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Unpopular opinion: do what works for you isn’t always the solution.

Oct 15, 20203 min read

Unpopular opinion: do what works for you isn’t always the solution.

Often what we believe works for us is a layered story that is construed from projections from social media, friends, family, work...

How to give the middle finger to the fitness industry

olivia park

Oct 8, 20203 min read

How to give the middle finger to the fitness industry

I’ve been called a lot of things in my training life. Intense. Hard out. Scary. I’m always astounded at the unsolicited...

Intermittent Fasting and the no 1 thing no-one's talking about

olivia park

May 15, 20205 min read

Intermittent Fasting and the no 1 thing no-one's talking about

There is a big problem when it comes to exercise and nutrition prescription for women. Most of the studies that are used as evidence for...

Strength training at home can be simple.

olivia park

Apr 27, 20202 min read

Strength training at home can be simple.

It's true that strength training at home is hard if you don’t have a lot of equipment. But there’s SO much that can be done to still...

How to come out of the pandemic ahead of the game.

olivia park

Apr 23, 20202 min read

How to come out of the pandemic ahead of the game.

Start creating a plan now for how this ‘less is more’ situation can permeate into your life once the world opens up again. Before...

olivia park

Apr 23, 20203 min read

Make your burpees mean something

Hate or love em’, burpees are an exercise you can do in a small space, they can be effective and make you feel like you’re working hard...

Time is not the reason why you’re struggling with your workouts right now.

olivia park

Apr 20, 20202 min read

Time is not the reason why you’re struggling with your workouts right now.

Maybe it was before this malarky (the global pandemic). But now it’s your lack of capacity. You might have some more time (or not) with...

Is your programming empowering you or disempowering you?

olivia park

Apr 20, 20202 min read

Is your programming empowering you or disempowering you?

Fact: female bodies change day to day, week to week. Fact: no female body is the same. There’s many different ways to create a sound...

How to make progress even if you don’t have equipment at home.

olivia park

Apr 13, 20202 min read

How to make progress even if you don’t have equipment at home.

Whether you are on holiday with limited or no gym access or are out of the gym due to injury, schedule or in ability to get there, this...

Where to draw the line between do or don't

olivia park

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Where to draw the line between do or don't

You can workout. You can also not. You can eat snacks. You can also not. You can go to bed at 2am. You can also go to bed at 8.30pm. You...

olivia park

Apr 13, 20202 min read

Two questions you need to ask yourself.

Can I? Will I? Your relationship to fitness—like any relationship—is not linear. No marriage or relationship is smooth sailing. Your...

Why training with intention is more important than ever.

olivia park

Apr 6, 20202 min read

Why training with intention is more important than ever.

Fact: The last few weeks have been like no other. It’s been messy. Weird. If you're like my clients and me your anxiety is high. Sleep is...

olivia park

Apr 6, 20202 min read

You’ve been training for this.

Whether you know it or not, you have been training for this. Physically, every rep you’ve done in the gym. Every training session you...

Are you making this mistake with gratitude?

olivia park

Apr 6, 20202 min read

Are you making this mistake with gratitude?

It happened. I broke. Yesterday, I broke. I cried hard for everything that I hadn’t been allowing myself to feel the last couple of...

Why am I so motivated to get after it in the gym but so unmotivated at home? ⁣

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

Why am I so motivated to get after it in the gym but so unmotivated at home? ⁣

Hi, me too. ⁣ ⁣ I am a gym rat ⁣ A meathead ⁣ A gym bunny⁣ ⁣ A fitness freak ⁣ But at home, meatheads can easily switch to potato...

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

Yes, but ...

Everyone’s telling you to start a new hobby, to start a course during the COVID 19 pandemic lock down. You’re being told to slow...

What you will not see from me during CONVID 19

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

What you will not see from me during CONVID 19

At-home workouts. What you will see? How I program for working out at home and provide infrastructure that is all encompassing— Training...

How to get into the mood to workout at home

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

How to get into the mood to workout at home

I’m not talking sexy mood, but fitness mood. Do this: Forget your warm up. Right now what we thought we knew to be true has been turned...

9 ways to keep moving forward in the CONVID 19 lock down

olivia park

Mar 30, 20202 min read

9 ways to keep moving forward in the CONVID 19 lock down

Your mind and your body are still yours even though it feels like things have been taken away without your say. with the COVID 19...

How marriage is like fitness and fitness like marriage.

olivia park

Mar 22, 20202 min read

How marriage is like fitness and fitness like marriage.

Our wedding that was in 3 weeks time, has now been cancelled. Due to you know what, we’ve had to pivot. I’m sad. Really sad. It feels...