The Flex team, friends, clients, press and the curious all came together last week to celebrate the opening of the new Flex Central studio. Check out a few photos from the night and take a sneak peek at one of our fave Flex-friendly gals sporting the new VIE Active fitness wear range. VIE Active, all […]
Massages feel great. But do they always relieve the tension or pain in our backs, necks, arms or legs as much as they promise? Sometimes, it takes a little more than an aroma rubdown to get in deep and give your muscles a break. This is where Myofascial Release (MR) comes in. But first, what
Here – in the fourth of our ongoing series of the lives behind Flex’s professional instructors – all-rounder Evelyn Hue tells us how she went from working in a music studio to the fitness studio. And hasn’t looked back. How did you get started as a fitness instructor? I was always active as a kid.
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It’s back to school time! Back to slouching over books, over desks and computers, studying after hours, eyes glazed from the glare of a screen. But will all that brain work alone be enough to unleash our kids’ full potential? What if giving them a chance to also be kids and run around, stretch, jump
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Has your workout gotten a bit stale? Is it too much of the same thing? This is a common complaint and one that can lead to apathy, which in turn puts you off exercising as often or as well as you ought to be. But here’s the thing: if you’re feeling a lethargy settling in,
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It’s “the ability to always become better” Kimberly Ciszewski was introduced to Pilates after giving birth for the first time. She then became one of the first instructors in Australia to teach Xtend Barre and several children later, is now also a dab hand at pre and post-natal Pilates. Here, in the third on our
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The Allegro machine on which you stretch, push, lie and – let’s face it – achieve fantastic physical results, is more than just a piece of exercise equipment. In fact, for the folks at Pilates equipment trailblazer Balanced Body (BB) in California – an impressively environmentally conscious group – each piece from their Pilates apparatus
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What gives someone the desire to work in the fitness industry and the motivation to keep on keeping fit? Here – in the second of a series focusing on the people taking your classes – Flex Pilates instructor Victoria Nicholson tells us how she got involved and why she still loves it (as well as
Move Well Every Day! Download your Summer Workout below: Part 1 PDF Part 2 PDF Part 3 PDF Part 4 PDF
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Despite the physical benefits from regularly practicing yoga, you might also have discovered it seems to provide more than stronger abs and biceps. Inner peace, calm and increased energy are just a couple that come to mind. But just how does it do this? If you’re curious about how yoga benefits mind, body and soul,
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