My Thoughts On Ben Warren
Happy Monday Everyone! What beautiful weather we had. Beach swims, walks, Hapi Ice Creams, friends for dinner, and Paul snuck off for a cheeky boys night (leaving me with two children who didn't want to go to bed until after 9pm - woop woop!). Anyways, I just wanted...
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Movement – give it a go!
Happy Monday All, hope you had a great weekend! Our weekend was full of good food, walks on the beach, and laying low. Today I thought I would talk about movement. Not the most exciting topic however VERY important to good health. You need to move well in your...
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New Year’s Resolutions – Failure 🙁
It’s the beginning of 2019 New Years Resolutions time and supposedly people are going to turn their life around. Easy as that 😉 I saw this one being banded about on the socials and had to share it... Funny but true! The problem is that most people are going about...
read more2018 Retrospective and Future Planning
A few years ago someone shared with me a simple exercise that can help one celebrate the wins of the year and identify challenges and opportunities for growth Most of us are pretty crap when it comes to celebrating our achievements, we usually give them about 5...
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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRAINING PROGRAM (video)
The Christmas Holiday Workout The party season is one of those times when exercise and fitness falls by the wayside. That said there are NO EXCUSES for putting on the Christmas kilo’s. Over the festive period most people's attitude to nutrition and training is less...
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Thoracic Spine Mobility for Sore Shoulders (video inside)
This information is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any injury. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice or medical care of a qualified health care professional and you should seek the advice of your health care professional...
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5 Common Exercises You Want to Avoid
The body is amazing and is capable of so many movements BUT there are some movements that are inefficient, ineffective and outright dangerous Walk into any big box gym and unfortunately you will see many of these 1 - Bench dips People have been doing dips for years...
read moreTe Awanga Organic Farmers Market
Morning all, hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine. We headed to the Rudolf Steiner Fair which was great on Sunday, then to Hygge for live music and a platter with friends to finish off the afternoon. I thought today I would share some of my...
read moreFailure to Launch
Happy Monday, I hope you all had an amazing weekend Some of you may be wondering how I got on in the StrongFirst Certification. Well… I am gutted. I didn’t even make it to Australia! Thursday afternoon I flew up to Auckland and checked into the Motel I was staying in....
read more21 Advanced Core Exercises (video)
Happy Monday How was your weekend? Hope you didn’t get blown away! We had a relaxing weekend, with good hearty home cooked food, walks in the fresh air and lots of family time. Stay tuned this weekon our FB page for a Paleo bread recipe we made which was a hit! In...
read moreLamington Ice Cream – Keto, GF, DF and Epic!
Happy Monday, Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed yet another beautiful sunshine filled weekend. We had a birthday (my Mum's) to celebrate so a picnic was on the cards. My Mum has always had a weakness for a lamington, so as a dessert, I made healthy...
read moreThe 10 Foods I Am Eating Right Now
Happy Tuesday, Wow what a beautiful Hawkes Bay long weekend. I hope you headed outside and enjoyed the sunshine For us it was dog walks, Hapi ice creams, lots of gardening and a couple of kettlebell workouts outside in the sun. I am only a couple of weeks away from my...
read moreHow to Get a Firmer Butt, Run Faster and Jump Higher!
In this blog post I am going to share with you five glute exercises, how to perform them and what you want to avoid when training glutes. Why are the glutes so damn important? 1 - Performance Your glutes are both your largest and strongest muscle in your body. Your...
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How to Make Healthy Ice Cream
Happy Monday Everyone, hope you all enjoyed the beautiful sunshine over the weekend. Paul worked on Saturday however Sunday was family time, where we walked down to Hygge for a lovely Brunch (Paul ran), then back home to chill/play in the sunshine for the rest of the...
read moreMy Goals for the 12 Week Challenge!
In today’s post I thought I would share with you my goals for the 12 Week Challenge starting Monday. On Friday November the 9th I am going to fly over to Brisbane for three days on Kettlebell torture. I will be attending what is known as the Strong First Girya level...
read moreWhy your Back Hurts when doing Deadlifts and Swings (Includes Video)
The kettlebell swing, the deadlift, the hip thrusters, were not responsible for hurting your back. The way you do them did. In fact doing deadlifts, swings and hip thrusters are great for your back, you just have to do them right. The deadlift done wrong will...
read moreFrom 10 Push Ups to Absolute Machine
Happy Monday Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the Hawkes Bay sunshine. In today's newsletter I thought I would introduce you to Tony The first time I met Tony he struggled to do 10 push ups. I am not going to say he was unfit, it was more...
read more6 Laws of New School Fat Loss
Happy Tuesday I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break Krystie, myself and the family headed up to Auckland to catch up with some friends we haven’t seen in a while. Here is a shot of Bear drinking his first greens juice.. or maybe he was just...
read moreThe Antifragile Fall Matrix
Antifragility is a property of systems that increase in capability, resilience, or robustness as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures. It is a concept developed by Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book,...
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If I could only pick one!
Happy Monday I am often asked ‘if you could only pick one exercise to do for the rest of your life’ what would it be? Though I think this question is a little absurd because no one will ever be in this position I thought I might just make a little game of it. So in...
read moreThe 7 People you Won’t find at Results Personal Training
Happy Monday This weekend I thought I would mix it up and go to a different gym for a workout. In today’s post I thought I would share with you some of the characters I met while there. This post serves as a reminder as to why Krystie and I set up Results. ...
read more17 Lifting and Life Lessons
Happy Monday I hope you all had a wonderful weekend For us it was a weekend away in Taupo with some good friends. We ran, we swam, we paddle boarded and the kids ate ice cream. Good times were had On the drive home Krystie and I thought we would put together 17 life...
read more5 Life Changing Books that will Transform your Health, Wealth and Happiness
I love a good book and I believe books have the power to inspire and grow the mind. From the experience of multiple realities to challenges in your perspective we can get much from a book. Last week I put it out to the team at Results to share with you one book that...
read moreHiking, Sports Cars & Video on Sitting
weekend walk in the Kaweka's Happy Monday How was your weekend ? Saturday, myself and walking buddy Scott went for a tramp up Kaweka J. It's only my second time up there and I would say it's one of my favourite Hawkes Bay hikes. Well worth a trip 🙂 In...
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