Fitness

The first week of October is National Back Care Awareness Week. The South African Society of Physiotherapists dedicates this week to educate the public on the common causes, risks, complications and prevention of lower back pain. So what causes back pain? Back pain is caused by several conditions: arthritis that affects the lower back and

Get the Basics… Prioritizing safety and recovery in training Modifying and customizing exercises for accessibility and injury prevention Encouraging clients to have fun and be happy while exercising Some people are born with an innate sense of their life’s passion and calling and they begin pursuing from the first moment they are able to do

Reaching the end of a long run and seeing that you outdid your last pace and set a new PB feels like glory. It’s everything that warrants an InstaStory to let the world know of the day’s great feat.  But do we ever talk about the gruelling moments in the run? That moment when you’ve

Get the Basics… There are important considerations when deciding where to train your clients. There are pros and cons to the various locations for training sessions. This article addresses the various locations and pros and cons of each option. There are some important considerations when choosing a location to train your personal training clients. There

Virgin Active’s new workout class, Active Bands made its debut at Fit Night Out Joburg. So, of course, when it hit clubs at the beginning of September, we had to be first to try to it out. As it turned out, the class was a lot more hectic than we’d imagined. But it does wonders