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Blog of exercise physiologist and fitness enthusiast Liz Nelson, a Brisbane native who loves to throw around the weights, teaches Bodystep and RPM for Fitness First and is partial to great Vietnamese tucker.

Latest Blog Posts

  • Smash n Sweat on Nov 20, 2009

    Another "smasher" of an RPM class this morning, even though my legs, after teaching two classes yesterday, felt like they didn't want to leave my mattress when I woke up this morning. I admit to being utterly in love with the endorphin rush I get fr...

  • Girl's Got Grunt! on Nov 19, 2009 in RPM

    Yeah, this girl's got grunt after teaching two RPM classes in a row today. Best feeling was that I felt so strong on the bike and so powerful - that is an unstoppable feeling and one that I'm sure every RPM instructor craves. By the end of my seco...

  • Joy of Movement on Nov 18, 2009 in movement feeling good dance raising girls

    I've been a busy little beaver here in my corner of the world. After Body Attack on Monday, I felt like I had rediscovered the joys of cardio and did a 30 minute session on the elliptical before training with Shelley yesterday - shoulder is cranky a...

  • A Thorough Pasting! on Nov 15, 2009 in Body Attack

    Drumroll! This morning, after a six and a half (the half a year is very important) hiatus I participated in a Bodyattack class. I really enjoyed the change and pushing it hard enough so that my heart was up between my ears at the end of some of the...

  • Liberation on Nov 15, 2009 in walking

    Today's Exercise (won't call it training) - was more of a restorative activity - I had two half hour walks today - one as the sun came up and one as the sun went down - kind of zen like really, although I didn't entirely plan it that way.I love how w...

  • Carving it Up! on Nov 14, 2009

    Training today : taught RPM Hi Performance. Rode it like there was no tomorrow! I have made the decision to switch to sleeveless jerseys of next week - I literally wrung out today's sleeved number. I went back to 2006 and re read my entire blog -...

  • Is Big Brother Killing Your Internet Community? on Nov 13, 2009 in journalling Big Brother Freedom of Speech

    Today Shelley and I went to a course in Creative Journalling which was fascinating and reminded me of the times before I used the internet so freely, where every year I'd get really excited about creating a journal for the coming year and what I was...