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  One of the most helpful benefits for committing to a regular exercise programme as you age is that it will help you to retain your ‘balance’. It’s a skill that, when lacking can lead to your demise.  A fall due to lack of balance in old age can lead to a broken hip. This can […]

  Since the gym started Kids have been a cornerstone of Club Physical. Chloe (29) and now managing the Coast club was learning to share and to socialise in the Kids Club at just one week old. Brahm (pictured left, with his Soy Milk) and Renee (middle) followed suit.  And for interest, on the right

  Colin Kyle, speaking about successful leaders last week in West Auckland, said that most great leaders formed the discipline to examine their mistakes to learn from them.  Further, when they came up to a hurdle or barricade, they figure out how to go around, over or through the obstacle. Bob Gass warned in his

  ‘Time waits for no one’ was one of the earliest Rolling Stones hits, yet the timeless message holds true. Your time here is, within the scale of the universe, like a mist that appears for a while then vanishes. Make it count! For a long time now I’ve been compelled to live my own

  When I was a teenager I was amazed at how ignorant my dad was. Yet, by the time I’d reached my late 20’s, I became aware of how much more he had learned. As a teen I never dreamed of being ‘fifty’. In fact, that age seemed like one foot in the grave.  Sixty

  It was a very sad sight as I walked quietly through the rest-home, to see numbers of people in their 60’s, 70’s and 80s cemented to their chairs, lying back with mouths wide open. People not really aware that I nor any other visitor was present. And I couldn’t help but wonder, what value

  Since the founding of Club Physical it became obvious while working with thousands of members that what you eat, will deliver at least half of your results. What you put into your mouth can either extend your life, or shorten it. It was 1988 when Tina and I visited the home of Richard and

  The teacher appointed opposing team captains and asked them each to select, one by one, the kids from your class who they wanted to be on their side. The most athletic kids were chosen first. You stood there quietly, heart pounding, hoping that you would be chosen next. With each subsequent choice, you were

  Welcome back for an extremely exciting and positive New Year! Have you ever played Lego with your kids? CP member Scott Thornton spoke at LIFE NZ this week comparing ‘life’ to the thousands of pieces in a Lego set. When you scatter the pieces out on the table, they often make no sense. It’s

  In my 38 plus years operating Club Physical I’ve personally witnessed numerous health ‘transformations’, and I’ve also seen a number of quitters fail their New Year goals. So what is the key to success you immediately ask? ‘Stickability!’ You might not find the word ‘stickability’ in your Oxford Dictionary but it makes all the

  Knowing exactly where to place your energies and focus in life is one of the great mysteries of all time. Unlike a franchise system, life doesn’t come with a step by step manual – perhaps the closest thing to this is the Bible. But even then, it is up to us to make our

  Incredibly, some of the most populous cities of the world can be the loneliest. If you know of a fellow Kiwi who has travelled around London or taken a ride on the underground, you will know how it’s possible to be surrounded by people and still feel socially isolated. We need others to befriend,

  In ‘On deadly ground’, Stephen Segal asks ‘What does it take to change the essence of a man?”. The question causes us to think…. You may or may not agree that a real man has learned to keep his word. If he promises to do something, you can bank on the fact he’ll do

  Today I could feel the tension in Lincoln Road, Henderson as drivers rushed, ducked and dodged in the Christmas traffic build-up. It’s a fact that most car accidents happen when people are stressed, have had and argument or are under the influence. But stress itself is a matter of choice and control. During a

  Thank goodness that we live in a country that takes pride in its culture and free speech. It’s great that we’re all individuals with creative minds and differing ideas. Today I’d like to ‘challenge your thinking’, having been challenged myself. A few months back my daughter Chloe emailed me from Sweden telling me I

  Apart from when you are sleeping, almost every hour of our lives you and I are confronted with decisions on what to do next. Even under the scenario of strict regimentation such as the Army, we have two choices, to comply or not to comply. Daily, we are confront by obstacles. Where one person

  This statement holds try for so many things in life. Take drugs for example: Do we take them for a short term party high, at risk to becoming addicted and wrecking our lives? It makes no logical sense. You may ‘think’ that you’re having a good time, but under the influence  you’re only using

  Most things that are worthwhile in life go better after you have made the effort to build a solid foundation. Indeed, we first learned as kids that the little pig who built his house on rock, survived the floods to come. In the Asian culture, one first builds a relationship of ‘trust’ before business

  On the night of December 9th 1914 Edison Industries was destroyed by fire. The loss exceeded two million dollars. That’s equivalent to fifty million today. Almost all of Thomas Edison’s work was gone. Because the building was made with concrete, if was thought to be fire-resistant and was insured for only $238. Edison (67)

  Just as Arnold Schwarzenegger (71) shows here, resistance training becomes all the more vital as you age.  I see so many men and women stumbling through the shopping mall with walking sticks and walkers, most unaware that it they just began a programme at the club, that that extra support could quickly become redundant.