I post a different body weight workout each week on our facebook page. Here, you will find them all in one place. These workouts use a lot of the same exercises but I try to vary them by ‘serving the exercises differently’. I have not offered scaled versions of these workouts, please be careful and…
Did you see the Bridesmaids movie??? I wasn’t a massive fan of it but I am in the minority it seems, however, there was a scene in the movie that made me chuckle big time. It was when the two lead characters were hiding behind a tree and ‘stealing’ a bootcamp session. I had exactly…
Wanted to share a fun way to do your interval sprints! I train a 10 yr old boy J, on a Wed afternoon (I write posts about him often… he is the one that had a stroke when he was born). I am always conjuring up new and fun ways to keep him moving and…
Hey team, you know how I like to share a story! I want to tell you about my ironic lunch experience today. I went to my local shopping centre and bought myself a sashimi salad. I sat down to eat and a young Japanese/Australian mum asked if she could share my table with her and…
Patience is not my strong point, as my friends and family will tell you. I do know that consistency with training; sleep, nutrition and managing stress levels will get you results. Keep up the good work and keep going 🙂
Good morning guys! Gotta say I love my job and the diversity of clients! Wanted to share: Yesterday I trained my 10 year old male client. He had a stroke when he was born. My job with him is to encourage and coach him to use and move his left side (as well as train…
Is it ok to exercise if I have a cold? General rule of thumb is :exercise is normally ok if your symptoms are above the neck: runny and blocked nose, minor sore throat etc. Just reduce intensity and length of workout. If symptoms below neck: chest congestion, hacking cough, upset stomach prob best to rest.…
Planning a few drinks this weekend? If you’re trying to burn body fat remember that your body processes alcohol first, leaving carbohydrates and fats to get stored as fat instead of getting used as fuel. Just thought I’d remind you.
Gentle reminder: Remember that you do not wear a shirt with your KG’s displayed for everyone to see. Please try not to get obsessed with a number on the scales. Go with how you feel in your body. Feel your clothes getting looser. See your body getting firmer. Feel fitter on the stairs at work.…
A study by Appalachian State University in 2010 found that regular exercisers experienced 43 percent fewer sick days than people who didn’t exercise. They also reported less severe symptoms during the days they did have colds.
Veggies that should be on your shopping list and in your belly! Broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, mushrooms, green beans, onions, asparagus, cucumber, spinach, all forms of peppers, zucchini, kale.
True story: an Innervate client won 24 Personal Training sessions at a gym which will remain anonymous. So, she decided to put her sessions with us on hold. She went for her first session and the ‘personal trainer’ popped her on the rower for 5 mins then moved her to the cross trainer. He then…
The most important muscle in your body is your heart…. Make sure you look after it this Valentines Day and every day. It likes to be clear of fat blocking it up and surrounding it so it can provide the rest of your body with the stuff it needs to keep moving. If someone breaks…
Just saw a big outdoor group doing push ups with really poor form. Guys, quick tips for push ups: fingers pointing forwards and spread apart (to take pressure of wrists), back of head, middle of shoulder blades and bum all in a straight line, lower and raise keeping the line and position. Make sure your…
Lady at counter buying a can of V and a packet of cigarettes says to me, ‘Not the healthiest of breakfasts hey?’ Me, wearing my Personal Training top, smiles and says nothing. Lady, ‘I suppose you think I’m not helping myself, I know I’m overweight, it’s ok for you with your body, I bet you…
YAWN! What a load of old irresponsible bol***x! I read this at the weekend. It makes me bored then annoyed all at the same time. People who promote exercise (especially here at Innervate) never pretend that working out without good nutrition is going to be enough if you want to burn body fat. Nutrition plays…
If you want things to be different: do things differently. This applies to workouts and life in general. If you’ve plateaued in your physical gains stimulate the muscles differently. i.e loads, sets, tempo, duration, intensity etc. If things are not going the way you want in other areas of your life then take a look…
I am working from home today. I bought myself a jar of Branston Pickle (the Pom’s will know what I am talking about) when I went food shopping last week. I LOVE cheddar cheese and pickle sandwiches and used to eat massive overloaded subs constantly when I was an overweight kid. The Branston Pickle has…
Lady at the cafe in Kings Cross, ‘You look very strong’. Me, ‘thank you’. Lady, ‘do you think you could pick me up?’. Me, ‘I’m not sure, but prob best not to try as I’ve just had a massive workout and may drop you’. Lady, ‘please, come on, see if you can pick me up…
Urgh and yuk! I feel like I have a layer of Christmas all over me! Anyone else? Truth is I have been drinking more than usual and eating more treats than usual. I am on holiday for one more week but I set my alarm to train with my friend this morning and I feel…
I’m just about to go and do my weekly food shop. I’ve had a couple of sessions this morning and had literally no food in my house to make brekkie. I’m really hungry. In the food court looking for a healthy option and HUNGRY is not a good combo. No wonder people make bad food…
Hey guys, its interesting being back in the North East of England (where I was born and brought up). Get ready for one of my jibber jabber’s 🙂 If you are a follower of this page you will know that I was overweight as a kid and teenager and in all honesty just didn’t feel…
Sorta happy with how my stomach is starting to look. Took this selfie this morning. I don’t have genetically good abs like some girls. I’ve never had a six pack but I am pretty happy with this. It has taken me a very long time to be ok with my body. I spent many years…
Mmm… Saw this quote and it struck a chord with me… Gotta be honest and say I have a habit of sometimes blaming my actions on my ‘stuff’ or ‘baggage’. At the end of the day we are all capable of pausing and thinking in order to make conscious decisions regardless of our socialisation or…
Ended up doing a 12 mile (19km) trail run yesterday. The trail is called the ‘Old Railway Path’ absolutely amazing run in the North Yorkshire Moors. Here is me after the run but before enjoying a pint of Yorkshire Lager! I love running when I am on holiday as I feel that you really get…
You know guys, Personal Training is a funny old game to be in sometimes. When I first got into the industry I remember being judgemental (I was very professionally green then……. also if I am brutally honest I used to be particularly judgmental about a lot of things…….. I am embarrassed to say 🙁 ……
So if you are a follower of my Facebook page you will remember my post last week about ‘cutting the corners’. My best mate in the UK made a comment under my lil rant which reminded me that I was actually a ‘corner cutter’ when I was a kid at school! We had a PE…
I train my client Tom on Monday’s and Thursday’s at Enmore Park. There is a boot camp type outdoor group type session that goes on at the same time that we are training. The trainer sends the group running around the pathway in the park directly opposite where we work. Tom and I are always…
What makes you think it is ok to sit next to me (so close that are arms are touching) on the bench and spark up a filthy, stinking, cancerous cigarette? Grrrrrrrr. The Lisa Brown pre daily meditation would have kicked right off. The Lisa Brown post daily meditation got up quickly and moved away so…
It’s a cold, wet, stormy night here in Sydney. Felt like indulging in a couple of glasses of my favorite Cab Sav wine and my favourite chocolate, a Boost bar. I loved, loved, loved every sip and yummy chocolate taste bite. It’s important to give yourself treats guys. I believe otherwise, life would be very…
Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday. I had a really tough day, I literally felt physically sick and sore and also I felt really blue too…. I just didn’t want to talk to anyone (if you don’t know me personally, I’m here to tell you this is a rarity, I love to talk!) I…
The embarrassing moment when you look in the mirror and realize you have chocolate all over your nose from your morning coffee and your client (in her first ever session with you) did not say a word 😉
Hey Team, check out the interview I did for LOTL. a lil bit about me and how to lose fat or bulk up…… 2 min read 😉 https://www.lotl.com/Web-Articles-2012/Getting-fit-with-Lisa-Brown/
I LOVE MY JOB! I have started working with a new client (I will not tag him in this post and embarrass him…… although he was happy for me to share this). We are working really hard to improve his posture alongside getting him healthy and a rocking body to boot!!!! I told him that…
I have a 4 year old Labrador called Leroy Brown. I get asked all the time what is he mixed with as he is not overweight. He is actually lean and fit and pure breed! (Labradors are prone to being overweight) I simply feed him correctly and exercise him regularly. I find it interesting that…
Just witnessed a lady smoking a cigarette, chugging a red bull and eating a McMuffin all at the same time. This was in the alley behind the pharmacy that she works in (she had the uniform on). I hope my observations are never taken as judgment…… I hope you have started your week differently.
conversation overheard/eaves dropped next to my local cafe: large guy says to his large guy friend: “check out that guys abs, wouldn’t mind looking like that”, friends response: “me too mate, but it would mean that we would both have to stop smoking, stop drinking every night and stop eating shit all the time”, mate…
Confession: I fell off the ‘bikini shoot challenge’ wagon re the injury that stopped me from training……. aaaand….. the last two weekends I have consumed rather more alcohol than one wanting a bikini shoot body or in fact one promoting a healthy lifestyle should (even tho I do not like the word should). Back on…
I’m always posting motivational stuff in the hope that it inspires you guys to get off your butts and train however, I feel the need to also point out that it is so important to know when to take your foot of the pedal and rest when you need to. I have had a massive…
I take my 5 year old black labrador, Leroy Brown with me to the local cafe every morning. Leroy would eat EVERYTHING and ANYTHING if I let him (he is a lab after all) There are patrons there that like to give him banana bread. I will not allow them to do it and they…
I am back in my hometown of Redcar in the North East of England. Yesterday I did heavy deadlifts, squats, pushes and pulls and couldn’t help but smile at the looks I was getting from the local North Eastern men training next to me in the gym here….. I don’t think that there are many…
Today would be my mum’s birthday. We lost my mum to cancer 5 years ago on 22nd April (a week on Monday). I prefer to celebrate mum’s life on her bday rather than the day she left us. Check out this amazing pic of my mum when she was a Personal Training Instructor (PTI) in…
Hey team, I hope you are having an amazing Monday. I am in recovery after an amazing 40th birthday party on Sydney Harbour on Saturday. I turn 40 tomorrow!!!!!! Feeling a lil reflective… will probably write more about this tomorrow. I have to say that I am fitter, stronger and in the best shape emotionally…
Pre planning your meals is THE SECRET to making sure you don’t make crap food choices. When you are hungry and busy it is easier to grab something quick. We know that fast food is readily available. If you have steamed your veggies and popped them in a container with a great source or protein…
I just read the Dalai Lama quote out to my dad…. He said, ‘that’s nice love…. You should have read that before you met that bloke at the beach who you told to F off’. This made me chuckle… I was training my 10 yr old boy (the one that had a stroke when he…
Gotta love this quote from the big DL… V challenging to do this everyday but I think I’m gonna get this printed and post it somewhere where I can read it every morning. Thoughts? “Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I…
I was watching a Wayne Dyer you tube talk a couple of years ago. I was in a dark space and couldn’t see a way out. He suggested a great thing to do is think about the things you are grateful for every night just before you go to sleep. This way your subconscious is…
I saw this on a friend’s personal page, he is a Personal Trainer at the gym I used to work at. I love this! Pretty simple really. Train like a DEMON, Eat like a CAVEMAN, Sleep like a BABY, Repeat!!! thanks Franco 🙂
I sometimes get comments and stares from people because I have some muscle mass. This is the way I like to look and it might not be to everyone’s taste. Even a copper doing a door to door on Wed said to me ‘OMG you have bigger arms than me’. I thanked him profusely for…
The following are informative bits and pieces I have written for various magazines and web pages. Sit back, click and have a read of the following: 20 min interval training, reduce stress, juicing for fitness, staying motivated, reduce body fat, family fitness, a healthy day diary, increase energy levels and many more… training 20 minute…
The most important thing in this life before everything else is your health. Without it EVERYTHING else cannot function. We forget this, we mustn’t forget. I finished my workout this morning and was walking down the hill to my flat and met my neighbour. She is literally fighting for her life at the moment and…
We makes sure we ‘cook everyone just right’ so the whole team feels like they have been pushed to the right level for them. Our corporate fitness groups consist of a diverse group of people just like your office: the gym junkie, marathon runner or the person that has not trained in years. We offer…
We makes sure we ‘cook everyone just right’ so the whole team feels like they have been pushed to the right level for them. Our corporate fitness groups consist of a diverse group of people just like your office: the gym junkie, marathon runner or the person that has not trained in years. We offer…
Neutral Bay boasts a million dollar view pretty much everywhere you look (except maybe if you are looking in the mirror at yourself at Maisy’s Café at 2.00am waiting for your burger after a night at The Oaks). If you have gotten your self into a bad routine of eating late, drinking too much and…
Our Inner West Personal Trainers are like the City Rail Inner West Line! Except we are punctual, we don’t cancel, our price stays the same, we are clean and organised and we help you get to your destination feeling fit, refreshed and on time! Jokes aside, our Inner West Personal Trainers all live and work…
Alexandria used to be the biggest industrial district in Australia. It was jam-packed full of factories and boasted massive, billowing smoke stacks and its workers spilled out over its borders. If Alexandria can transform itself from an overweight, popping out of its jeans, overworked, bingeing, stressed smoker into what it is today………. so can you…
Our Balmain personal trainers are locals that understand you are living and working in a vibrant pub, café and restaurant scene. We see no reason why you cannot enjoy this. Life is all about balance right? Balmain boasts more pubs per capita than anywhere else in Australia and so we believe you can have your…
Our Rozelle based personal trainers will do more than simply jog alongside you on the Bay run (although having said that, we train runners all the time if that’s your thing). Our trainers (locals to the village) are happy to meet you at any point on the Bay Run, Bridgewater Park or one of the…
