Author Archives: Kim W

With the increase in popularity and reporting on strength training, we have more people than ever trying it out for the first time, which is awesome. There are so many different philosophies, routines and programs to follow, this can lead to confusion around what affect strength training has on the body, lets take a lookContinue reading “5 Myths of Strength Training.”

Strength (or resistance) training is, in short, the process of improving our muscles ability to contract and move under load. Typically, a very suitable reference about squats or a deadlift would fit right in here and would easily demonstrate the principles and benefits of strength and resistance training. So lets start with standing up fromContinue reading “Introduction into Strength Training”

Being a smaller gym has its perks! We can give everyone more of our time, understand each person and their individual needs, away from the hustle and bustle of a larger facility. If we need to build confidence, trying new things is so much easier without lots of others being around, and as a bonusContinue reading “How Spike Fitness can help everyone”

Looking for the extra bit of motivation to get fitter? Small group training offers a friendly atmosphere, where you can share your distaste in the exercises offered up by the instructor! Training in a group helps build confidence, is a great way to learn new exercises and make gym friends. Taking all the work outContinue reading “Benefits of small group training”

Wow, where to start on this topic! Gym’s are bitter sweet for so many people, some love them and visit them frequently, for others perhaps it’s some form of torture! Before going over the benefits, quick whistle stop at some of the worries…. We total understand the intimidation factor, it’s easy to imagine everyone watchingContinue reading “Benefits of joining a gym.”

When starting out on your fitness journey, it can be a bit overwhelming, what exercises are going to work best for you, how often to train, how much to eat, and the list goes on and on. Having a PT in your corner, all the mystic of programming, calculating and timing can be removed, weContinue reading “The Benefits of a PT”

Setting ourselves up for success can take many forms, and with that, there are also several tools that we can lean on. So why is it important to use different methods to help us? – in short, to increase our chances of success! We looked at the breaking down and writing of goals, this canContinue reading “Using all the tools at your disposal.”

Motivation gets us started and habit keeps us training, sweet, sorted! We all know that it’s not quite that simple, there are so many other life events that can get in the way. Whether that’s work, family or other things, it’s easy to get side-tracked and fall into the notion that one missed workout won’tContinue reading “Motivation, habit and training”

In the ideal world everything we do is immediately the quickest and fastest route and solution, what a wonderful place that would be indeed! Alas, we know that the first couple of times we undertake a task, create a solution it is always superseded by a faster and more efficient method… You know, like sendingContinue reading “Efficient Programming”

When looking at our goals, whether this be for our New Year’s resolutions or at any other time, writing them down has proven to increase the chances of success. Along with this, having a clear plan can help keep us on track, assist with motivation and ultimately building habit – a bit more on thatContinue reading “MAPPING OUT YOUR GOALS”