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Are Farmers Carries One Of The Best Exercises?
Are Farmer's Carries One Of The Best Exercises? We love Farmer's Carries at Ignite, but they may not be a movement you've heard of, or thought to add to your workout routine. Here's the skinny on Farmer's Carries Farmer's Carries are a type of exercise...

7 Tips To Building Muscle Quickly.
7 tips to building muscle quickly Here are our top tips to building muscle quickly and successfully. Lift weights consistently To build muscle, it's important to engage in regular strength training. This can be done with weights, body weight exercises, or...

2022’s Most Underrated Fitness Tips
2022's Most Underrated Fitness Tips It seems everybody has a tip or two for you when it comes to fitness: - Supersets are all you need to do - Fasted cardio is key to success - Women shouldn’t lift weights - The treadmill is all you need For some, this is great...

Will Lifting Weights Make Me Bulky-2022 edition
Will lifting weights make me bulky? This has the potential to be the shortest blog post in the history of short blog posts. We’d answer, NO, and then move on to the next topic, but then that wouldn’t help you very much! However, the answer isn't quite that simple....

It’s A Mistake To Waste The Rest Of The Year.
It's a mistake to waste the rest of the year Why? There are 46 days left in 2022 You’re probably thinking, I just need to get through to the end of the year I’ll figure out my new year's resolutions after I’ve had a holiday And you’d not be alone, most of us tell...

No – The Secret To Your Success
No –the secret to your success The best thing you could say when you start watching this is ‘NO’, and then tick something off your to do list I’d be super happy if you did, and if you practice the habits you listen to hear, that should be your goal to. Why?...

The Benefits Of Small Group Personal Training
The Benefits Of Small Group Personal Training Over the last 10 years, we've narrowed down what we know makes people like you succeed. We trialled large group sessions, small group sessions, speciality programmes and more. What conclusions did we find? Most...

What I’ve learned over the last 10 years
It’s party time at Ignite Fitness and Nutrition as we celebrate not one but two 10th birthdays this week. First up, October marks the 10th anniversary of our being in business. 10 years of being trusted by Hutt Valley locals to help you achieve happiness and long-term...

Building Muscle After 60
What does building muscle after 60 mean to you? When I was a young lad, muscle meant action movie stars like Arnie and Sly Stallone, maybe even Johnny Weissmuller when he was Tarzan. In my 20s, muscle building meant time in the gym, working hard to out train my...

Keeping Your Physical Independence.
Why do we move into retirement homes as we get older? It’s right there in the title: It comes down to the loss of physical independence. As we age, basic movement becomes much more difficult. We retire, our activity levels drop, we remember a conversation we...