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6 Tips for Improving Your Workout Warmup

Workouts are really made before you even pick up a dumbbell. Warming up properly not only prevents unnecessary injuries but will put you in the right frame of mind, and prep your body for a much better...

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500 Miles: 7 Benefits of Walking For Fitness

These days, most people who live in a big city attend a gym, pool or recreation centre in order to exercise. Some may have treadmills, exercise bikes or home gym equipment, but many dismiss the...

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Back to Basics – 6 Reasons To Do More Chin-Ups

Chin-Ups are one of those fundamental exercises that are often overlooked but produce tremendous results and are really a must have in every workout regime. Regular chin-ups will lead to impressive...

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Pros and Cons of Morning Coffee

It’s a billion dollar industry that millions of people partake in every morning. Coffee has become a breakfast staple and there seems to be one café per ten people living in Australia. It’s often...

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Pectoral Perfection – 6 Ways to Improve Your Bench Press

The bench press is one of the primary lifts on which your strength is judged. For many gym goers, it’s also one of the first exercise people try and aim to get results on. It’s also one of the best...

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The Come Down: Tips For a Post Workout Cool-Down

One of the first lessons you should learn on your fitness journey is the importance of a good warm-up. However, what is almost equally important is taking the time to give your body a proper cool-down...

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Shoulder Shock: Tips For Avoiding Shoulder Injuries

Whatever your fitness goals are, getting injured will set you back weeks of hard training. With the rise in popularity of CrossFit and functional training, there are more and more people injuring...

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The Aftermath: Tips to Help You Get Lean and Fit

The Christmas season has well and truly ended now, and yet some new dietary habits can prove hard to shake. If you let yourself go and enjoy your food, with little exercise, over the holiday break,...

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The Benefits of Workout Attire - 5 Reasons Why You Should/Shouldn’t Get...

Does what you wear to the gym affect your performance or is it all just a waste of money? Good question, and one that hasn’t really been answered properly yet. But here are 5 pros and cons of getting...

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5 Benefits of High Intensity Circuit Training

The majority of people these days complain about being time poor. Gym attendance and memberships are usually the first things to go when people try to make room in their schedules to fit in all the...

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Boost Your Squat With Improved Ankle Mobility

Ankles are often overlooked as sources or hinderers of strength and power in your squat. However poor ankle mobility caused by injuries or poor movement habits and posture can cause errors in lifting...

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Solid Six Packs – Ways to Strengthen Your Core and Build Abs

A lot of people start working out and go to the gym to get 6-pack abs, and why not? A tight, muscular core looks fantastic and has become a clear signifier of fitness, strength and a healthy lifestyle....

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Chalk It Up: The Benefits of Using Gym Chalk

It can be frustrating and potentially dangerous to feel your hand slipping on your gym equipment in the middle of a heavy lift. Gym chalk will improve your grip and help to protect your hands against...

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Which cardio machine burns the most calories?

When it comes to getting the most out of your next workout, choosing the right gym equipment is key. In this article we're going to discuss the cardio machines that burn the most calories in a one hour...

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15 Essential Home Gym Equipment Products In 2023

Creating a home gym has become increasingly popular in recent years and for a good reason. Having a dedicated space for fitness allows you to workout on your own terms, without the hassle of crowded...

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Getting A Grip On Different Grip Types (and Why It’s Important to Change Them)

Your body changes when you challenge it in different ways. When you first started weight training using gym equipment you probably felt these changes right away, but after a while most people reach a...

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Difference between bushings and bearings - olympic bars

If you're chasing around for an Olympic bar, you may hear people talk about bushes / bushings and bearings / linear bearings / needle bearings and wonder what they're talking about. In short In short,...

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16 Exercises for a Killer Resistance Band Workout

Why resistance bands? Resistance bands, a highly convenient type of equipment in the gym, offer the ability to get a solid and targeted workout in, no matter where you are. They have become...

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Barbell/Dumbbell Collars – Everything you need to know

Barbell collars hold your weightlifting plates on your bar to ensure that they don't slip or fall off while you are working out – protecting both you, and the other equipment in your gym. There are...

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Lollies for better lifting performance?

Yes you read that right.  Lollies - well more accurately gummy lollies - can aid lifting performance. Now before you run out and eat an entire bag of Killer Pythons, let's look at why....    During...

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What the hell is a tricep bar / hammer curl bar?

So what is a Tricep bar - also known as a hammer curl bar? It's a specialist piece of gym equipment. It's an oval shaped bar that typically has two parallel hand placements that run through its middle...

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3 amazing body transformations – Tales of skinny guys transforming into a...

One of the most frustrating things for skinny guys that work out at the gym is that they put in the hard yards to bulk up, but they are still seen as being too skinny. Or even worse, they build no...

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Lifting Chains

The following piece was written by Brodie Sguerzi, a regular little bloke customer and the guy that put together our lifting chains packages. Thanks Brodie. LIFTING CHAINS Chains are an invaluable yet...

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Choosing the right treadmill

Treadmills are one of the most popular pieces of gym equipment for general home fitness or for the serious runner who wants the extra flexibility of all-weather running. There is so much variation in...

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The difference between EZ Curl Bars and Super EZ Curl Bars

EZ Curl Bar vs Super EZ Curl Bar - What’s Right For You? When it comes to building muscle, the exercises you do and the diet you eat are not the only things of importance. The tools and types of gym...

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How to tighten spinlock collars properly

Our gym equipment range includes a few different bars and bar and weight packages with spinlock collars and get a lot of anecdotal feedback from people about how unreliable they are and how easily they...

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The Deal On Dips

For an impressive physique, you need a broad, thick chest. The best chest exercises are the ones that strengthen and grow your chest, while also widening it. Usually, when people talk about chest...

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Essential protection gear for the gym.

There’s nothing worse than suffering as a result of your workout. It might render you physically incapable to do anything or it might be cosmetic and affect your confidence. Whatever the case may be,...

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Excellent training exercises you can do with the Olympic barbell & bumper...

You would have seen lifters at the Olympics compete in the snatch and clean and jerk events. It’s amazing to see how much power they exert when they are lifting those heavy weights, and how it affects...

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Should you get lean or should you lose weight?

Do you know the difference between losing weight and getting lean? And do you know which approach you would like to take? It’s a common misconception in fitness. People automatically assume that losing...

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