Kiama Fitness Group In the Spotlight

Seems as though we’re attracting a lot of attention lately at Oxygen Health & Fitness. With record numbers still turning out for our morning Kiama Boot Camp Classes, plenty of good feedback from local residents and business owners, plus the ongoing enquiries I had a feeling we were doing ok.

Now there’s even extra attention throughout the region as the below photo demonstrates. The group pictured here in Orange at our very own Hindmarsh Park training grounds in Kiama is none other than the Wests Tigers Rugby League team. As well as they may be playing on the field at the moment, they just couldn’t seem to match you guys with the Boxing rounds you’ve been smashing out lately. It certainly was interesting to see the methods and training protocols the Personal Trainers were using with these professional athletes and it reinforced to me just how fit and committed our Oxygen members are.

Wests Tigers in action. They might have Marshall, Tuqiri, Farrah but I'd still rather have Starling, Philp and Miller on my side...

On the topic of attention, as a Kiama Personal Trainer I was interviewed last week by the Illawarra Mercury about “ways to stay motivated through the cooler months”. This article will be published next Wednesday with photographs from TONIGHT’S Interval Run session. The photographer is coming down for 6pm tonight so I ask everyone to turn out in force with your Oxygen shirt or singlet on. When you consider there’s no Saturday Boxing session and no classes AT ALL on Monday, you’re gunna need tonight’s session to get a head start on all those Easter eggs and Hot Cross Buns that’ll be consumed this weekend!
So in summary, you’re as fit as a professional footballer, I‘m proud of you and you need to get to class tonight to make up for the Easter calories! Happy Easter from all of us at Oxygen Kiama, drive safe this looooong weekend and don’t forget Stretch 6am tomorrow morning then no classes until next Tuesday.

Kiama's Metabolic Jumpstart

This week a group of keen Kiama residents have taken on the challenge of a Metabolic Jumpstart to coincide with their 4 week Boot Camp Exercise Program. The Metabolic Jumpstart is a Nutrition program that offers you clear advice and a diet plan to re-wire your metabolism and discover a new level of wellbeing.

The Metabolic Jumpstart

The Metabolic Jumpstart is created by Matt O’Neill, one of Australia’s top Nutritionists and a regular on Channel 7′s Sunrise and Morning Show Programs. He is also the Weight Loss Coach for Men’s Health Magazine (Aust). His trusted advice has helped millions of people enhance their diet, wellbeing and body shape. He has delivered over 1000 media interviews, hundreds of seminars and has presented in 8 countries.

Matt O'Neill

Matt is on a mission- Mission Metabolism – to Jumpstart the nation (and the world) to eat well, be active and maintain a healthy metabolism. Please join in… it’s the Jumpstart we all need! If you’re not on board yet, I encourage you to visit www.metabolicjumpstart.com and quote OXYGEN as your referral code. It’ll be the best $30 you could spend! Oxygen Health & Fitness is privileged to be working with Matt O’Neill as an Official Partner in Mission Metabolism.

Oxygen Health & Fitness

Why do we need it?

Because to truly get amazing results you NEED to combine a balanced exercise program with nutrient rich foods. How many people do you know that exercise all the time and have a fitness program but their shape and figure has barely changed? Conversely, how many people have you met that eat well or have been on this diet or that diet and still aren’t fit and healthy? The people who succeed at being fit, lean and healthy are those that combine both exercise and nutrition. If weight loss is your goal, it is NOT negotiable!

Effort and energy saving devices like remote controls, electric car windows and computer-bound jobs rob us of our calorie burning movement. Junk food fills us with nutrient-poor calories from bad fats, sugar and white, fluffy carbohydrates that don’t even fill you up.

And there’s information overload about health, nutrition and fitness. Eat this one day, drink that the next. Many diet and weight loss programs just add to the confusion, reduce your metabolic rate further and make matters worse. In fact, many so-called weight loss experts are simply lying to you about how your metabolism works.

Which Plan is right for you?

Metabolic Jumpstart is different because your diet plan is metabolically matched for your needs. You choose if you want to lose weight fast, take your time to drop a few kilos, maintain your figure and fitness or bulk up.

Nutrient-rich eating targets show you the correct amount of each food group to eat each day, so you can be confident you are getting all the nutrients to optimise your metabolic function.

You can ‘Mix & Match’ your foods using the simple guide and Ready Reckoner. This gives you the flexibility and know-how to Tune-Up your plan.

I encourage anyone who has questions regarding their nutriton program to add their comments to the bottom of this blog post so we can all learn together. Chances are if you have a question to ask, someone else is thinking the same question? Post your diet and nutriton questions below.

Kiama Group Training Explosion

The last week or so has been unbelievable here with so many new clients signing up.  On top of the successful Bring A Friend campaign from January, our latest promotion of a 4 Weeks to Freedom Boot Camp has seen the business double almost overnight.

Oxygen Boot Camp Explosion

Early morning boot camps and group fitness are the new wave in fitness.  They are exploding across Australia and the rest of the world for 2 synergistic reasons:

1. Members report getting better results faster than with any other fitness program and;

2. People have fun doing it, explaining why they stick to it and get better results.

Added to this phenomenon are current TV shows like The Biggest Loser, the general time of year with New Year’s Resolutions, and parents having a bit more free time with kids being back at school. Many people now know that Australia’s girth has grown to become the Number 1 most obese nation on the planet. Everyone is so busy and time crunched,  most struggle to fit exercise into their day and when pressed it’s the first thing they drop. But we also know it’s time to do something about it.

When you make fitness the first part of your day, before anything else can interfere, it makes it more achievable to fit it into your day.  And when you add a structured environment of supportive people led by experienced fitness professionals, participants really thrive.

I can’t tell you how many people I have spoken to around town who have mentioned they have seen an ever growing tribe of blue singlets at Hindmarsh Park, Black Beach, The Blowhole, Surf Beach, everywhere in Kiama.  This exposure has been great for us also and the feedback we get is always so positive with comments like “what a great idea being outdoors”, “they all work really hard” and “those fitness fantatics in the park”.

So as a special gift to you and to thank you for your continued support, we want to share the love with you this Valentine’s Day with a 2 for 1 offer. Purchase any Personal Training Package and we’ll gift your loved one with a Package equivalent to half of yours.  Eg, purchase a 24 pack for yourself and we’ll gift your loved one with 12 Personal Training sessions.  Purchase 100, we’ll gift your loved one 50.

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It’s a special gift for that special person in your life but hurry this offer expires midnight 12th February 2010.  Conditions apply.

Contact Oxygen Health & Fitness on 4233 2963 or email info@oxygenfit.com.au