GENESIS BLOG

How Your Sleep Is Impacting Your Workouts

Date: Dec 19, 2019

It is perfectly normal to focus on time with our family, working responsibilities, eating the right food, having some down time and fitting training time in but this leaves little focus on something vital…Sleep! Long hours and a poor or irregular sleep routine can massively impact our health and wellbeing. We all know the feeling of being a bit cranky when not getting our full nights sleep, well so do our muscles.

6 Ways to Stay Fit and Healthy Over the Festive Season

Date: Dec 19, 2019

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and festivities are good for the soul. To help you stay on track here are seven ways to stay fit and healthy over this festive season.

How to Keep Your Nutrition Simple to Achieve Your Goals

Date: Dec 19, 2019

If you think about it long enough, you can probably name ten different popular diets that are supposed to help people become healthier. In addition, you can probably name another ten celebrities that endorse dieting products as well. However, it doesn’t have to be so complicated. There is one simple answer to the question of “What is the best way to achieve my goal?” – Consistency! If you cannot do it long term, then you risk setting yourself up for failure.

7 Fitness Training Tips for Seniors

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

As we get more mature there is a thought of slowing down, and for those who haven’t been into weight training previously the term “I am too old for that” often comes up! Well there are research studies that show the best way of staying young is to keep on maintaining a fitness routine (or starting one) as the years go by. Here are seven fitness training tips that will make all seniors feel much younger than the age on their driver’s license.

How to Safely Deadlift

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

One of the most popular compound exercises, and viewed as perhaps the best one, is the Deadlift. However, if your form is not perfect, or at least close to it, completing a few semi-heavy deadlifts could leave your back aching. There are some things you should keep in mind when you want to safely add deadlifts to your fitness routine.

What Should You Be Eating Based on Your Fitness Goals?

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

The old saying that health and fitness is 75 percent diet and only 25 percent actual exercise is entirely true. What you consume and put in your body is really important. Combining the two smartly to get the results you want is our end goal. Here are two ways to get quicker results with your nutrition supporting your workouts.

The Importance of Maintaining Your Posture

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

Ever since we can remember all of us have always been told to stand up straight. “Don’t slouch!” we could often hear when we were younger. However, we were never told really why we should maintain good posture. What exactly does having good posture mean to your body? Read more below

How to Train Your Glutes

Date: Oct 29, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

Did you know the gluteus maximus (bum) is one of the very strongest muscles in the body. And you can rest assured that if you train it on a consistent basis, it will show. The muscle of the glutes are also really important for posture, knee and hip alignment and back/ core support.

How to Best Identify If You Are Overtraining?

Date: Oct 29, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

The human body can take more than most people think. You would have seen Ultra Marathon Runners pushing themselves to extreme limits, much farther than we ever thought possible. Even though most of us aren’t trying to run 50km+ there is still a chance that you could be overtraining so there are things to be on the lookout for.

How to Make Short Workouts More Effective

Date: Oct 29, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

There is nothing wrong with a short workout. After all, we all struggle to juggle our family, work and social life at some point! The goal is to make our workouts as efficient and beneficial as possible. Here are a few tips on how to make short workouts more effective.