Exercising in summer months

I am susceptible to heat illness and (unfortunately) I am still learning that it isn’t as straight-forward to manage as going out early/late in the day and drinking enough water. A couple of weeks ago I went out intending to do a long, slow distance run early in the morning (about 7am). It was about [...]

February favourites

How can it be the end of February already!? Anyway, here’s some of my favourite things for this month: This fundraising event Please get involved in the Mother’s Day Classic Fun Run/Walk this year. CoMotion Fitness has already got a fundraising page up and participants for the walk and run. The event is on May 13 and you can [...]

Exercising in heat and humidity

So glad it’s spring and almost the end of a very challenging year! I always train outside and at this time of year it’s important to remember the rules of exercising in humid and hot conditions. It’s a whole new ballgame. My personal cardio training is predominantly running, so if I refer to running in [...]

Energy Boost sessions

    CoMotion Fitness, in association with Parks Victoria, will be running ‘Energy Boost’ sessions at Westerfolds Park, Templestowe, in July and August. These sessions are for people who are new to exercise, or just want to find a way back into it after taking some time off. For more information download the flyer, or [...]

Fat and prime time tv

Morbidly obese people weighing in after guzzling litres of water to (pad out) their ‘starting weight’, ‘star trainers’ with questionable ethics condoning and participating in unrealistic ‘quick fix’ weight loss programs. Humiliation, guilt and shame- great tv, right? Even the names of these shows add to the whole humiliation extravaganza. I know that a lot [...]

Let’s go outside

A lot of us spend far too much time inside. Inside the office, inside the house, inside the car, and even inside the gym staring at yet another tv or digital display. While we often don’t have a lot of choice regarding work environment, we do have control over how we choose to spend the [...]