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Please Let My Body Survive the Silly Season!
Aricle Verve Magazine Dec 2014 – by Melissa-Anne Smit The Silly season can takes its toll. But keep in mind it is only a couple of weeks...
Dec 2, 20142 min read


Healthy Foods: 11 Fruits You Can Eat All Summer Long
The epitome of summertime may be sitting at a beach with an ice-cold beer, but the more time we spend under the sun, the more we should...
Nov 18, 20143 min read


Why you need a faster Metabolism
Your metabolic rate is directly responsible for the amount of calories you burn and the only thing that will give you a higher metabolic...
Oct 13, 20142 min read


Is training to often making you fat?
“Am I training enough?” – I often get asked this and the simple answer is that usually those (both men and women) who take their fitness...
Sep 10, 20142 min read


Count your Steps, Not Calories for overall fitness
10,000 steps a day is the goal! We’ve all hear this a thousand times . . . but why? After four months, the number of GCC participants...
Sep 10, 20141 min read


Count your Steps, Not Calories
10,000 steps a day is the goal! We’ve all hear this a thousand times . . . but why? In 2004 the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) looked...
Sep 4, 20142 min read


Are you taking Evening Primrose oil? If not why you should…
Evening Primrose Oil has been called the most sensational preventive discovery since vitamin C. It contains the pain relieving compound...
Jul 3, 20144 min read


Why women don’t bulk up when weight training!
– By Melissa Smit For women the main concern in lifting heavy weights is the fear of developing big bulging muscles. A bulging...
Jun 10, 20142 min read


Want to stay Fit and Healthy while Travelling? 101 Fitness shares their top 5 tips.
Many of my clients are travelling to warmer weather this winter, so I wanted to give everyone some tips on staying healthy and fit . . ....
May 9, 20142 min read


WIN 2 Tickets to the Blues vs the Reds tomorrow night.
We are giving away 2 tickets to tomorrow nights game for Blues vs Reds. If you want to WIN. What to Do: Like us on Facebook (If you...
May 2, 20141 min read


Verve interview’s Vanessa Baxter about training at 101 Fitness
and life in general, and lately, 101 Fitness. Vanessa Baxter chats to Verve, about what 101Fitness is doing for her. Verve: As a busy mum...
Apr 11, 20142 min read


Fitness Life Magazine writes about their experience at 101 Fitness Auckland
By Katie Robinson – Fitness Life magazine (Apr/May 14) Katie Robinson head to Fitness 101 to indulge in a workout with a luxurious...
Apr 8, 20144 min read


Benefits of Breathing – Melissa March 2014 Verve Column
However, few people use their lungs to their full capacity. It has been reported that at rest, people use just 10%-15% of their actual...
Mar 13, 20142 min read


Back magic at 101 Fitness – How do you get rid of back pain story by Verve magazine
Words: Glenn Stirling *In a second, your whole world can change. Lying three metres lower than I had been sitting moments before, I felt...
Mar 8, 20142 min read


Melissa’s Latest Verve Article: 5 steps from our Personal Trainers…
5 steps from our Personal Trainers to help make your: “I am going to gym this year” actually stick. Don’t get discouraged, exercise has...
Feb 12, 20142 min read


The Muscle Growth Process Explained
This summer, your new mantra should be “Work smarter, not harder”. Thousands flock to gyms all over the country everyday, trying to gain...
Jan 29, 20142 min read


WEDDING FITNESS TIPS FOR BRIDES
101 Fitness will help you Tone-up for the big day Melissa was a guest writer on Auckland weddings’s blog…This article is not just for...
Dec 6, 20131 min read


Going away on Holiday? Order your “holiday stay fit” pack
Get your holiday Kit from us today – email us at info@101fitness.co.nz In your “Holiday Kit” you would have received 3 coloured...
Dec 5, 20131 min read


The Big Day! 101 discussed how Brides-to-Be can get fit and toned for the big day
101 Fitness will help you! The Big Day Most people hibernated through the winter, jollying the cold up with fire and good food, – but,...
Dec 2, 20134 min read


Verve magazine article Nov13: What does “toning up” actually mean?
Dictionary: tone up (adverb) to make or become more vigorous, healthy, etc. exercise tones up the muscles Interesting that the dictionary...
Nov 9, 20132 min read
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