New update from Melissa: We are very exited to be joining Jay’s family in Tauranga and being closer to Grandparents. We have packed and stored all our amazing equipment and we are exited to reopen 101 Fitness in Tauranga early 2023. Let us know at info@101fitness.co.nz if you would like to be kept up to date with the progress. We look forward to getting Tauranga Fit and strong soon. Regards, Melissa The post 101 Fitness closes in Auckland and is moving to Tauranga appeared first on 101 Fitness ..read more

Here’s a shocking fact:  The human body naturally loses more than 250g of muscle every year beginning at age of 30. This number is also getting less as we have become such a stationary society – with working behind computers and being in lockdown. We re the once a day moving your body is probably not enough. Why is this so scary? Because muscle loss is directly responsible for falls and hip fractures later in life. And half the people who break their hip don’t survive it. In addition, not having much lean muscle invites fat and flab, because muscles is a natural calories are burner ..read more

Food and Exercise – Get your thinking and your actions on the right track otherwise these will hinder rather than help you lose weight.   Fat loss happens when you ditch the scale, start to exercises effectively and when you see food as fuel instead of something to feed your emotions or occupy your time.   Food – Don’t Diet!  Most diets seem to succeed in the short-term, and fail in the long-term.  Why? Because they make you think about food in negative terms “none of this food, low that, cut out ‘X’, or eat ‘Y’ only. These are short term commitments makes food sound like a ..read more

After almost 8 years, Melissa and Jay have decided to close the Newmarket facility of 101 Fitness. This has been a hard decision, but we believe it is the right one Something new is coming: Our NEW training room will be based from our home in Mt Wellington (Watene road, right on the Panmure basin). From December onwards we will have space for only 20 clients. Next year this number will progressively start to increase. If you are interested in an early morning weekday training session – contact us now! If you have not trained ..read more

Scoliosis is the side-way curvature of the spine (click here to learn more about Scoliosis). post-surgery x-ray   When I was 9, I was walking home from school and twisted my ankle. My mother took me to see my GP to make sure that I was OK. Little did I know that my ankle held the key to a new discovery. I was standing and my GP noticed that I was slightly crooked. My GP  sent me off to get an X-Ray not of my ankle but of my back due to my newfound Scoliosis. Luckily, it was still very mild. Preventing my spine from curving even more seems like it was my Mother’s goal. We went to se ..read more

Type 2 diabetes is usefully described as a “lifestyle disease” because it most commonly affects those who are overweight and inactive.  It can also occur in those who have poor diets.   Type 2 diabetes occurs when the cells in your body don’t respond to insulin (a sugar-lowering substance) properly or the pancreas produces insufficient levels of insulin to meet the body’s demand.  This lead to a build-up of glucose (sugar) in the blood stream.   A study published in April 2017 from the University of Turku in Finland looked at High Intensity Training (HIT) and insulin s ..read more

31 Weeks Pregnant As I write this article, 36 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby, I can’t believe how fast time is going.  I have had many mums and mum-to-be ask me what I did to recover so fast after my 1st – as well as keeping fit and strong with number 2.  A bit about me, I am the owner of a Personal Training facility that specializes in High Intensity resistance Training (HIT). Sessions are 25 min long and only preformed once or two times a week. Yes, that is it. Haven’t been in to see us yet, come and try our 2 sessions for $29 introduction offer. Below is 10 points I tried to in ..read more

Are you 45-ish and either anxious about not getting enough exercise, or frantically worried about doing the right type of exercise, to help you age with grace. It has been confirmed that strength training can assist in reducing the risk of Sarcopenia, type-2 diabetes, osteoporosis, iron-deficiency anaemia, and arthritis.  This ticks the box for both scenarios above. The 45 and above age group needs strength training, and I would like to share with you the health benefits associated with doing so. We will look at each condition.   Over the next 4 posts we will be discussing the major ..read more

As someone balancing a 2-year-old daughter, expecting my second in August and running my own business, I should have been more prepared for the oncoming stress. The only thing that helped my body, pregnancy and injury related pain has been my slow movement, high intensity, resistance training sessions (I do 25 minutes once a week). * It is a short and intense full-body workout, focusing on muscle health. It not only saves time but ensures the time spent is productive and effective. Muscle building (not bodybuilding) is merely us looking after our muscles. From the age of 30 they start deterior ..read more