What Have I Got to be Thankful For?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by KMan

Thank-you that I woke up today-I could be dead!!

Thank-you for where I have woken up today-I could have woken up in a war torn, dictatorship country!!

Thank-you for the hassles and annoying things that happen; they have taught me to laugh and pretend I am in an episode of, “Funniest Home Videos!!”

Thank-you for all the nasty, horrible, two faced people that can pop into my life…They show me the type of person I never want to be and they help me to really appreciate the lovely people in my life.

Thank-you for the lazy people who only give 50%, the people who talk about what they are going to do but never do it, the people who never go the extra mile…They make me realize why I am a

success!!

Thank-you for the aggressive, unhappy people in my life…They make me so thankful for my life and my commitment to being in control of how I feel!!

Thankyou for the people who pretend to be one kind of person and end up being another-they keep me on my toes and remind me I love being real!!

Thank-you for all the beautiful, caring, giving, 100%, extra mile people in my life…They ensure I continue to believe in people, continue to give and never give up on any person!!

Thank-you for the complaints, challenges, whining and whinge-ing I get to sort. They teach me
patience and understanding!!

Thank-you for every mistake I have ever made…Every one of my mistakes has helped me grow and get stronger.

Thankyou for the ability to choose what I eat, choose how I exercise and choose how healthy, fit and strong I am-Being healthy, fit and strong is THE Biggest WOW of all things!!

Thank-you for the privilege and honour to be a part of the fitness profession-I have the opportunity to help people be Healthy, Fit and Strong and love their lives too!!

Rowie from her BeHAPPY book

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Can you go straight from school into a professional position as a Personal Trainer? Meet “Chelsea-Jayne”

Posted on May 15, 2013 by KMan

Hello there, my name is Chelsea and my life has always been about health and fitness!! As a young kid I would always have a football of some kind at my feet, it just seemed to be in my blood. I have played Australian and State level Futsal and always had a high
sporting interest and participation. Now being able to have fitness as
a Career is a dream come true.

Before being accepted into MAX I was a full time high school student. I completed a Certificate 3 in Fitness at school and towards the end of my schooling I looked into
furthering my studies into Personal Training as I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Then I found The Max Fitness Business College and did all I could to be accepted as a Diploma student.

Max has provided me with the tools, information and knowledge that I can now use in my career at F1RST CLASS FITNESS. I secured this position 2 weeks prior to finishing my Diploma MAX; here I am part of a large team of fitness professionals in a fantastic personal training studio located in the heart of Brisbane City!!

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Meet Amanda: MAX Graduate with a Career in Fitness Business she loves!!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by KMan

Meet Amanda: MAX Graduate with a Career in Fitness Business she loves!!

Hello and please follow your dream!! I decided to make the move from New Zealand to Australia for a better quality of life and a new start. I managed to get a transfer of my fulltime job here so away I went. Within one year I found myself just as
unhappy with my job as I was in New Zealand and after 4 years of doing something I was not very passionate about, working with people that I struggled to click with day in day out I found myself extremely unhappy, suffering from depression and anxiety and at an extremely dark point in my life. This not only affected my career but was now taking its toll on my personal life and me as a person.

Then I found MAX and my entire world changed.

Being in the MAX environment and studying in the  MAX Diploma Program not only taught me a new way of thinking and a new way of living, it changed my whole outlook on life. Because of MAX I was
empowered to stop working in a career that I hated just to make ends meet. MAX inspired me to reach out and grab my dream of becoming a successful Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional and believing my dreams could become a reality.

After I completed the MAX program I was extremely lucky to be given the opportunity to come on board the team at H.E.L.P.E.R.S—one of the most
prestigious Personal Trainer facilities in Queensland.

Since making this life changing decision I have not worked another boring, mundane day in my life and could not be happier to be positively helping to change the health and fitness of the world!

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How to Eat Chocolate and Lose Weight

Posted on May 2, 2013 by KMan

YUMMY –Do you have foods or drinks you love and you think you cannot have, shouldn’t have or feel guilty when you do have because you think it is a “Bad” food or because you think that food will make you fat??

What if there were no bad foods?

OR

What if ALL foods were bad?

Without the emotional challenges that some foods give you; and being logical and with only common sense driving your thoughts about food,  both of the statements above are true in terms of fat loss/ weight loss or being healthy!!

One small piece of creamy, dreamy, superb
quality chocolate that melts in your mouth and you eat it for pure pleasure-WILL NOT MAKE YOU FAT!! One glass of fine wine, savoured and
enjoyed for the taste, will not make you fat
either!! Not one food or a collection of ALL the, so called, ”bad foods”  are responsible for the fat folks our western world has become!! We just eat TOOOOO much of them!! A block of chocolate everyday and you may have weight
challenges, a bottle of wine everyday and your body will be struggling to lose weight!!

Vegetables, oats, tuna, lean grilled chicken breasts, almonds-all the so called “good foods”, if you eat TOOOOO much of them, they will make you fat TOOOOO, regardless of how good they are for you!! And eat too much of any food and you can feel sick, bloated, “windy”, stuffed or uncomfortable!!

There are no bad or good foods, just the amount you eat them in!!

If we could all just put some logic back into our eating choices…

A couple of lollies for a sweetie enjoyment, no challenge!! 2kgs of lollies and you will feel sick and struggle to burn off all the sugar calories!!
broccoli is a so called “Soooper food”. So try
eating 2kgs of broccoli and see (and feel) what happens!! One glass of wine for pleasure –is
pleasurable, 2 bottles and for most folks, you throw up, or feel like you want to and can’t
operate as a human being for several hours if not a whole day!! AND you will struggle to burn off calories and the food you do eat (even if it is oats, tuna and lean meat), will not get burnt up because your body is too busy burning the alcohol-  your body has no storage tank for alcohol so it has to burn the alcohol and the other stuff will store!!

Stop blaming foods for being bad, stop blaming your “Genes” for making you fat-nobody sneaks into your house at night and forces food down your throat while you are sleeping!! If I am fat-I ate it!! Regardless of what I eat, if I eat too much, or too much at once, or too much for the amount I can move/ exercise/ burn off-I will be fat or find it very hard to lose weight or I will feel sick-all a challenge!!

Eat logically for pleasure and performance, move for fun and to feel fabulous, Smiles from Rowie xx

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Having a Fat Belly vs. a Fat Bank Account?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by KMan

Have you ever wondered how much it
really costs to have a fat belly? Did you know you may have a skinny financial future
because of a fat belly?

Yes, there are massive health costs; a man with a waist  measurement of more than 100cm is in the top risk category of coronary heart disease and Type II
Diabetes. Too much fat on your body affects how you feel about yourself, how fast you can move, how well you perform in all areas of your life and even how deeply you sleep and how soooper your sex life is-all WOW things in your life that are hard to put a $$$ on and some of us would say invaluable… BUT financially how much does it cost in $$$ value to be overweight???

Here are some interesting $$$ facts but please know that cutting out all the fun foods (and drinks) you love is not the goal-too many studies to show that people who diet or deprive themselves, end up fatter than the folks who have a moderate, “Normal” eating life-so no fanatics here!!

The numbers below are not done on cutting out take-away food or alcohol, just having a bit less or having them less often. The $$$ amounts are calculated, with compound interest, at the current rate ofsuperannuation from all the major financial institutions and you could play with your own numbers, ask your financial planner to work them out for you or go to the calculator on any of the Financial institution websites…

Takeaway Meals: Most burger, fries, soft drink and a dessert meals are around $10. If you normally have 4 takeaway meals a week = $40

2 take-away meals instead of 4 = a $20 saving every week. If you invest that $20, in a high interest superannuation fund /bank/investment account/fund (10%) because you are not going to touch it until you retire (The same as wanting to be fit, strong and healthy when you retire!!). You will save $1000 in your first year which will give you the $1000 deposit you need to start investing seriously…

$20 a week = $80 a month. Invest $80 a month, with a $1000 deposit, over 20 year = $64 188 in your bank  investment account!! (you only invested $21 000 and earned $44 188 in interest). If you do this over a 40 year work life (you will have to work the 40 years anyway) you will end up with $489 287 (you only invested $41 000 and earned $449 287 in interest). If you invest this in the Australian Share market or even just in the banking shares (which have earned an average 13% interest over the last few decades, you will end up with $1 162 642 (over 1.1 million dollars and you would of only invested $41 000 of your own money and earned $1 142 642 of interest)

Alcohol: Based on changing from 14 drinks a week, 2 drinks every night or an average of 7 on each night of the strong-end (weekend) to 7 drinks a week. Average $$$ cost per week for alcohol = $112 ($8 per drink).1/2 the alcohol invest $56 a week =  $224 a month. With your $1000 deposit and using the same times and interest returns as before, you would have…$167 618 in your bank/investment account at 10% interest over 20 years (you would of only invested $54 760 and earned over $110 000 in interest)$1 288 537 in your bank/investment account at 10% interest over 40 years (you would of only invested $104 520 and earned over 1.1 Million dollars in interest) $3 016 392 in your bank/investment account at 13% interest over 40 years (you would of only invested $104 520 and earned close to 3 Million dollars in compound interest)

This means …

2 less take away meals and

7 less drinks a week

and you could have over 4  Million extra dollars in retirement to live free and independently, have great  holidays, go shopping, give to your kids or grandkids or give to your favourite charity

Instead of the money in the bank creating wealth, you could put those calories in your body  and here is how fat you could get…

2 Take-away meals a week = 3000 calories x 52 weeks a year = 156,000 calories a year x 20 years = 3,120,000 million calories. 1kg of fat = 9000 Calories

3,120,000 calories = 346kgs of fat (double this for 40 years!!), you will have to burn off or end up carrying around on your body)

7 drinks a week on average = 980 calories x 52 = 50 960 Calories. 1kg of fat = 9000

Calories. 50,960 x 20 years = 1,019,200

calories = 113kgs (double this for 40 years!!), you will have to burn off or end up carrying around on your body)

The extra Take-away meals + Alcohol =

459kgs extra over 20 years or almost 918kg extra over 40 years????

459kgs (over 20 years) extra to burn off
versus  $231 806 (10% return over 20 years)  extra to spend!!!

459kgs is a LOT of extra exercise, hours and hours and hours to keep that weight under control OR a simple direct debit from your wages to your financial future fund.

And people say it is too hard to be rich and too hard to lose weight??


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Are People Fat Because of You?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by KMan

The western world, maybe even you, your family, the people you care about, are fatter and sicker than we have ever been!! And what are you doing to make it better or worse?? Is what you are doing, saying, promoting, inspiring, motivating, encouraging and supporting the folks in your world to be active to eat healthy, drink more water and to exercise regularly?

Even if you are not fit, hate to exercise, had a poor experience with one gym or Personal Trainer OR,  you have decided to be fat, unfit or unhealthy-all your personal choice and your personal opinion, what are you recommending to the folks in your world who need to help with their health, self-esteem, and weight loss?

Are there people who do love the gym, are fit and healthy, look younger and are stronger, are in great shape, have a higher self-esteem and a much happier life BECAUSE of their active lifestyle, exercise program or having a Personal Trainer, or going to the gym-even if you have chosen not to?


No, most people do not want to exercise, eat vegetables, drink water, join a gym or go to a Personal Trainer. As some folks do not, “Want” to brush their teeth, or go to work, or go to school, or clean their house, wash their clothes or take out the rubbish BUT…What they do want is to the outcomes they achieve from doing those things- Self-respect, confidence, a successful life and a healthy, fit, strong, clean life they can live to abundance!!

Even if you don’t want it, there is no argument that an active, healthy lifestyle will give those who choose it, a life where they feel younger and stronger for longer. Healthy people may not be happier but they certainly look like and seem to be. Not being sick, fat, tired, or overweight is a great start to having a superb life!!

Let people choose the life they want without any negative influence from you!!

Smiles From Rowie xx

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Have a Fitness Business of Your Own! Meet Ainsley

Posted on April 26, 2013 by KMan

Meet Ainsley Burton, the Graduated MAX Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional who has a successful personal training
Business in Springfield-a tiny town of 300 on the South Island of New Zealand. Her beautiful studio is helping 25+ people,  every week to be stronger and healthier and the local aqua fit group, at the local pool and the ski patrol are making sure Ainsley has them strong and ready for all.

Who could you help in your local area?

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STOP with the STUPID Exercises!!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by KMan

A fit, strong, healthy body-LONG TERM is the very best asset to take through your life with you!! You will think more clearly; do more, achieve more, you will be happier, have stronger self esteem and you will have little or no chance of getting sick or diseased!!

A fit strong, healthy body comes from fuelling it with high performance YUMMY food and from a safe, short, fun, effective exercise program you can do-for your WHOLE Life!! The only exercise program that works is the one you DO!!

A well educated Fitness Professional knows that and would never give you an exercise, or exercise program, you cannot do, an exercise program you will not stick to and NEVER an exercise that will hurt you-Now or in the future!!

So Fitness Professionals-PLEASE STOP giving people stupid exercises!!

If you do not know exactly WHY you have prescribed an exercise; if you do not know all the muscles being used in the exercise and if you do not know what that muscle is capable of-its origin, insertion and action, go back to your education provider and do your education again!! Being a PROFESSIONAL person means you know your “Stuff” and you would never prescribe an exercise that is unsafe, it could cause damage now or long term OR, “Just because everyone else is doing it!!” Your clients and members trust you, they believe you know what will be the very best, safest exercise for them and if you don’t, you are letting your whole profession down AND most importantly, you could hurt your client (if not now and directly, you could be giving them an exercise that will cause long term stress on their joints which will stop them from exercising for their whole lives!! OR if it is a waste-of time exercise, you are stealing  what you can NEVER give back, their precious time!!

If you do not understand the difference between a compression force and a shearing force through the human body, and what exercises give what force-go back to your education provider and do your education again!! Shearing forces cause long term damage and there are a long list of these STUPID EXERCISES still being prescribed by, “fitness
people” who do not know better, or worse, do not care!! Giving a person an exercise that has any chance of hurting them is as irresponsible as a Doctor recommending for a person to start smoking, it may not give them lung cancer in a week or a year or even ten years-but it will and you would be the STUPID “Doctor”, they trusted, who recommended they started!!

If you are a user of the fitness profession, ASK MORE questions. As with Doctors, just because a person looks good, is fit and strong or even has a
qualification, does not mean they are not STUPID!!

1. Check they are qualified

2. Check how often they update their Anatomy and
Physiology knowledge

3. Do they know the 3 energy systems of the body, how they work, what fuel they use and what
exercises and timelines of exercise fit into all three?

4. Do they know the 4 Macronutrients the body uses, how they are stored, used, disposed of and best
utilized for the results you want from your
program?

5. Does your Fitness Professional know all the
muscles being used in any exercise or exercise
program they are giving you; do they know what and what not, that muscle can do and is it the very best exercise, is it safe now and long term?

All of the above do not change, anatomy and physiology are predominately fixed sciences. The scientists have not found a new energy system or a new macronutrient and all are the foundation of this profession called fitness. A person in this profession who does not know and understand them all is the same as a Cardiologist who does not know and understand all the parts of the heart and how they work/what they do!! You would never ask that Cardiologist to look after your heart!!

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Can you go from an, “Un-enjoyable Job” to a “Fitness Business Career” you love? Meet Adam

Posted on April 24, 2013 by KMan

After accepting that all workplaces are a boring place to be and that hard and un-enjoyable labour was the trade off to do the things I love in life I met the owner and personal trainer at a 24.7.fit. His positive and energetic attitude on life amazed me, which in time I learnt
to know as the ‘Max attitude’. He saw my pain and gave the next best thing to birth to me by referring me to the closest thing to Hogwarts. The MAX International College for Fitness Professionals was the start of my life as a Health Exercise and Lifestyle Professional.

The  MAX Diploma supplied me with knowledge to live a healthier and happier life, meet some great friends and give me the tools to start my business in fitness. I saw myself go from working, to live to living to work.  I have been employed in several jobs since leaving school but never truly ‘loved’ what I’ve done and it has shown in my work ethic and general attitude to life. Making the change from an overworked tree lopper to a shareholder in a successful business that is changing the world for the better was the best thing I could have done thanks to the friendly team at Max. Not only now do I make great money I am in the best shape I’ve ever been in,
surrounded myself with great people and love the person I see in the mirror. If I did a burpee for every MAX graduate say they wish they started sooner I would be
bigger than Arnie. Don’t put it off another day, walk away from the job that’s
working you.

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Are you a good coat-hanger for your clothes?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by KMan

Fashion is designed to go out of style-style will never go out of fashion!! The best wardrobe/clothing collection you can put together is one where all the clothes can be worn in 10-20 years from now. So yes, ultimately the best style accessory you can have is a great coat-hanger-YOUR body. The most $$$ savvy way to dress with style, sophistication and professionalism-and not have to spend money regularly on clothes, is to pick a fit, strong healthy weight and STAY there!!

Three different sizes in your wardrobe sets you up to gain weight-you will have clothes to wear!!

Then buy clothes that suit, fit and look amazing on that body and clothes that are so stylish they will never go out of FASHION!! Superb quality lasts and investing a little bit more for top quality will save you a large amount of money wasted on clothes that wear out fast or look ill-fitting because they are poor quality. Mix and match the colours that suit you with a superb set of foundation garments for both the guys and the stylish ladies; a good quality suit, 2 top quality, French cuff cotton shirts (the ones that need cufflinks),  2 sharp casual shirts/t-shirts to wear under your suit for casual events, a superb, top quality pair of corporate shoes and they must be kept clean, un-scuffed and well heeled and a black, quality leather belt with a classy buckle (a two tone buckle is a bonus). Guys add a sharp pair of trousers and ladies a well cut, well fitting, professional length skirt – different colour to your suit so you mix and match outfits. Guys, 3 top quality Italian silk ties that mix and match with all your shirts, agood quality business watch and a subtle, classy pair of cufflinks. Ladies a top quality pair of gold/pearl of diamond stud earrings, a business watch and a classy, corporate necklace and bracelet that adds a  subtle sparkle  to your business suit and casual outfits.

AND of course…Top quality, stylish underwear (guys cotton or wool socks and ladies , black stockings to add real class)

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How Fat, Unfit or Weak are You?

Posted on April 22, 2013 by KMan

What silly questions to ask. They are all negative, your brain will search for an answer to how fat, unfit or weak you are and it will come up with lots of negative answers. Negative questions will never produce a positive answer!!

Yes, it is very important to be honest with yourself and to accept reality however, couldn’t you be a “Work in

progress” or a ‘Body under construction”

How about asking positive questions like…

“What do I need to do to feel energetic, fit and strong?”

OR

“What fun activities can I do to get my body into great shape?”

OR

“How good is it to be alive, now what do I need to do to have a body that will love each day to the fullest?”

Traditionally, if you visit a Health Club, Gym or Personal Trainer, you may have been given the option of having your body-fat measured, your body measurements
recorded, your weight weighed and/or your fitness tested. Absolutely fantastic if you are keen to know the exact numbers but please consider these questions…

  • If you don’t fit into your clothes, isn’t it possible you may be carrying more fat than you need to?
  • And isn’t it possible that you already know that the size of your waist, butt, thighs, arms etc. may be too big or too small?
  • Do you or do you not know when you have put on some weigh or taken it off without having to stand on a scale in front a stranger?
  • If you have not moved your body any faster than a walk to the fridge or the couch in the last 6 months, isn’t it possible you may already know you are unfit?

What about how much energy you have, how good you feel about yourself, how well you are sleeping and how much you love your life? None of these can really be measured but they are very important and would be a great focus for your exercise program.

If you are exercising to lose weight or reduce your
body-fat, each exercise session can feel like a chore or hard work. If you are exercising to feel great, have more energy to play with your kids, be able to make love for longer, be more effective at work or to play for longer-well now, what a different, more positive reason to get off the couch!

If you are the person who is motivated by the numbers going up or down, go for it, measure and test everything and make sure your Fitness Professional is highly skilled in the area of fitness testing and measuring if not done properly, and by the same person every time, the testing process can be massively inaccurate!

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Can you really go from a Job at Telstra to a career in Personal Training? Meet Mia…

Posted on April 19, 2013 by KMan

Before I started to study at MAX to become a Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional I was living in Tasmania, working at Telstra and did not have any goals to work towards and every day was the same BUT– I went to the gym everyday…

So now I am studying to do what I am
passionate about – the GYM!!

Life now I am at The MAX Fitness Business College…

I made the move to Melbourne to study with passion and once I was accepted into MAX, I am loving every minute of it and MAX teaches you valuable skills about how to be the best you can be, about success and all the correct information about the body and how it works- which shocked me about how much I didn’t actually know. Being surrounded by like-minded people and so much positivity and learning so much every time I go to class, makes me more motivated to graduate so I can change people’s lives and it is definitely a step in the right direction.

After MAX I will be a MAX Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional on Cruise Ships and then I will own my own Personal Training studio for young women. Our now have BIG Goals, a purpose to study hard and every day is different!!

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Exercise without the Fanatics!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by KMan

Exercise without the Fanatics

Most people think that to look sensational and have a body to be proud of, takes hours and hours in the gym, a mountain of self-discipline and having to say “No” to all the yummy things in life!! Wrong!! Not true!!

In fact, the health concerns of a “couch potato”- a person who does nothing to be healthy, versus an obsessed fanatic-those people who can’t live one day without a work-out, are often just as dangerous.

Lying on the lounge and watching sport is actually no worse than the people who are totally obsessed with sport, exercise or nutrition. Life is all about balance and keeping things in perspective.

Have you ever considered or done any of the following?

  • Have you ever missed a dinner out, a movie or a social function you would have enjoyed because you feel you, “Have to” work out every day and missing a session will make you fat?
  • Have you ever missed spending time with your kids, your family or your partner because you feel you have to go to the gym or you must work-out every day. If you don’t your muscles will shrink??
  • Have you ever felt grumpy, unhappy or miserable because you didn’t fulfil your quota of exercise for the day?
  • Are you scared that if you eat too much or miss an exercise session that you could go to bed
    skinny and wake up fat!?
  • Do you ever argue with yourself about whether or not you should eat your favourite food because you are scared it will make you fat or you will feel guilty about eating that food?
  • Do you have foods that you consider bad and you will be bad if you eat them?
  • Do you exercise even if you are sick, injured, you have sore muscles from your last workout or you are exhausted from all of the exercise you have been doing?
  • Do you love to eat healthy food and exercise
    regularly or do you hate it but do it to stay in shape?

When we look at the available science, it shows very strongly that there are major physical and
psychological benefits to doing some regular exercise, becoming more active and eating fresh, real food in a common sense, healthy way. However, the benefits of increasing your exercise dose to where it becomes obsessive and controls your life are none!! Incessant exercise and obsessive eating habits can have a detrimental effect on your body, your mind, your personal relationships and you will be sending a message to the non-exercising folks that they have to exercise obsessively to be healthy!!

Obviously if you are a professional sportsperson or if you are training for a special sporting event you will exercise more. However, even elite athletes are fully aware of the dangerous effects of imbalance and lack of recovery time. The crazy thing is that professional sports-people and elite athletes do what they do for a living, it’s their job!!

If the gym is your thing or if you just love to exercise, even if it is every day, PLEASE make sure that you are taking the time to do all of the other fun, interesting, exciting things that life has to offer. If the gym is not your thing or if you are quite happy with the regular moving activity that you are doing, PLEASE do not beat yourself up because exercise is not the most important thing in your life, it is just one of many other important things!!

Your exercise program and eating plan should add value to your life…It should not be your life!!

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Can you really be a successful Personal Trainer in Tasmania? Meet Glynn Bound

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Rowie

Since finishing my Diploma Program at Max I have had a very educational and informa- tive 2.5 years. I started working at Essential Personal Training, the most professional PT studio that I have seen in Tasmania, owned by Adam & Jared Wiseman.

In my time here I have learnt a lot about how to deal with different client needs and scenarios that are presented to me everyday. I have worked with all types of clients from the standard weight loss and get fit clients to the Rehabilitation and special popu- lation clients.

My current youngest client is 16 and my oldest client is 72. When I first started I took both Group Cardio sessions and 1 on 1 PT sessions and found that whilst I really enjoyed taking the groups I preferred the 1 on 1 as I could focus on that client and what they wanted to achieve and give them 100% for that whole session.

Some of the best results that I have helped clients achieve have been. Losing large amounts of weight, running half and full marathons Injury free, reducing blood pressure back to a normal level, helping clients avoid surgery by strengthening the joints, reha- bilitating clients that have had some form of surgery and the biggest one for me is help- ing people make exercise part of their daily life and improving their quality of life through healthy eating and regular exercise.

I would like to say a big thanks to Max for giving me the qualification to let me have a career I love doing and can see myself doing for a long time.

Glynn Bound

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A Career that makes you feel like a Champion

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Rowie

Hi, I’m Gilbert,

I was s working a dead end job, hating it and wanting

more for my life.

I wanted the best education to become a Personal

Trainer and that is MAX!! The professionalism stood out

Is this YOUR year to have a career you love?

to me with the MAX team giving me all I need to start

www.maxfitnesscollege.com

my new career as a Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional helping people shake depression with the healthy, addictive drug called Health and Fitness!!!

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Can you really go from High School straight to being a Successful Personal Trainer? Meet Joshua…

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Rowie

Hello-Joshua Bleakley here, MAX Graduate, MAX Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional and a full-time career in the Fitness Profession

At School I was always involved in sports, whether playing for the first teams
or coaching. People saw me and told me I didn’t have any down time or a life. This was my passion and it was my life, I loved coming straight from school to the fields and training as much as
I did playing. So much it was from 4.00pm -9.00pm most nights! When school
finished I didn’t know what I wanted to do, nothing catered for my passion
and ticked all my boxes. I found Max. That was it; my life changed and will
never be the same again. I went straight from school to max and then
straight into my new profession. Max was the spark that I needed to light
my fire. I am able to follow my passion for training athletes and live a life
as big as I can dream. When I say Max changed my life I mean it! I never read
a book before Max. Now I have a library in my room reading over 2 books
a month and always have an on-going personal development. Setting goals and always striving for more!!
The Max College is the door of opportunity, you have what it takes but it will take all you got!!

Now I am Josh, Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional who specialises in…
Helping Athletes run faster, jump higher, hit harder and WIN!!

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Can You Really Have a Career Helping Women to feel WOW? Meet Estelle…

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Rowie

Hello, I’m Estelle and here is my story …I had to plan what I was going to do about my future as I could no longer continue in this very unhealthy pattern of eating. I’d lost control of my life and was totally ruled by food. Food was attached to going out, to happiness, to sadness, to reading a book, to watching TV, to EVERYTHING!!! I had to find out why, and what I could do about it factually. I started searching for courses, came across a few, including MAX, called them, researched them and decided this is it – I’m going to become a MAX Fitness Professional, and then I’m going to help other women as I KNOW I’m not alone in this battle. I am going to help women to make good conscious decisions, not allowing emotions to rule the day.

And now I am a fully qualified MAX health, exercise and lifestyle professional, I have an exclusive, private PT Studio in a tiny NZ village and I AM helping women to look and feel healthy and fit!

I’m a 43 year, ‘Young” Mum, who’s struggled for 29 years with yo-yo dieting, and at 42, as a qualified as a Health, Exercise & Lifestyle Professional I got on track!! I got off the track of constant pressure to be on a diet and to be skinny. I feel that what I’ve learnt and am continually learning has enabled me to make good choices that make sense and I want to help other women to do the same. I am healthy, stronger and full of energy. I’ve always smiled, because I really do love life, but NOW I smile from the deepest depths within as I continue on my journey to reaching my goals and taking my ladies with me…no matter if a woman is 14, 44 or 104 it’s never too early or too late to learn how to love yourself, look after & cherish your body, and be bounding with energy!!!

I love being in my private, non-intimidating, ‘Lady Cave’
Personal training studio, helping my clients to get stronger
and fitter and to love who they are and what they look
like!! I love having a career I love that makes such a positive difference.

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Can you really have a lifestyle change from Accountant to Fitness Professional? Meet Des…

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Rowie

Hello-Throughout my life I’ve always wanted to be involved in the fitness profession but procrastination meant I never followed my dream. Until I saw what the MAX Fitness Business College did for my sister Jean and
how happy it made her by following her dreams.

Prior to being accepted into the MAX Double Diploma programme I worked as an Assistant Accountant living the 9-5 lifestyle. The challenge was I was depressed, injured, negative and felt like I had no place in this world. I finally stepped out of my comfort zone and began my studies at MAX and this is where my new life began.

MAX taught me that through positive thinking and living your life with great values is the key to happiness. I now strive to live my life in a healthy, happy and positive frame of mind with a smile on my face.

MAX has also provided me with the knowledge and tools I need to be a successful Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional which I will use to become an integral team member at H.E.L.P.E.R.S Personal Training Studio.

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A Fitness Business Diploma and a Fitness Career that will change the world… Is it possible? Meet Deb Diamond

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Rowie

Prior to studying at MAX I had been seeking answers to how I could stop being a bystander watching the acceleration of sick kids!!

I wanted to provide a FUN & ACHIEVABLE ANSWER to health and fitness for all kids, AVAILABLE TO EACH & EVERY CHILD irrespective of their colour, race or creed.

And now I am studying at MAX to make my dream a reality!!

My goal is to provide a positive experience that will promote a child embracing the challenge to have a healthy life & ultimately soaring like an eagle as opposed to a negative experience where there is a desire to run & hide or remain grounded with negativity & try & fit in.

I am studying at MAX because this is the home of positivity & it has the most thorough, holistic approach to fitness, business education based “on hands on” experience.
Thankyou from Diamond Deb!!

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Can you really go from being a fat sick guy to a healthy, fit and strong Fitness Business Owner? Meet David Forbes: “Medium D”

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Rowie

Hello-I am David…I am from the UK and for my first 16 years I was a very active and fit young man. Late teens I discovered the pub and takeaways and I gradually stopped working out my body and started working my belly out instead. In 2001 I heart surgery and a stent fitted as my artery was 97% blocked due to my lifestyle and bad habits, it was a month later that I contracted diabetes.

Around 3 years I used to be clinically obese on medication for cholesterol and blood pressure, I have been a Diabetic for 11 years and 3 years ago my diabetes was getting out of control, I had been told by my doctor that I would be on Insulin with the next few months.

This was the point when I decided to change my life, my friend as it happened had just won a Gift Personal Training session with Abe a Personal Trainer working in Tomfit, my friend asked me to come along as she thought I would get on well with him. I became Abe’s client and kicked of my journey, at the beginning of this journey…
I weighed in at 126kg, I was on the maximum dose for my diabetes, I took
cholesterol tablets, I took blood pressure medication as I had high blood pressure, my waistline was just pushing over 108cm and my clothing was XXXL sizes.

To cut a long story short after a lot of dedicated working out and healthy clean eating I lost 38kg, dropped to a 86cm waistline, I have competed in a NABBA body building competition last Oct 2011 and got the first prize in the over 40’s class, in this time I have come off my blood pressure and cholester- ol medication.To top this off as of 2 weeks ago I am now a diet controlled diabetic, I will always be a diabetic but I no longer rely on medication to control this.
I am now a Max Health, Exercise and Lifestyle Professional, I have been taking group session with sweat camps and I have my own boot camp which is Action camps, I have just finished setting out my own at home studio which is now fully equipped and I have an outdoor area which I now take my Action Campers for. I am now ready to help anyone else who thinks they want to change but can’t or that it’s too hard because let me tell you that’s not true, I’ve done it now I’m going to help others change their lives. If your keen to let me help you achieve what I have, please get in touch with me.

www.limitlessonline.co.nz

www.mediumd.co.nz

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