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  20 Jan 2023

  Get A 10% Discount On TheWODLife website with Rebuild Health And FItness

  Rebuild Health and Fitness is pleased to announce a new partnership with TheWODLife online store. You can enjoy a 10% discount on orders over $100 with TheWODLife just by using the code REBUILD10 upon checkout. This is applicable for a number of items on the website including Reebok Nanos, Nike Metcons, skipping ropes, apparel, grips, chalk and tape and anything else you may need in the gym. TheWODLife aka TWL is one of Rebuild's preferred partners as the gym has been using the products for many years and we can attest to the quality of TWL products. Here's the link to get shopping. This is all part of Rebuild Health and Fitness's efforts to offer top-notch health and ....

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  16 Dec 2022

  Why We Use Kipping In Workouts And How It Helps

  Kipping pull ups are not strict pull ups, but they aren't supposed to be. That's not really a critique, more of an observation. All kipping movements and strict movements have different purposes. To not be able to recognise this is not the fault of the kip. Strict movements allow us to develop strict strength and often don’t need us to be highly skilful or overly proficient. Kipping a lot of the time is the opposite. Kipping is the movement we use during gymnastics based workouts to increase volume, intensity and conditioning. While they can develop strength, that is functional to the movement itself. By utilising a kip we are able to build up momentum ....

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  14 Dec 2022

  Every Kilogram Counts When Weightlighting: Here's Why

  Every kilo counts! Let’s discuss why the smaller weight plates are arguably some of the most important plates in the gym. Exercise prescription is science/ evidence based and written with the intention that if followed correctly, adaptation will occur. When we work off percentages for the strength pieces, the weight is prescribed for a specific adaptation. Just like goldilocks porridge being not too cool or not too warm, our version is not too light or not too heavy. We can only reach these numbers accurately if we use the correct small plates. This is also important when increasing weight between sets. It is important to take into account how much your increases are ....

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  9 Dec 2022

  New Coach At Rebuild Health And Fitness: Jerram Newton

  What a way to finish the year by rounding off our team! Jerram is a level 2 CrossFit trainer with more than 15 years experience in the health and fitness industry. Jerram has coached CrossFit for 10 years, and says he used to take CrossFit very seriously, but now it has morphed into a passion for teaching others. He says he loves the style of training to both keep him and members fit, and the community it creates. Originally from country Victoria, he got his first gig coaching CrossFit 10 years ago in Melbourne CBD. He moved to Brisbane in late 2021 with his wife and two young boys. Honestly we are pumped to have found such an experienced quality coach in Jerram or as Sean calls ....

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  24 Nov 2022

  CrossFit Athlete Kate Gordon Shares Her Journey Of Body Acceptance, Crash Diets And Women's Health

  Kate Gordon is a CrossFit athlete, influencer and coach. The Kiwi national is well-known on Instagram for her zero-bullshit approach to exercise and health (and sex) , her health journey and struggles with body image and overcoming these issues as a woman . She recently competed at the Torian Pro and is a crowd favourite thanks to her big energy and fierce attitude. Struggles with body image Gordon , who got into training during her late teens says she did it purely to lose weight. She never had any genuine interest in training aside from how it would change her appearance initially.. ‘‘ ....

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  19 Nov 2022

  In Order To Get Good At Anything, You Have To Do It Badly First

  I have had countless conversations with people over the years about earning the right to be better. You must understand to be good at anything, you must suck for a bit first. Anyone that started anything sucked at the start. 

This is why we should never compare our week 1 with someone’s year 1 and your year 1 with someone’s year 10. 

Going a step further here we usually follow this cycle. Good - Not so good - Good again. 

In the gym you may become the best scaling athlete in the gym, win the rounds then you up your weights, learn a new skill and in order to practise them in a workout you have to suck again for a while …. Until you don’t. In any sport, ....

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  14 Nov 2022

  Toutai Kefu: Why Resilience Is Important To Team Building

  One of the greatest number 8s Australian Rugby Union team has ever seen, Toutai Kefu, joined the Rebuild Health and Fitness Podcast to share his mindset, importance of resilience and illustrious journey as a player and coach. Speaking to show hosts James Batey and Sean Cornell, Kefu, who has won 60 caps for Australia during his career, is now the head coach of the Tongan national team and is actively involved in supporting the growth of the local rugby community. The journey from a player to coach Kefu stopped playing at 34 after having suffered various injuries during his last few years on the field. After switching from player to coach around 12-13 years ago, he finds the ....

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  8 Nov 2022

  Starting A New Journey: Joining Rebuild

  It has been just over a year since I joined Rebuild, but it feels like I have been here a lot longer. I had no crossfit experience coming into the gym, so it was a learning curve for me. What the hell is an EMOM?! Haha. Sean and James saw I had good knowledge of Olympic lifting, I’m studying exercise physiology and I have a can-do attitude, so they took me on and showed me the ropes. Literally; they showed me how to climb a rope. It was quite scary for me to apply to Rebuild, I felt like I needed a new job. I am sure many people can relate to feeling a sense of loyalty and security in a job they may like but not love. That was how I felt in my old job, I enjoyed it but ....

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• Rebuild Workout With Friends

  We don’t do ‘free trials’ or try before you buy classes. We don’t just let anyone into our gym, join our community and be in our classes. You might think this is strange but it’s a conscious decision we’ve made to protect our membership base. You see when people do free drop ins or trials, they typically aren’t familiar with our coaching style and require far more time than anyone else on the floor - this detracts from our members’ experience in class. We want to make sure everyone is ready and comfortable before coming into class, we want them to understand Rebuild. But as a one off, we’ve decided to open our doors to the public ....

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  10 Oct 2022

  How Words Create Worlds And Why Physiotherapists Have To Be Careful How They Speak - By Lou Savill

  I’m sure that I come across as pedantic at times when it comes to language. I’m picky about the words I use and not shy about disagreeing with those who are less so. In my profession, words create worlds. They can inspire change, instil fear and change the trajectory of a person’s life. Even when delivered with positive intentions, certain phrases and explanations can have a dramatic negative impact. Take this story from a woman with persistent low back pain from a qualitative research paper: “Basically all I’ve kind of been told to do by physios is to work on my core...I’ve been tested by various different physios, and Pilates, and I’m ....

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