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This part of the Personaltraining4all site contains over 150 articles pertaining to health, training and fitness.
I'm still in the process of uploading some of these articles, so please be patient!
The articles are primarily from a magazine I published in the mid-1990's called BodyBeat.
10,000 copies per issue were distributed to Melbourne's gyms and health centres.
The articles can be browsed by subject matter
I noticed in many conventional personal training sessions, that although my clients wanted my help, motivation, direction and guidance, (providing them the detail of what to do), they didn't necessarily need me to be with them throughout the whole session, nor indeed often for many sessions.
I therefore developed the concept of pt4all and personal direction so as to provide the benefits of personal training without the cost.
Personal direction sessions replace conventional personal training sessions. To see what you'll do in a personal direction session click on this link.
Personal direction allows me to guide and oversee your session and program without you having my exclusive attention.
It's not 1:1 necessarily, although at times it may be, but at most times there'll be others doing personal direction sessions simultaneously.
Personal direction allows you to "share" my time, and therefore share the cost, making training with me a more economical method.
I have a new range of service plans available (starting from $85 per month) that provide all the benefits of personal training without the associated costs.
The new service plans all provide a fully programmed, individually tailored, written schedule for you to follow each session (based on objectives that you provide), whilst allowing you the flexibility to determine how, when and where you’ll train, the time you wish to spend and how often you’d like to train with me. These factors are matched to your budget to determine which service is best for you. Naturally you determine what your objectives are and how much time you want to spend; I just help you with that process.
As you may well have noticed, I don’t have the conventional personal training approach. I’m very well credentialed and very experienced. With me there’s no setting your objectives for you, no screaming, no counting backwards from 8, no showy performances aimed to attract attention, no “attitude”.
I aim to provide a professional, enjoyable, caring, sensitive, intelligent, safe and supportive service for my clientele. A service that recognizes your individuality and one which ensures results because you set realistic goals, enjoy your sessions and therefore want to continue to come to gym.
There are limited places available on a “first in, first served” basis, so please contact me via e-mail for further information.
I do hope you’ll be interested in exploring the possibilities available.
I'm hopeful my first podcast might be completed sometime in early 2008.
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Capoeira is a dynamic Brazilian martial art form that embodies not only self defence techniques but also a combination of acrobatics, dance, music, song, sport, culture, art, Brazilian folklore and much more. An eclectic compilation of influences and physical requirements, Capoeira embodies poetry, entertainment, games, fun and a form of combat. It is a graceful movement dialogue that integrates control, strength and power with agility, rhythm and harmony.
Capoeira Arte Brasileira by Fábio Pinheiro (cc)
Now an official National Sport of Brazil, Capoeira evolved through the dance and chants of African slaves bought to Brazil by the Spanish + Portuguese in the 1500’s. It developed into a combat method the enslaved could practise clandestinely.
As opposed to fighting-like other Martial Arts forms, Capoeira is about movement, where the two players are continually improvising offensive or defensive manoeuvres. “The play”, conducted within the confines of a circle between two participants, is almost dance like, with expressive stylised yet improvised movements. Partners react in a creative, yet dynamic manner to an infinite variety of movements, gestures, postures, balances, and movements culminating into balances. The defensive moves are not just used to escape an attack but are the beginning of a counter attack.
There is no play without music and the leading instrument is the musical bow of African heritage, the Berimbau. Its different rhythms determine the pace and type of game which is to be played.
Aerobically demanding, Capoeira develops mastery in all aspects of life and a feeling of dignity through physical fitness, mental awareness, humility, comradeship and fun. Capoeira helps develop aerobic and anaerobic fitness, flexibility, agility, balance, strength and power.
***For more posts relating to cross-training see cross-training articles)***
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Regards Kym
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