram posts – everyday, we’re inundated with new circuits to try and workouts to test.

4 Exercises for Building Stronger Legs

We may be biased, but there’s nothing more satisfying than making gains below the belt. Your legs house the largest muscles in your body, demanding truckloads of calories and more effort than most other groups – those quads and hammies, they’ll get you to ‘high burn’ faster than a NutriBullet blending blade.

9 Things Every New Runner Should Know (Or When Getting Back Into Running)

As you begin running for the first time or get back into running, you may feel anxious and a bit apprehensive and that’s ok. To help you get started, here are 9 things every new runner should know.

20 Myths About Fitness Busted in 5 Minutes

How many of these myths have you heard recently? They’re everywhere, infecting pseudo fitness sites and well-meaning blogs. Every industry has its rumours and misinformation, but the walls of our health clubs witness so much more, standing silent as members start no-carb kicks and fat burner detoxes. Maybe you’re guilty of our top 20, maybe you know somebody who is…set the record straight now and press reset on weight loss, diet and training.