The Journey to somewhere....via the gym

  If you are looking for an inspirational fitness blog, with pictures of people who are perfectly ripped, inspirational quotes and cliches, this may not be it! If you are looking for the journey of an ordinary girl, who likes to travel, loves going to the gym and is far from perfect, with the occasional inspirational quote (what’s a blog without them?!?) then this just might be for you.  

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Give ‘em hell

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Reblog if you're an active fitblr and I'll follow you

I’ve been gone for a while but now I’m back I need more active fitblrs to follow :)

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TGIFriday

It’s finally here and Auckland has brought us a stunning weekend of rain. Thank you NZ it’s always a pleasure!

On the plus side my internship with Fit College was approved today for my Personal Training course, super excited to officially get started, bring on 3rd April 2017 :)

10th March 2017

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International Women’s Day 2017

Les Mills pushes the “tribe” aspect heavily and I think it’s a great concept...so today on international women’s day, lets remember!

8th March 2017

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It’s okay to be human!

Tonight’s gym class was Body Balance, with one of my fav instructors and my fave classes of the week. Not going to lie, Wednesday’s are a struggle for me, lots of meetings, lots of stress, but going to the gym and having an instructor who is fun and motivating helps get me there! 

Tonight, when he walked in I noticed his demeanor was not quite his usual happy self and his class showed that he was a little off his game. Now, I’m not saying this to criticise, actually far from it! There may be an awesome song out there by Three Days Grace saying that we are indeed machines (this also makes a great pump track), but in reality we aren’t. We are not perfect, we get tired, we are flawed and we don’t need to pretend to be. ALL WE NEED TO BE IS THE BEST VERSION OF OURSELVES THAT WE CAN BE! And that makes us WINNERS everyday!! Kevin is still a winner in my book!

8th March 2017

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Dear Monday

A typical Monday morning starts with me waking up and snoozing my alarm multiple times, whilst repeatedly feeling my forehead in the hopes that I might have a temperature and might be able to call in sick. This plan is a failure...so off to start my Monday...Work, work, work

Today isn’t just an ordinary Monday, I have recently been thinking about undertaking a PT course for personal development as well as hopefully a new career option so I can break the chains of an ordinary desk job. Last week I went to check out an institution (sounds like a cult/insane asylum) to find out all about it and this week I head to good ole Les Mills to chat with PT Manager about what he looks for when hiring and what I should consider when choosing a method of delivery for the course as well as the institute. 

Top advice from PT Manager:

If you are looking at getting qualified consider the following:

1. Delivery mode - online or face to face...face to face is better even if it is part time, you are likely to develop greater business skills (because after all this is a business) and become more personable whilst teaching

2. Whilst you are getting your Cert 4 in Fitness, obtaining a Cert 3 prior and hitting this gym floor as a floor instructor is an advantage. You will meet potential clients and learn basic interaction/selling technique

3. Smile - clients like a happy, personable PT. Noone wants to be scowled at! PT is hard and a smile and a laugh will go a long way. This could make or break you.

I consider this a productive meeting, and he was absolutely amazing to meet. Would recommend before committing to a qualification a chat with someone in the industry is the way to go.

In saying all that, nothing much else went right today, so I say...

Monday, 6th March 2017

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Sometimes you just need a break!

Today I didn’t go to the gym, I didn’t go to work, I didn’t go for a walk, do household chores or anything really. Today I got out of bed at 12pm, I ate Butter Chicken for lunch, watched Netflix, napped for 3 hours and ate Burger Fuel for dinner.

Sometimes a day to yourself, not adulting is the best medicine anyone can have. Your body knows what it wants and sometimes, it’s just nothing!

Sunday, 5th March 2017

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I’m just me

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Not another fitness blog

If you are looking for an inspirational fitness blog, with pictures of people who are perfectly ripped, inspirational quotes and cliches, this may not be it! If you are looking for the journey of an ordinary girl, who likes to travel, loves going to the gym and is far from perfect, with the occasional inspirational quote (what’s a blog without them?!?) then this just might be for you.

Saturday, 4th March 2017