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A series of articles written by the NGF team as well as NGF clients on their health, fitness and transition experiences.

My Fearless Journey

My Fearless Journey

When I first started working out with Bowie I was convinced I wouldn’t stick it out for longer than 3 weeks. In my first initial workout we went through an assessment so Bowie could get a good understanding of where my fitness, or lack thereof, was. That first workout came with quite a few realisation moments for me as well.

As a child athlete I had known my body to be strong and lean and it could do just about anything I tried on the first go. As I grew up I held onto that level of flexibility and strength…

…until I had a baby.

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Part 5 – Festy Season

Part 5 – Festy Season

Alexand ColisimoNGF Client[wtr-time]Hello and welcome to festy season! Yes, it’s that time of year where we have anxious breakdowns about the world literally ending, the future being terrifying and going yet another year without seeing our relatives. Hazzah! In...

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Part 4 – Tits Ahoy Captain

Part 4 – Tits Ahoy Captain

Alexand ColisimoNGF Client[wtr-time]Hey hi hello! I’ll hop right to it, apart from the endorphins, sense of capability and generally feeling revitalized after regular, challenging movement, I’m growing tits. I noticed in the shower a couple of days ago how like… how...

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Part 3 – Windsday

Part 3 – Windsday

Alexand ColisimoNGF Client[wtr-time]Merry Windsday everyone! Maybe I’m still feeling the insular winter spirit, or maybe it’s a particularly melancholic day, but today I feel really reverent; so I’d like to talk a little about how training has begun impacting me on a...

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Part 2 – Merry Spoonmas

Part 2 – Merry Spoonmas

Alexand ColisimoNGF Client[wtr-time]Hey hi hello again! Heaps of you have been asking me about my skincare routi- kidding!!! I promise never to try and sell you anything through this blog. Reminder that this blog will mostly orbit my introspective transition as well...

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Part 1 – HighLow!

Part 1 – HighLow!

It’s Alex Xand, and you, my friend, have just begun reading yet another fitness blog. Yeah I know right, yoga mum, fitness capitalism ahoy captain! Wrong. Not this blog, and honestly if 16 year old, dysphoric, self critical me could see this they would probably be...

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4 Low Cost Ways to Practice Self Care

4 Low Cost Ways to Practice Self Care

It can be easy these days to think that it normal to constantly be busy or doing things. I guilty of it myself. The feeling that you need to be productive and getting tasks done as a form of value and self worth is harmful. It puts our own needs second and turns us...

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Training may be hard but walking is easy

Training may be hard but walking is easy

Not too long ago I spoke about the importance of getting active and how you can use your time at the park while your kids play to fit some training in. This past weekend, Zay and I had the opportunity to spend time with some beautiful rainbow families, at a local...

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Online Fitness Training Explained

Online Fitness Training Explained

Online Fitness Training. The concept sounds pretty bizarre to say the least right? How is it possible to actually train online? To train without your coach there pushing you to the very edge of your endurance. Getting you to squeeze the extra reps out, that, if you...

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The adventures of learning to eat healthy

As a kid, I can not remember learning about what to eat. What was good for me and what was unhealthy. The old school healthy food pyramid was floating around out there and I am sure is something that we have all heard about. Since it’s release in Australia in the...

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Not JUST A Fitness Business

Not JUST A Fitness Business

It can often seem that when it comes to fitness coaches, all you will ever hear about from us is training programs, health and macros something, something… Aaaaand right about this point your eyes have glazed over and what you are actually thinking about is the best...

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Seeking Kettlebell Coach

Seeking Kettlebell Coach

There is not a day that goes by where I am not giving the glorious kettlebell full credit for helping me achieve my fitness goals. These achievements did not come easily or quickly and there are still many more to go. It has been 4 years since I met my first mentor...

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