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When should I start thinking about menopause?
f!)verS.10- froeesIf you are kid wrangling right now, or a fitness professional who is working with mums, menopause may be the last thing that you will be thinking about. Menopause is something that happens in your 50’s, right? And for many women, that thought alone...
Is this my last menstrual period?
I am 52 years old and every time I get my period I wonder if it is my last one. The average age for women to complete the menopause transition is around 51. And to be clear – that means that you have had exactly 12 months free of your period before you can claim the...
Mish’s Power Balls – the perfect snack
Cooking is my love language If you know me in person or attended any of my face-to-face courses - chances are that I have cooked for you. This recipe is one of my favourites to make – because it is super easy and always pleases. One of the best things about it is that...
“Pull your belly button to spine” is a phase that I am sure you have heard many times in a Fitness/Exercise setting
The key reason that this cue is given by fitness professionals, yoga and Pilates teachers alike, is that they want you to activate your transverse abdominal muscles to create a support for the spine. These deep muscles lie underneath the major abdominal muscles and...
As a fitness professional are you prepared for the baby boom?
Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. There are way more pregnant women and women pushing prams than usual. The HCF (this is the private insurer - Hospital Contribution Fund of Australia) reported an increase of 22 per cent in newborn deliveries to the end of the...
3 Mistakes that Fitness Professionals make when Creating an Online Course
Online learning is a booming industry at the moment. An IBISWorld report shows that online education in Australia is an 8.1b market in 2022, showing a year-on-year growth of over 5%. The pandemic has created the will to both up-skill and learn in a virtual fashion, as...
Is starting strength training in post menopause years TOO LATE?
Recently I gave a presentation to fitness professionals and students of Fit Asia (Singapore) about the importance of strength training for women in their peri-menopause years. And I got asked a very important question at the end of my presentation: Is starting...
You asked and we have delivered: Pregnancy + Postnatal training for PT’s Level 2
You asked and we have delivered! The most common feedback we have received from the short course Pregnancy + Postnatal Training for Personal Trainers is that YOU wanted more. You asked for a greater depth of information...
What is EVEolution™?
How mishfit® personal training grew into an award-winning franchise When I was working as a fitness professional I saw both one on one clients and also ran a group training for pregnant and postnatal women. It worked well as I had two price points for clients to...
Do you have an online product for your clients?
If COVID has taught us anything, it is the importance of being able to diversify if your core business is working face to face with your clients. For many, the obvious step was to move to Zoom – you are still able to train clients and for many, still able to pay the...
Building YOUR allied health team
When I was a practicing personal trainer, I was often made to feel that my skills and services were inferior to that of a physiotherapist. Coupled with this, is a genuine fear among some Fit Pro's that referring clients to an allied health professional will somehow...
Training Women – a male perspective
Hi, Travis Mattern here from www.fitnesseducationonline.com.au and i’ve recently written a blog on why it’s important to upskill when training women… from the male perspective. So here it is! As a young male trainer working at an all female bootcamp you would think I...