The Active Aussies Blog

Mar 22

Continue to Stride

The question you’ve gotta ask yourselves is, do I want to be the person that gives up again, or do I wanna be the person that continues to stride forward.” Sharif Deen, The Biggest Loser Australia contestant 2009.


I love this quote. I was watching the full episode reruns of TBL online this week and snagged it. It is a great quote from an inspirational guy. Sharif was morbidly obese and struggled with his overweight issues most his life. Now he is a living, walking, talking lifestyle fitness advocate. He is also a qualified personal trainer :o)

His experience on TBL could have been yet another Yo-Yo moment in his life. Another notch in the belt. But he made a mental decision to never give up, and to change his life forever.

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Mar 18

Marketing Genius

I’ve been reading a lot about Steve Hochman and Bedros Keulian lately. They both have a lot of great ideas that Active Aussies are going to put into action. Very nice :o)

Fitness Marketing Personal Trainer Marketing

Mar 15

Are you getting yours?

You don’t want to be selfish, but here are a bunch of things you should really push and shove and manipulate and squeeze into your life - no matter what!

  1. Get 8 hours of sleep
  2. Drink 8 glasses of water
  3. Set aside 8 minutes of ‘Me Time’
  4. Take 8 days off a month

Doing these things will radically change your life for the better. If you feel they are out of reach or impossible, leave a comment and tell me about it. I’d love to hear your feedback. What are the reasons you feel this is unrealistic for you? What’s going on in your life that will stop you from doing these things? Leave us a comment on our Facebook page.

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Mar 08

Break the Weight Loss Plateau

Has the same old number been staring back up at you from between your big toes every time you jump on the scales? Do you feel like it’s almost impossible to budge the bulge? Here are some awesome tips from our nutritionist buddy Matt O’Neill - founder of Metabolic Jumpstart.

Today’s Monday Motivator is by Matt O’Neill - Active Aussies’ partner nutritionist. You can find out more about Matt’s awesome nutrition program, and the only nutrition program Active Aussies recommends, at www.metabolicjumpstart.com.

Active Aussies - Official Partner of Matt O'Neill's Metabolic Jumpstart Program

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Mar 01

What’s your excuse?

Today’s Monday Motivator is inspired by you - my fellow Active Aussies. This week I have been inspired and motivated and taught by you. I have realised that the saying is true:

“Excuses are like belly buttons, everyone has one”

But despite their omnipresence, excuses need not prevent us from acting.

Life is all about pushing boundaries. Trying harder each day. Exercising despite there being a really good reason not to. Enduring to the end even though the going is worse than tough.

I won’t name names in this post. What I will talk about were real events done by real people. But they could be anyone, they could be you. They had numerous really good reasons not to exercise but they didn’t let that stop them or keep them away. They weren’t down and out. They remain unconquered. Undefeated.

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