Australia Is The Fattest Country In The World!

It's Official, Australia has overtaken the U.S as the fattest country in the world!

The report announced last week that 26% of adults in Australia (almost 4 million) are now considered obese.

With the U.S obesity rate at 25%, Australia now tops the world heavyweight rankings.

Alarmingly the obesity level has risen by an extra 1 million since it was last recorded in 1999.

The report calls for personal training and gym subsides plus a national weight loss strategy similar to skin cancer and smoking.

Maybe this will be a wake up call for district councils who have begun introducing extremely high fees (up to $1100 per year) for personal trainers and boot camp operators using parks and beaches.

This in turn will almost certainly drive up personal training rates making it even harder for the average Australian to lose weight.

Queens Park Boot Camp Fitness Results

The next camp commences on the 24th June at the usual time, please book before Tuesday the 17th June to receive the early bird discount.

Well done with this months fitness test results, good improvements all round!

The guys seemed to come out on top, lets see what the girls can do next month.

P-ups = Micheal managed to get an extra 23 reps out.

Plank = Bailey increased his plank hold by 74 seconds.

Run = Todd shaved 45 seconds of his run.

Name-Push Ups-Plank-Run
Micheal 27/50-55/1.17-3.46/3.11
Bec Karp 38/53-1.07/1.02-4.07/3.48
Laura 37/43-1.00/1.05-3.45/3.34
Charles 53/-147/-2.24/-
Georgina - - -
Alanna 32/43-158/2.15-3.07/2.59
Anabelle 32/45-1.06/1.31-3.07/3.01
Amanda 45/-1.20/-3.18/-
Bec N 37/47-1.50/1.35-3.14/3.01
Emma 28/-39/-
Tim 26/-1.09/-3.21/-
Todd 37/41-2.00/3.02-3.30/2.45
Liz 52/-1.30/-4.12
Erin 27/-3.29
Bailey 25/38-1.18/2.32-3.14/2.56

Fat Loss Question

Q. Is it true that the body cannot lose fat and build muscle at the same time?


A. No this is not true, remember fat is fat and muscle is muscle. Muscle is working tissue which is designed to move your body around, fat is stored energy, it’s as simple as that.If fat loss is your goal then it is very important to build your muscle, the two go hand in hand.

Lean muscle is the only tissue that is metabolically active, therefore increasing muscle mass will elevate your metabolism at rest meaning the more muscle you have the more calories you will burn, which will in turn cause you to lose more fat.

If you are undertaking any type of diet to lose fat then it is important to weight train to increase muscle density. One of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose weight is cutting too many calories to soon. This will cause you to lose muscle which in the long run could mean you actually end up putting on more weight than you had when you started.

If your goal is to build muscle you will lose fat as a by product from your muscle gain, if you cut your calories just make sure you consume adequate amounts of protein and you will not lose any muscle.

Cheers,

Dan Clay
Dangerously Fit Personal Training
www.personaltrainersydney.com
www.bootcampsydney.com.au

Fitness First Monopoly Over?

There have been more rumors in the last few weeks of Virgin Active opening up it’s first health clubs across Australia.

Virgin Active is one of the largest operators in Europe managing 170 gyms with a combined membership of 900.000 and could soon muscle in on Australia’s largest operator – Fitness First.

With many fitness first members not happy with high pressure sales techniques, unfair contracts, poor customer service and high prices, Fitness first could quickly come under pressure from Virgin Active.

What a shame!