How to keep your hands tear free.
They say you can tell a CrossFitter by their hands. The abrasions caused by barbells, pull up bars, kettlebells and everything in between can leave our hands feeling rather tender. Here are some of our favourite tips to keeping your hands pain and rip free. Moisturise Dry skin creates callus’s, and calluses create blisters under […]
5 tips to help lose body fat over the festive season
When your goals are to lose excess body fat, the holiday’s can be the hardest time of the year. Events, celebrations, work functions, and enjoying some downtime can quickly lead to reversing your progress. Catching up with family and friends can be stressful, but your food choices don’t need to be. Here are our tips […]
Healthy Swaps- Choosing a better option for your health.
It is important to remember everything you eat is a choice, you are choosing that specific food for a reason. We have put together a bunch of healthy swaps so you don’t miss out on your favourite foods and can choose a healthier option. Creating balance means not entirely excluding any food group, however, we […]
Reducing Limiting Factors
Limiting factors are factors in our lives that we struggle to change or are resistant to change. Identifying these areas helps us shift our focus to areas where we need it the most. These can be habits that take a little more conscious effort than others. When we make small changes in these areas we […]
Mindful Eating for performance and fat loss
Mindful eating and eating slowly have many benefits to our body’s composition, overall health, and performance. When we eat more mindfully, we chew well, think about our food, look for fullness cues, and bring awareness to the types of food we eat. Chewing well means chewing slowly, aiming for 32 times per mouthful. You might […]
The All or Nothing Mentality
The all or nothing mentality is when we focus on making huge changes, sometimes overhauling our current lifestyle. Normally people will adopt this way of thinking when quitting smoking, drinking, and changing their diet. This mindset does not allow room for flexibility, focuses only on will power, and most often leads to feelings of failure. […]
What is Fat?
Not all fat is bad. Fat plays a crucial role in our body’s ability function. Healthy fats are responsible for providing energy, making and balancing hormones, and reproductive health. Fat is a primary source of energy for kids and a secondary source for adults. We recommend eating a thumbs worth of fat with each meal. […]
Food Is Not Fuel. What is good nutrition?
We have all heard the saying “food is fuel”. However, food isn’t just fuel. Food is also vitamins, minerals, and chemicals from plants, and animals that work to protect us from cancers, disease, and inflammation, promote blood clotting, fights diabetes, and reduce sickness. We get fibre, water and so much more from our food for […]
What is sustainable eating?
Sustainable eating means that the way you eat and the foods you consume are sustainable for both you and the planet. Sustainable for you means, affordable based on your budget and lifestyle, promotes health and longevity, is easy to follow, and a way of eating you enjoy. A pattern which you can follow for the […]
Ready-made meals, Meal kits & Food Delivery.
As our lives get busier, the internet gets fancier and food becomes more readily available, you can get just about anything delivered to your door with the click of a button. But are your “healthy” meals doing more harm than good? Let’s dive into the pros and cons. Ready-Made Meals Fresh or Frozen, ready-made meals […]