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HEALTHY CAREERS IN FITNESS Are you interested in a career in the Health and Fitness Industry? Fitnance offers a Certificate 3 and Certificate 4 in Fitness. Course starting monthly. Talk to a Fitnance representative now to get you started. Details of the courses are in our services

The Fitnance job board provides students with job opportunites, industry contacts, mentor programs, and work experience. The poor health of our nation means that there are currently a lot of jobs (10) for Personal Trainers.

Fitnance DVD Series

Written by world renowned strength and conditioning coach Steve Nance (Fulham FC, Broncos, QLD Reds, Wallabies, and Cowboys) Based on the latest sports science research Perfect for Senior PE and Physical Recreation classes 3 CEC points available for each DVD More information

Thanks To The Fitnance Crew - Oct 2009

Thank you letter from Fitnance Member.  

Hi Guys. It is a little over 6 months since my first session with you all at Fitnance and I thought I would just send through a short note to say thanks for all your help in that time. When I started I was 132.5 kgs in weight and would be short of breath tying up my shoe laces. After having a previous boss of mine suggest that I shouldn't allow myself to be defined by my weight I thought I would bite the bullet and do something about it. I hadn't worked out in a gym in my entire 47 years and I was a bit apprehensive about what it would be like, but you all made me welcome and the rest of the crew that trains at Fitnance were a good bunch as well. Even though my lifestyle of corporate lunches and travel make the job of losing weight and increasing fitness very challenging your variety of tailored programs have seen me drop close on 20 kilos, over 15 cm in my waist and I can now go for a 5 km jog without passing out. Once again thanks for all your help and I look forward to sending another note when I have dropped the next 20 kilos.

MB 

Cert III and IV in Fitness 2010

Cert III in Fitness starts July 5th. Cert IV in Fitness starts May 17. Fulltime

Cert III in Fitness starts June 12,13. Cert IV in fitness starts July 3,4. Weekender

Enrol before May 1 and receive $250 off.

Email or call 3391 0022 to enrol.

Boxing Courses

Need CEC Points? Enrol in a Fitnance Boxing Course Now! Next Course: 10th/11th July 2010

The Fitnance Boxing for Fitness Courses are backed by international level competitors, as well as Fitnance's world leading sports science. These courses are fully accredited with FITNESS AUSTRALIA and offer personal trainers and group fitness instructors 5 CEC points for each of the one day workshops.

Click here to find out more.

Schools Special

SCHOOLS SPECIAL Cert III in Fitness School Based 8 QCE points on Senior Certificate. We will deliver a Certificate III in Fitness, over a year at your school. Great opportunity for your students. Phone 0427 380 006 for details. Start now.

Fitnance Hall of Fame

Welcome to the Fitnance Hall of Fame! Here you'll find some outstanding fitness and training results across a range of tough exercises:

Exercise: 1Km Grind

• Male (open): Peter Siddle, TIME: 1.15 
• Female (open): Leith Anderson Reid & Jodarna Halkett Hay, TIME: 1.52
• Male (over 50's): Jim Shaw, TIME: 2.00
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, TIME: 3.18

Exercise: James St Run

• Male (open): Nick Lorenz, TIME: 1.57
• Female (open): Wendy Beattie, TIME: 2.31
• Male (over 50's): Phil Marshall, TIME: 3.06
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, TIME: 5.00

Exercise: Row 1000m (L4)

• Male (open): Tito Gonzales, TIME: 3.37 
• Female (open): Ellie Barnes, TIME: 3.54
• Male (over 50's): Phil Marshall, TIME: 4.11
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, TIME: 5.29

Exercise: Bike 5000m

• Male (open): Eddie Hinschen, TIME: 7.31
• Female (open): Tanya Carr, TIME: 8.55
• Male (over 50's): Paul O'Brien, TIME: 8.25
• Female (over 50's): Lyrian Stewart, TIME: 12.38 

Exercise: Chin-Ups Max

• Male (open): Nathan McCubbery, REPS: 33
• Female (open): Alana Boyd, REPS: 32
• Male (over 50's): Phil Marshall, REPS: 22

Exercise: Grinder Top Speed

• Male (open): Tame Tupou, SPEED: 65.8
• Female (open): Tanya Carr, SPEED: 48.9
• Male (over 50's): Steve Paul, SPEED: 55.2
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, SPEED: 38.1

Exercise: Push Ups (bottle)

• Male (open): Lenny Solomona, REPS: 80
• Female (open): Jodarna Halkett Hay, REPS: 43
• Male (over 50's): Steve Paul, REPS: 69
• Female (over 50's): Lyrian Stewart: 3

Exercise: Treadmill (10min)

• Male (open): Craig O'Connell, DISTANCE: 3.1Km
• Female (open): Felicity Abram, DISTANCE: 2.6Km
• Male (over 50's): Phil Marshall, DISTANCE: 2.1Km
• Female (over 50's): Lyrian Stewart, DISTANCE: 1.0Km

Exercise: Stepper (100 Cal)

• Male (open): John Nance, TIME: 5.02
• Female (open): Tanya Carr, TIME: 5.43
• Male (over 50's): Steve Paul,  TIME: 7.28
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, TIME: 80 (5.20)

Exercise: Bench Press 1RM

• Male (open): David Davies, WEIGHT: 160Kg
• Female (open): Emma Jackson, WEIGHT: 80Kg
• Male (over 50's): Paul O'Brien, WEIGHT: 85Kg
• Female (over 50's): Lyrian Stewart & Kath Heywood, WEIGHT: 35Kg

Exercise: Wall Squat

• Male (open): Gokhan, TIME: 20.29min
• Female (open): Nikki Subasic, TIME: 15min
• Male (over 50's): Steve Paul, TIME: 15.40min
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, TIME: 2.35min

Exercise: Sit & Reach

• Male (open): John Nance DISTANCE: +24cm
• Female (open): Nikki Subasic, DISTANCE: +34cm
• Male (over 50's): Steve Paul, DISTANCE: +11cm
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, DISTANCE: +7cm

Exercise: Horizontal Jump

• Male (open): Polisi Fitisemanu, DISTANCE: 2.705m
• Female (open): Kate Leitch, DISTANCE: 2.15m
• Male (over 50's): Brian Kerle, DISTANCE: 1.78m

Exercise: Beep Test

• Male (open), Simon Orton, 12
• Female (open), Tanya Carr, 10.5

Exercise: Sit Ups (60secs)

• Male (open):  Matthew Ruthenburg, REPS: 57
• Female (open): Zoe Petrovansky, REPS: 44
• Male (over 50's): Phil Marshall, REPS: 41
• Female (over 50's): Jan Williams, REPS: 30

Exercise: Vertical Jump 

• Male (open): Wes Philips, 74.5cm
• Female (open): Mel Bertram, 49cm
• Male (over 50's): Brian Kerle, 51cm

Exercise: 1RM Squat

• Male (open): Stuart O'Brien, WEIGHT: 185Kg
• Female (open): Kim Revell, WEIGHT: 90Kg
• Male (over 50's): Paul Leitch, WEIGHT: 110Kg
• Female (over 50's): Elizabeth Leitch, WEIGHT: 51Kg

Exercise: 1RM Deadlift

• Male (open): Nick Pratt, WEIGHT: 240Kg
• Female (open): Katrina Robertson, WEIGHT: 120Kg
• Male (over 50's): Phil Marshall, WEIGHT: 135Kg
• Female (over 50's): Elizabeth Leitch, WEIGHT: 51Kg

Exercise: Hang

• Male (open): Steve Raine, TIME: 125Secs
• Female (open): Ellie Barnes, TIME: 149secs
• Male (over 50's): Steve Paul, TIME: 81secs

Burpees: (60 sec)

• Male (open): Joey Lala, 33
• Female (open): Andrea Dozzi, 26
• Male (over 50's): Paul Leitch, 22
• Female (over 50's): Elizabeth Leitch, 19

June Newsletter

Welcome to The June "Fitnance News"

  

Courses coming up:

• Certificate 3 in Fitness (weekender) June 12 - Gym Instructor, 3 weekends 9am-3pm
• Boxing Course: June 5th  - 5 CEC points available
• Advanced Lifting Course: Postponed - 5 CEC points available
• Mackay Cert 3 in Fitness: June 19/20,July 3/4 and July 24/25.

12 Week Challenge

A new 12 week challenge will begin on Monday 7^th June and finish with the Bridge to Brisbane run on the 30^th August. Make sure you see Steve or Tanya to sign up.

Ipswich Jets

The Jets have had an ordinary month.

We lost to Mackay 6-20, Sunshine Coast Eagles 24-28, Tweed 38-18, Souths 14-26 & Central 15-14.

Mistakes, and poor choices have let the mighty Jets down.

We are in the Maintenance phase of the Strength and Conditioning Program. This week is an easier week of training because of our trip to Rockhampton.

Round 12 Easts v JETS - Langlands Park 14.00 Sat 5^th June

Round 13 JETS v Redcliffe - North Ipswich Reserve 18.00 Sat 12^th June

Round 14 Norths v JETS - Bishop Park 15.00 Sun 20^th June

QRL City v Country - Gympie 14.00 Sat 26^th June

Round 15 JETS v Burleigh - North Ipswich Reserve 18.00 Sat 3^rd July

QRL Referees

The ref's have their mid-year testing in the coming weeks.   Joseph will be travelling to the regional centres of Cairns, Townsville, Mackay and Rockhampton to test all the squad members.

Congratulations to Michael Wise, who has been training with the NRL squad, and has been appointed his first NRL Appointment as a Side line Official. 

It is great to see our squad members getting an opportunity to step up into the NRL.

QUT Practicum Students

Matteo has now completed his 300 hours prac with Fitnance. We would like to thanks him for all his hard efforts and wish him well in his future studies as he aims to continue to do a Masters in Physiotherapy.  Hopefully his footy tipping skills will be reduced now he has left us, as he currently leads the office competition.

Steve Nance

Steve is heading back to Brisbane in early June and will be based in SE QLD after his role with Leeds Rugby in the UK. I'm sure Steve will be a regular back in the gym and hopefully will take some sessions and pass on his knowledge and experience.

Gold Coast Half Marathon.

The Fitnance team for the 2010 Gold Coast Airport Marathon is now setup in the system and ready to go!

See the attached document for our team code and instructions to enter.

Team name: Fitnance

Team password: fit2010

Hope this all makes sense, please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or are in need of some training program.

Brisbane to Gold Coast Ride.

For the 2010 ride we want to get as many of the Fitnance crew to participate to sign up.  After the ride we shall be organising for riders a "lunch in lycra" . If you are keen let us know asap so we can arrange everything.

Southbank Tri Club -

The Southbank Tri Club is having its launch party on June 25^th at the Fox Hotel. Please see the attached flyer at the end of the newsletter for full details.

Upcoming Events

June

• Wellbeing Weekend for women, 4th of June , O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
• QLD Strongman Championships, Saturday, 12 June 2010, Toowoomba
• Brissie to the Bay, 27^th June http://www.brissietothebay.com.au/ 
• State of Origin Game 2 Brisbane 16^th June http://www.qrl.com.au/ 
• 20 June, 11 July, 22 Aug and 5 September: 2010 Nundah Duathlon Series

July

• 18th July, Gasworks Criterium and Duathlon. Sponsored by Fitnance. http://www.fusioncycles.com.au/
• 4^th July: Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km. http://www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au/

August

• 8^th Aug: City2Surf. Sydney http://www.city2surf.com.au/
• 30^th Aug: Brisbane Bridge to Brisbane http://www.bridgetobrisbane.com.au/
• Yepoon Half Ironman 15^th August http://www.capricornhalf.com/

October

• 11^th Oct: Brisbane to Gold Coast Bike Ride http://www.bq.org.au/b2gc100/?page_id=4

November

• Noosa Triathlon http://www.usmevents.com.au/ntmsf/

Well Dones

• Parra and Judy for their efforts in training 6 days a week. Skinfolds down, weight down & fitness levels up. Keep up the good work.
• Alex S for maintaining his skin folds whilst adding an extra 4 kgs of muscle in the last month.
• To Chris who is heading to the Czech Republic with Katerina to meet her parents. Chris has been learning Czech words for Cereal, milk, concrete and ride my bike.
• Sue Pham and Johanna for winning the Australian Hip Hop Dance Tournament. Both girls will head to Las Vegas for the World Championships
• Well done Walter and Andrew. BSHS First XV undefeated so far this Season.

Fitnance Blog

Check out our blog for the latest goings on at Fitnance and also great training tips from the crew. http://fitnance.blogspot.com/

Fitnance DVD's

The Fitnance DVDs are available to gain CEC points for Personal Trainers. Watch part of one of the DVD's on the following link.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEYbXRCJxR4

Welcome (back)

Phil Hatcher, (Greg), Jenna Tristram, (Andrew & Simone), (Ayesha) Kellie Bird, Doune MacDonald, Adri-Anne Scholtes, Greg Nicholson, Doune Macdonald, Steven Leitch, Andrew Fraser

Birthdays

Jackie Hill, Michael Inman, Peter Nowill, Rodney "Rocket" Hill, Jake Wong, Sue Pham, Nina "Party Pants"Dozzi, Susan Ardrey, Kellie Bird

Missing

Russ Beynon, Hamish, Fiona, Phoebe, Grey Rogers and Anna, Tim A, Lazzo, Pete and Di, Spas, Joe, Rhys, Megs

Improving Your Running Race Pace

Check out the new article on improving your running pace.

Click here