The Studio Trainer

The Studio Trainer is run by professional personal trainer and Karate Black Belt, Eliza Richards. She is registered with Fitness Australia and has Certficates III and IV in Fitness, First Aid and Punchfit instruction qualifications.

The studio features state-of-the-art equipment, and offers personal one-on-one or group training sessions either in the Royston Park studio or outside in the beautiful surrounds of the River Torrens.

FUEL FOR THE FIRE

Knowing you have a training session coming up, what should you eat? What fuel should you have in the tank to make that machine burn calories like the lamborghini it deserves to be (although all I'd love is a blue mini cooper S)? Well , like filling up a car at...

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TRIPLETS AND RETAIL DO NOT WORK WELL TOGETHER.

I have triplets. Retail doesn't hear me! This is not normally a draw card I use but on this occasion, I think I have to. When you're buying clothes for three girls, the same size and which can't be handed down, the price adds up! While I can ALWAYS find a way to...

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HIIT me!

A popular 'buzz term' in the fitness industry at the moment is HIIT training. High-intensity interval training was founded through research conducted by a Japanese scientist Izumi Tabata. Otherwise known as 'Tabata' training, HIIT is a training regime I have believed...

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“BAD BACKS”

"I've got a bad back". It's a phrase I hear weekly, if not daily. The term "bad" can be used to describe a number of conditions when it comes to the vertebral column. Disc herniation, rupture, degeneration. Kyphosis, lordosis and scoliosis. Sciatica, pinched nerves,...

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Are standing desks worthwhile?

As The Studio Trainer, I don't need to look far to realize that 'sitting is bad for your health'. While some say 'sitting is the new smoking', I hesitate to support this slogan with complete vigour. So many workers are asking- 'Are standing-desks worthwhile?'. I DO...

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FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE..OR JUST FOR YOUR HEALTH

Over the last few weekends I have forgone the ugg boots and trackies for heels and hairspray. Why? To hang with some girlfriends! It's a past time that-as a mother/ wife/ chauffeur/ nurse/ counsellor/ drink filler upper and toast getter we push to the wayside. I say...

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THROW THE SCALES AWAY

Every week I hear it. "I'm not losing any weight!". "The scales aren't moving". .....and as a trainer- I'm sick of it! While I always say 'don't go by the scales' and 'go by your clothes' or 'have you ever had a body composition scan?' -here is my PROOF! Here is the...

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HOW TO MAKE EXERCISE ROUTINE TIP #4

RECORD YOUR EFFORTS, REAP THE REWARDS I might be 'old school' in a few ways but when it comes to recording your efforts and achievements I say- use some or all of the technology available. Just make sure someone sees how well you are doing! Be it in the kitchen or the...

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