Metafit Bellarine

24/11/2022

🙌 Giving Thanks 🙏

Staying true to my roots and giving thanks for so much and so many.
It's been another challenging year -- collectively, personally, professionally.
Gratitude practice will change your life because it will change you, at the cellular level.
Today I give thanks for the following (but certainly not limited to) --
💫 family ~ far and wide, despite the time and distance that may separate
💫 friends ~ especially those that have essentially become family
💫 health ~ in it's many forms
💫 honesty ~ even when it hurts
💫 loyalty ~ yes, it still exists even though I've questioned it the last couple of years
💫 legitimacy
💫 time
💫 technology

METAFIT FRIDAY
9:15 AM
Ocean Grove
Memorial Hall
Bookings
https://empowertransformations.ptminder.com
💛 All Welcome 💙

08/11/2022

🌅 Sunshine, stairs, sweat and sounds of the surf.
😎 Not a bad view from the office this morning.
🐾 Sunny as assistant coach in one of the sessions (better not tell Dex 😬🤣).

06/11/2022

Spent the morning taking the first born to various training, ended the day with a beach run with my "baby". She tells me she wants us to travel the world and go for runs in all of the "beautiful places", like Italy and Paris and around those crystal blue lakes in Switzerland. Not sure how much longer I'll be able to keep up with these legends but I'm sure as hell never gonna give up.

27/09/2022

💥 Who's gonna get it done, METAFIT style?!

💯 MetaFit is bodyweight high intensity interval training (HIIT) in the purest sense.

🙌 The workouts are short and sharp and are ALWAYS modifiable to suit YOUR needs.

✅️ All classes include a thorough warm up, which includes activitation, mobility and priming for the specific workout.

🆕️ New to MetaFit?
No worries, come on down!
New and familiar faces are always welcome.

🕰 Been a while?
Don't stress, you do you!
The other people there can serve as inspiration (not competition)!

♻️ Looking to include something else or something different in your training?
This is perfect, no matter your sport (if any), pursuit or hobby!
These workouts are multiplanar, meaning they engage your body in all different planes, accessing a ton of muscle fibres and minimising risk of long term overuse injuries associated with uniplanar movements.

👩‍👦Got little kids?
Bring them along....and set a great example while you're at it!

🆓️ First Class FREE!

METAFIT WEDNESDAY
9:15 AM
Ocean Grove
Memorial Hall

📲 Book Here --
https://empowertransformations.ptminder.com

😊 Hope to see you soon!

💪 Coach Court
💙 Empower Inspired Lifestyle Transformations
💛 MetaFit Bellarine

20/09/2022

16/09/2022

💫 Just a friendly and loving reminder for the weekend....
Also happens to be the start of two weeks of school holidays here in Australia.
This can be a good time for parents of school age kids to relax, reassess, rearrange and / or reset.
Of course it's not as easy as a pithy little meme, but nonetheless....
What does getting your S.H.I.T. together look like for you?
💙
Court

13/09/2022

🤔 Wondering a bit about the PERSONALISED HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE coaching services I offer?

ℹ️ Here's a bit of info for you....

👤 500 body ratios
📊 10,000 data points
⌚️in under 30 minutes

⁠🧬Analysing embryological development, genetics, hormones, environmental factors and much more.
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❓️The outcome?....

📲 A personalised, continually updated user manual and app for your unique body, sensitive to locations, seasons and much more.
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🍏 An understanding of the foods that are right for you -- with recipes, meal plans and food diary options.
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💪An understanding of the exercise type and timing that is right for you to get the most out of your training and chronobiology (body clock).
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⚖️ A discovery of how to best align your work-life balance, relationships and other environmental factors for a truly personalised and integrated health program.
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💥 All of this and more without the need for invasive testing.

💙 Add in guidance, encouragement and accountability and you have yourself a great blueprint for long term, sustainable health throughout the lifespan.

🙌 This is the future of health, NOW.

🌀YOU --
Educated. Energised. Empowered.
⁠

12/09/2022

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF WOMEN IN FITNESS

🧐 Looking through some of my former medical anthropology papers, I came across this commentary, which dates back more than 20 years....

🤔 Would love your thoughts on women in fitness, more than two decades later, and whether you think there's a 'glass ceiling'....

"Immersed in a cultural moment in which it may seem that strong women are more celebrated than ever, are women in fitness in fact bursting into weight rooms, packing on plates, cranking out sets, feeling the thrills and benefits of tight skin stretched across bulging, growing muscles? Or do many women hold back on weights so as to negotiate what might be termed a culturally produced glass ceiling – or upper limit – on their muscular strength? "
--Sociologists Shari Dworkin and Michael Messner
1999

💥 Would love you to share your thoughts!

04/09/2022

ℹ️ MONDAY MYTH BUSTER

🤔 MYTH
Workouts must be long, complex and gruelling in order to produce results. Go big or go home.

‼️TRUTH
Sustainable results can be achieved with a relatively minimalistic, basic routine, provided training is consistent and relatively challenging.
(Advanced manipulation of variables only becomes important for those who seek to maximize muscular development.)

A recent paper [referenced in image below] provides a blueprint for building appreciable muscle in a time-efficient manner.
Train hard, train smart and, very importantly, train consistently within your goals / abilities.

💪🏋🏼‍♀️🔥🙌

02/09/2022

FAST FOOD FRIDAY

Try with roasted veggies for a delicious, fuss-free family favourite.
Might even work for Dad's Day on Sunday....
😳🤔😉💙

30/08/2022

EMPOWER HEART AWARD
AUGUST 2022

Each month I select someone from the Empower Community who displays authenticity, commitment, determination and focus.
The recipient receives a reward and an "EMPOWERED" pin for their accomplishments, example and effort.

I’m pleased to announce that The Empower Heart Award for April 2022 goes to Kim Parker!!

Kim is living proof that the best things come in small packages! Kim is relatively new to strength training but she has taken to it like a duck to water. She attends one to two FIRE sessions each week and always comes in with a smile on her face and a kind word for her training partners. Never one to shy away from telling me how much she loves or loathes an exercise, Kim always listens to her body, knowing when to push and when to pull back. These are all critical elements to long term success as this thing is a marathon, not a sprint. When Kim’s not pumping iron, she’s busy saving lives as a nurse, raising three beautiful boys and tending her gorgeous garden.

Kimmie, your effort and enthusiasm has earned you an "EMPOWERED" pin, as well as a voucher to use in the new Empower FitPrint online merchandise store, where you can order branded singlets, hoodies, towels, bags and more.

Thank You Kimmie; keep up the great work and I look forward to watching your progress!

29/08/2022

DO YOU EVEN FOOD PREP?!....

You know that saying that muscles are torn in the gym, fed in the kitchen and born in bed?....
Well now you do!
Funny coz it's true!

HEAPS to cover and I could write a book but I'll keep it short (ish)....

Food prep will take you to the next level. I often encourage clients (depending on the person and their goals of course) to prioritize food prep over training. As in if they have an hour and they're tossing up between training and food prep, I'd have them choose prep. Training is of little use without the fuel or recovery to maximise the adaptations. (Ever wonder why you're maybe not seeing the results you're after?!?....)

So.....
- plan
- prep
- shop
- chop
- create
- enjoy

Here's a tiny bit of inspo for you (hopefully 🤔😅). The process ain't always pretty but IT.IS.SO.WORTH.IT....and so are YOU!!

I'm sure everyone would love to see your food prep pix so please share!