Exercise Advice, Health Tips and Training Resources

This page brings together helpful articles on exercise, injury prevention, weight management and building confidence with physical activity. The aim is to provide clear, practical advice for anyone wanting to start exercising or improve their health safely.

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Exercise Advice & Training Guidance

Exercise Fundamentals & Confidence

Exercise Misconceptions & Guidance

Injury Prevention & Pain Management

Back & Joint Health

Arthritis, Inflammation & Long-Term Conditions

Injury Risk & Safe Training Choices

Motivation & Mindset

Building Habits & Consistency

Confidence, Belief & Personal Stories

Weight Management & Nutrition

Sustainable Weight Loss

Understanding Weight, Fat & the Body

Nutrition & Eating Habits

Real-World Weight Loss Stories

Healthy Eating & Simple Recipes

Health & Wellbeing Insights

Exercise & Chronic Health Conditions

Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing

Health Awareness & Public Health

Lifestyle & Everyday Activity

Active Living & Everyday Movement

Getting Started & Staying Active

Video & Visual Learning

Whiteboard & Visual Notes

Seasonal & Special Topics

Christmas & Holidays

Lifestyle, Travel & Light Relief

Featured Publications

Exercise Advice & Training Guidance

Exercise tips and insights to help you move better, train safely, and build lasting confidence.

Exercise Fundamentals & Confidence

How to get started with exercise: A step-by-step guide ?

What is the best exercise for seniors?

What is the best exercise for balance ?

It’s Never Too Late to Start Exercising

Why muscle matters at middle age

7 Reasons You Should Do Resistance Training – Women Included!

Why Resistance Training is Ridiculously Good for You.

Unleashing the Magic of Corrective Exercise

The Bio Mechanics Method

Exercise Misconceptions & Guidance

Photo of man doing swiss ball wall squats versus woman doing chair assisted squats

Why Swiss Ball Wall Squats Aren’t the Answer for Knee Pain

What is the best exercise for knee pain

Exercise vs. Surgery for Knee Pain: What Works

Don't Let Exercise Make You Sick

Holding plank for a long time is pointless, fitness professor claims

Too Much Exercise ?

Strength and Bodyweight Training Top Exercise Trends

Injury Prevention & Pain Management

Guidance on exercising safely, managing pain, and protecting your joints while staying active.

Back & Joint Health

Exercises that Aggravate Lower Back Pain

Suffering from the effects of back pain?

"Prescribe exercise not drugs for lower back pain", say US health chiefs.

Dr Cathy Stephenson: How to manage workplace aches and pains

Arthritis, Inflammation & Long-Term Conditions

Arthritis of the Hip or Knee - 3 things you can do to slow its progression and relieve pain

Exercising with Inflammatory Conditions

Exercise reduces inflammation, reducing pain and dysfunction

Treat Tendon Pain with Brain Training

Injury Risk & Safe Training Choices

Why are we seeing so many injuries after the lockdowns

How Safe are Pilates Programs?

The Importance of Footwear

The Foot Bone's Connected to the ...

Motivation & Mindset

Articles exploring the psychological side of exercise, including motivation, confidence, habits, and self-belief. Ideal for anyone who feels stuck, discouraged, or unsure how to stay consistent.

Building Habits & Consistency

Unlock the Power of Your Unconscious: 4 Tips to Easily Form New Habits That Actually Stick!!

Can trying to meet specific exercise goals put us off being active altogether?

New Year 2023, New You: Tips for Making and Sticking to Your Fitness Resolutions

How to stick to your New Year Resolutions this time!!

Confidence, Belief & Personal Stories

A calm personal training studio in Lower Hutt with simple equipment and open space. A trainer demonstrates a controlled strength exercise, focusing on posture and technique in a quiet, supportive environment

You’re Not Lazy — Your Body Just Needs a Different Approach

Client performing a simple compound exercise with focused technique in a quiet personal training studio in Lower Hutt. Calm lighting, clear space, and the trainer coaching proper form — showing a supportive environment for building confidence

How Liam Found Confidence Again: A 20-Year-Old’s Journey Toward Strength and Self-Esteem

Exercising and Judgements when we're overweight

Exercising and Judgements when we're overweight

You will be amazed at what you can achieve - Lois!!

You will be amazed at what you can achieve!!

How can brushing your teeth help you lose weight or cure your back or knee

Weight Management & Nutrition

Evidence-based guidance on weight management, nutrition, and sustainable lifestyle change.

Sustainable Weight Loss

How to Lose Weight - Small changes for big results

How to make your weight loss last

How to Lose Weight Effectively and Keep It Off

Lose Weight and Keep it Off!!

Lose Weight and Keep it Off!!

Simple back to work tips for achieving your weight loss goals

Something Gone Pear Shaped

Understanding Weight, Fat & the Body

Where does the fat go when you lose weight? The mathematics of losing weigh

The Shortcomings of Using Body Mass Index BMI

Should you weigh yourself regularly?

Should you weigh yourself regularly?

Burn More Fat Without Doing More Exercise

Nutrition & Eating Habits

Eating and Activity Guidelines - Ministry of Health New Zealand

Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand Adults (Published in October 2015 by the NZ Ministry of Health)

Three major lifestyle factors linked with a healthier, longer life

The Importance of Hydration

What is the best diet for weight loss

How to make healthy eating unbelievably easy

Foods to avoid if your trying to lose weight!

8 TIPS TO REDUCE EVENING SNACKING

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Sleep loss affects your waistline

The Case Against Juice Is Stronger Than Ever

Is High Carb More Harmful than High Fat

Are Dietary Supplements Money Down the Toilet?

Which Type of Milk Is Healthiest?

Dark Chocolate is a Superfood? The Facts! Revised 2017

Researchers discover why high protein diets reduce health and lifespan

Real-World Weight Loss Stories

How small changes helped me lose 60 kilos

I lost 6kg in 5 months using a Fitness App

I lost 14kg using a Fitness App - update

Healthy Eating & Simple Recipes

Easy Asian Chicken Salad

Cassoulet Soup with Toulouse Sausage

Raw Carrot Balls Recipe - Quick and Easy to Make, Healthy, Low Calorie Snack.

Tray Baked Chicken with Tomatoes and Olives

Looking for gluten-free options? Cumin-roasted cauliflower, chickpea and mint tabouli

Very fast red prawn curry (or fish or chicken)

Zucchini “Pasta” with Smoked Fish Sauce - Recipe

Health & Wellbeing Insights

Research-informed articles on how exercise supports physical and mental health across a wide range of conditions.

Exercise & Chronic Health Conditions

Photo of woman who has had cancer treatment walking in the park for exercise

The Benefits of Exercise During Cancer Treatment

Personal Trainer assisting client with resistance band exercise

Reduce the Risk of Colon Cancer Coming Back: Surprising Advice From Our Oncologist After Chemo

Research demonstrating the importance of exercise in cancer care

Exercising when you have cancer

Physical activity may ward off heart damage!!

Important things to know about Blood Pressure

Exercising when Sick: What you should do.

Harvard and MIT close to ‘cure’ for Type 1 diabetes which will end daily injections

Turmeric and Its Impact on Cancer and Health

Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing

Exercise is as effective as medication for depression, anxiety, and mood disorders!

Depression and How Exercise Helps

The most under-prescribed anti-depressant there is: exercise

How you can beat chronic pain... simply by breathing

Health Awareness & Public Health

Mens Health Awareness Month June 2022

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Lets Get Exercising for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Movember - November

Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

Love Your Heart this Valentines Day

Does That ‘Expert’ Really Know What They are Talking About?

Lifestyle & Everyday Activity

Ideas and insights to help you stay active in everyday life, not just structured workouts.

Active Living & Everyday Movement

Walking in Nature to feel better

Tips to Healthy Ageing

How to Exercise

Restarting Exercise After a Holiday

People not getting enough exercise from long walks – report

Wellington Regional Walking Trails

Getting Started & Staying Active

New to Exercise? Top 6 Mistakes To Avoid.

5 Reasons to Start Exercising Right Now

Is High Intensity Interval Training the Solution?

Why everyone should be resistance training.

Video & Visual Learning

Short, informal visual content and whiteboard notes that explain ideas simply and accessibly.

Whiteboard & Visual Notes

Back soon in Level 2 after #NZLockdown

Christmas drawing on the whiteboard this morning

Santa Makes it to the Whiteboard

Something gone pear-shaped? Whiteboard

Santa Makes it to the Whiteboard

Christmas drawing on the whiteboard this morning

Seasonal & Special Topics

Seasonal, reflective, and one-off articles that don’t fit neatly into other categories but are still relevant and enjoyable.

Christmas & Holidays

Eight healthy habits to embrace in 2018

Great Exercise Routine You Can Do While Traveling: No Gym or Equipment Required

Merry ‘Fitness’ from the exercise community of REPs registered exercise professionals and facilities

Lifestyle, Travel & Light Relief

Photos from Our New Year 2022 Trip to Blenheim

Photos from Our Whanganui Palmerston Flight 27 May 2017

Zucchinis - Our Garden

Dolphins Having Fun

The transformative power of classical music

The agony of trying to unsubscribe

A Little Light Relief

Homemade Wholegrain Bread

Women's Lifestyle Expo 2018

Women's Lifestyle Expo '17 July 8–9

Featured Publications

A collection of articles published in OH! Magazine over several years.

OH! Magazine November 2018 Edition

OH! Magazine September 2018 Edition

OH! Magazine January 2017 Edition

OH! Magazine February 2016 Edition

OH! Magazine December 2015 Edition

OH! Magazine November 2015 Edition

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OH! Magazine September 2015 Edition

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