GENESIS BLOG

6 Ways to Stay Fit and Healthy Over the Festive Season

Date: Dec 19, 2019

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and festivities are good for the soul. To help you stay on track here are seven ways to stay fit and healthy over this festive season.

How to Keep Your Nutrition Simple to Achieve Your Goals

Date: Dec 19, 2019

If you think about it long enough, you can probably name ten different popular diets that are supposed to help people become healthier. In addition, you can probably name another ten celebrities that endorse dieting products as well. However, it doesn’t have to be so complicated. There is one simple answer to the question of “What is the best way to achieve my goal?” – Consistency! If you cannot do it long term, then you risk setting yourself up for failure.

4 Bodyweight Exercises to Improve Upper-Body Strength

Date: Dec 19, 2019

You don’t always need a loaded gym packed with strength training machines to work on your muscles. There are things you can do right in the comfort of your own home that will give you a great workout. Here are four strength training exercises that will improve your upper body in no time.

7 Fitness Training Tips for Seniors

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

As we get more mature there is a thought of slowing down, and for those who haven’t been into weight training previously the term “I am too old for that” often comes up! Well there are research studies that show the best way of staying young is to keep on maintaining a fitness routine (or starting one) as the years go by. Here are seven fitness training tips that will make all seniors feel much younger than the age on their driver’s license.

What Should You Be Eating Based on Your Fitness Goals?

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

The old saying that health and fitness is 75 percent diet and only 25 percent actual exercise is entirely true. What you consume and put in your body is really important. Combining the two smartly to get the results you want is our end goal. Here are two ways to get quicker results with your nutrition supporting your workouts.

How to Safely Deadlift

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

One of the most popular compound exercises, and viewed as perhaps the best one, is the Deadlift. However, if your form is not perfect, or at least close to it, completing a few semi-heavy deadlifts could leave your back aching. There are some things you should keep in mind when you want to safely add deadlifts to your fitness routine.

The Importance of Maintaining Your Posture

Date: Nov 26, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

Ever since we can remember all of us have always been told to stand up straight. “Don’t slouch!” we could often hear when we were younger. However, we were never told really why we should maintain good posture. What exactly does having good posture mean to your body? Read more below

How to Best Identify If You Are Overtraining?

Date: Oct 29, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

The human body can take more than most people think. You would have seen Ultra Marathon Runners pushing themselves to extreme limits, much farther than we ever thought possible. Even though most of us aren’t trying to run 50km+ there is still a chance that you could be overtraining so there are things to be on the lookout for.

How to Make Short Workouts More Effective

Date: Oct 29, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

There is nothing wrong with a short workout. After all, we all struggle to juggle our family, work and social life at some point! The goal is to make our workouts as efficient and beneficial as possible. Here are a few tips on how to make short workouts more effective.

3 Tips for Better Workout Recovery

Date: Oct 29, 2019 By: Genesis Fitness

When you begin training for the first time, or change your workout frequency, intensity, time or type of session then you may feel a bit sore over the following couple of days. This is perfectly normal but shouldn’t last more than 24-48hrs and should become less intense as you get used to your training.