MAX International College of Fitness Blog

Any exercise is better than no exercise however, if a better, safer or best exercise for you is available why would you settle for second best?

Here are some questions to ask yourself about your current exercise program and perhaps some questions to ask your gym instructor or personal trainer to ensure your program will continue to work for you, long term…

• Do you enjoy the exercise you are
  doing?
• Does your exercise program fit in with your lifestyle?
• Do you feel happier, better, have more energy after your exercise session is over?
• Does the exercise you do replicate a function in your normal lifestyle?
• Do you know, without hesitation, that the exercises you are doing aredefinitely safe and the best one’s for you because they have been backed up with researched science?

• Do you look forward to your
  exercise session and do you think you will still be exercising 5 and 10 years from now because you are motivated by, and you are getting such good
  results from your current exercise
  program?

If you are not enjoying your current exercise program, get a new one. You will only stick with a program, long term, if it is something you enjoy doing regularly!!

Winter and it becomes so easy to hide under layers of clothing and to find comfort and warmth in hot chips and hot chocolate!! Oops, by the end of September we’ll be dying to get out into the beautiful summer sunshine. “Hey, what happened to my magnificent body?” some of us will be wondering, when we peel back the layers of clothing to find squishy bits instead of the tight ones we work so hard for during Summer??

So why does this transformation from fit to flab happen every winter for most folks and how can we make sure that YOUR body is in great shape regardless of the season?

Looking after this amazing machine called, “Your body”, was never meant to be a seasonal

project. You can’t afford to forget about your body during winter when it can be hidden in clothes, and then hope to get it into shape quickly when your thighs are being strangled by the top of your favourite summer shorts!!

There are no short cuts to health, wellbeing and fitness. Your body, your health and your energy levels are  serious, important  and ongoing projects.

Developing healthy habits will benefit you for years to come. Just like you eat and sleep and brush your teeth everyday because that is what your body needs, so too you must concentrate on the active and healthy side of your body maintenance program!

Why do we scrounge on exercise when we know how wonderful it makes us feel, when we know that it helps us handle stress better and creates an all-round better person?

There are no magic pills to make us look good and feel great!!

The answer is exercise, and once we get hooked on that intoxicating feeling of actually feeling our bodies, we will have developed a healthy habit for life.

You dare not miss out on the greatest thing you’ll ever do for yourself and those you love.
Imagine that being the greatest gift of all, a vibrant, positive, glowing healthy gorgeous you!

Exercise is the magic pill for weight loss and the only way to have a tight, strong, fit, fast
fat-burning body!! There is no substitute pill and even if dieting without exercise leads to weight loss, it is exercise that ensures your smaller body feels tight and continues to burn calories fast!!

Stop making excuses, you know what they are and you know they don’t cut it! Go have a look in the mirror and have a serious chat with yourself! Look yourself honestly in the eye and commit to a healthier happier you, for your sake as well as your families.

Regular exercise will burn fat, make you stronger, keep you fit, give you a stack of energy and keep you young!! Commit to doing at least 3-5 mins to huffy puffy exercise EVERYDAY!! Commit to lifting some heavy things with the goal to get stronger, and using all the muscles in your body, just  once a week. Eat real, fresh, clean, out of the ground food; for performance, for energy, for pleasure and for power-a More powerful YOU!!

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!!

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??

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.