10 Arcadium commandments of the gym
The gym. To some, a place to accumulate your weekly amount of exercise and maintain good health and general fitness. But to others, the gym is a holy place. A way of life that they dedicate themselves too and here are their commandments that all must follow when stepping into the house of gains. Thou shall put weights back correctly “If you are big enough to pick up the weights, you are big enough to put it back”- Ancient Chinese proverb. Anyone who has entered the gym has heard this rule yet constantly weights are found missing or in the wrong place....
2019 Kokoda Challenge.
As someone who always needs a goal to work towards with fitness, I naively agreed to take on the 2019 Kokoda Challenge. In typical Amy fashion I agreed without asking for the finer details, only to later discover that it was a team challenge involving hiking 96km though the Gold Coast Hinterland with many hills along the way, including inclines of up to 550m. My three teammates had all successfully completed this challenge for the two years prior, so this time they had set themselves the added challenge of completing it in 24hours. I definitely should have asked for the...
Strength training to complement team sports
As a football player, (the round ball, the real type) I had always prioritised cardio and kicking a ball around ahead of any other type of training. It wasn’t until I began working as a personal trainer that I began to realise the importance of strength training not only to complement my football training, but mainly to build the foundation to be able to perform to my potential on the football field. Football can be a gruelling game, especially considering how in the ‘Sunday league’ style of game that I play, it is rare that we can pull enough players together to allow...
The Shitbox Rally 2019
At Arcadium HQ we are grateful to be deeply ingrained in our community. Even our name, ‘Arcadia’, means ‘a place of refuge’ in ancient Greek mythology and every day we aim for Arcadum HQ to be a place where our team, clients and friends can join together as a community and support eachother. That’s why, when our friend, Amanda Bradbury, came to us for the second year in a row asking for our help as she once again participates in the ultimate cross-country rally, the Shitbox Rally, we were quick to jump on board to support her with a donation of $1000. The Shitbox Rally is...
Lady Luck at the Shitbox Rally
Our amazing friend, Amanda Bradbury, is participating in this year’s Shitbox Rally, determined to raise money to support the fight against cancer. The Shitbox Rally is a bi-annual rally where teams drive cars worth less than $1000 across the country to raise awareness and funds for The Cancer Council. Amanda and her team-mate, Heather Ferrier, will drive from Perth to Sydney via Uluru on some of Australia’s most challenging roads. We are thrilled to have supported Amanda on her journey, and this incredible event, to the tune of $1000 for the second year in a row. We can’t wait to hear the stories...
Returning to exercise after a serious injury
Since beginning training with Arcadium HQ, I had discovered a passion for deadlifts and bench press. Both are compound exercises which I had previously shied away from due to a lack of knowledge and a lack of confidence. With both of these exercises, I found progress to be initially slow, yet this is what kept me interested as I was determined to feel the improvements for myself, rather than just rely on the feedback from my trainer. Slowly but surely, my form improved and consequently my weights started to increase, albeit still at a gradual pace, but one which I was happy with as long as my form...
“But I only train general population…”
This is a sentence commonly spoken within today’s health and fitness industry. Many newly qualified Personal Trainers may find themselves thrown into the rat race of a large commercial gym soon after completing their certificate. The reasons for seeking their services may differ from client to client, but the initial perspective of the trainer usually remains the same – ‘most of my clients are general population’. This isn’t to say that this is a negative outlook to have, however when you begin the process of labelling your clients as ‘general population’ then it is easy to make false assumptions about...