http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.therightfit.co.nz en-us Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:22:06 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/168666/marie-wanted-to-feel-confident-in-her-body-again-after-her-second-baby/ Marie trains with Dani at The Right Fit. This is her story.Six weeks after having her second baby, Marie’s goal wasn’t just to lose weight. It was to feel confident in her body again.When Marie Cavalier started training with Dani, she had already lost 10kg.But the bigger priority was recovering properly after giving birth, rebuilding her pelvic floor, regaining strength and getting to a point where she could train safely and confidently again.With a postpartum-specific programme and two sess... Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:50:51 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post168666 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/168653/adriana-started-with-one-session-a-week-now-she-trains-four-days/ Adriana trains with Taine at The Right Fit. This is her story, in her own words.Where was I when I started?When I first started, I was completely inactive. I felt physically heavy, lacked flexibility and had very little muscle strength. Taking that first step felt overwhelming, so I made a simple commitment to attend just one personal training session each week.What have I achieved?The biggest change has been consistency. I gradually built a routine that worked for me, increased my training over... Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:01:17 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post168653 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/168649/geoff-decided-to-act-before-age-made-the-decision-for-him/ Geoff Creighton trains with Taine at our Ponsonby studio, and he is our Client of the Month for July. This is his story, in his own words.Where was I when I started?I'd been in and out of gyms and worked with personal trainers over the last 40 years, but after the COVID lockdowns I'd slipped into some poor habits. As I approached a new decade of life, I realised I wasn't in the shape I wanted to be. More importantly, I wanted to take action before age started making those decisions for me.What h... Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:34:24 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post168649 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/168646/liz-thought-strength-would-just-happen-then-she-changed-her-focus/ For years, Liz thought strength would just happen.Running, long walks and functional training kept her fit, so she assumed that getting stronger would come as a by-product. It didn’t. So she changed her focus.Since she started training with Taine, Liz has built genuine strength that carries over into everyday life. She feels stronger, has more energy, has developed a real mind-muscle connection, and is enjoying training more than ever.Now she is working towards an even stronger foundation, wit... Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:56:04 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post168646 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/168281/does-weight-training-stunt-growth/ No, it doesn't. Properly supervised, well-designed resistance training has never been shown to damage growth plates, reduce adult height, or harm cardiovascular development in young people.That is not a fringe position. It is the settled view of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the 2014 International Consensus on youth resistance training, and every major review published in the last two decades.Below is where the myth came from, what the research actually found, and what "well-designed" has ... Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:17:21 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post168281 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/158274/savouring-food-without-guilt/ Sally should have been looking forward to the summer holidays. Her husband’s family was coming over from the UK to stay for three weeks, she was meeting up with some old school friends for a few days at New Year, and the office party was at a restaurant she’d always wanted to go. She’d been working out for a year now, feeling strong, eating healthy, and her cholesterol levels had gradually come down. Even better, she could finally fit into a favourite dress she’d hadn’t been able to we... Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:55:16 +1300 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post158274 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/158270/yo-yo-dieting/ The diets that used to work brilliantly when you were younger don’t shift a kilo now, no matter how strictly you follow them.It’s all happened gradually over the years. When playing with your children (or grandchildren), you find yourself a bit short of breath, or maybe your knees hurt when you walk to the park, or none of your favourite clothes fit. Perhaps your doctor has advised you have high blood pressure and you need to make some lifestyle changes. In reality, the actual goal is to be ... Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:42:27 +1300 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post158270 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/152795/how-michael-went-from-puffed-walking-up-steps-to-training-for-a-half-marathon/ When Michael joined us at 54, he weighed 100 kilograms and got out of breath walking up several steps. He was thinking about retiring at 60, had constant back and joint pain, and was in complete denial about his eating habits. His morning routine included a massive scone with butter, often seconds, and always dessert.His wife, Marla, had joined The Right Fit nine months earlier and kept encouraging him to try. Without her support, Michael says, none of his transformation would have been possible... Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post152795 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/152794/six-years-20-kilograms-and-marla-has-finally-cracked-the-code/ When Marla started at The Right Fit six years ago, she was at her heaviest non-pregnancy weight of 80 kilograms and had never been so unhappy with how she looked. What followed wasn’t a straight line to success; it was a real-world journey with ups and downs that many people will recognise.Over her six-year journey, Marla lost 20 kilograms, though she’s honest about the fact that some of those kilograms were “lost and found more than once.” Sound familiar? That’s exactly why her story ... Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post152794 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/post/152793/lornas-incredible-journey-from-chronic-back-pain-to-competition-winner/ When Lorna joined The Right Fit, she was reasonably fit but living with something that was stealing her quality of life: chronic lower back pain and the constant fear of re-injury. Simple activities felt risky, her sleep was disrupted, and her mood suffered from the ongoing discomfort.Within several months of starting a targeted resistance training programme designed to strengthen her back muscles, something remarkable happened. The pain began to resolve, then disappeared altogether. The impact ... Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.therightfit.co.nz/blog/#post152793