REALM TRAINING
News and Events

October 2009
Director at Realm Training, and creator of this site, Anthony Cutajar - The Coach!, get's his noggin in Melbourne's Leading paper - the Herald Sun!

October 2009
Tough bloke (& chick!) challenge with REALM clients and friends
Director of REALM becomes a finalist in prestigious industry awards

April/May 2009
Run for the Kids - Wrap up

January/Febuary 2009
Details for Run for the Kids fun run in Melbourne

December 2008
Fun run - Wrap up!

September 2009
Details for end of year fun run for clients

October 2009
Director at Realm Training, and creator of this site, Anthony Cutajar - The Coach in the Herald Sun

October 19th, 2009, I was happy to assist the Herald Sun with professional training advice, and be photographed providing clear demonstrations of great core exercises for it's regular Monday health and fitness liftout, Extrawell.

Check it out yourself...

Your Health and Fitness Coach,

Anthony Cutajar

October 2009

Tough Bloke (& chick) Challenge 2009 - Clients & friends compete (and have loads of fun!)

Ahhhh well the cold wet and windy weather that Melbourne has been having managed to hold off for the challenge!

Even though it was called the Tough 'Bloke' Challenge there were PLENTY of chicks. To this day I still can't figure out what the marketing department are doing naming the event the way they have. Ah well.

What was involved?? Well to put it simply, it was a fun day out where we were set the challenge to run a short cross country course (approx 3km) and then make our way through a number of man made obstacles.

Quite a difficult course actually. The initial run had a few hills that really shock the system, but for the ultimate slap in the face was a mud pit we had to crawl through first (yes, crawl... to keep under the barb wire hanging precariously low!). I have never ran a cross country course saturated in cold and heavy mud! Quite an experience really. Added a whole new dimention to running... if you thought running wasn't un-natural enough already!

From there followed a little more running, and then on to 8 or so obstacles which involved balancing, crawling, jumpin over, climbing through, crawling under, and swinging from.

In the end they decided to erect 2 tower with a thick rope attaching them. The finale was to hand and make your way across the rope (see pics below). I learned the lesson at this stage that if I were to do this event next year, short shorts are not the best option!

Good fun. Well done to the REALMers who had a go. And for those who didn't there's always the next event. If you are ever weary that these events might not be up your alley, I really encourage you to have a go. It's good, healthy fun!

Here's a few pics we got:

Beginning - Clean!

Spot the REALM client... Anticipating the start!

Hmmm, what does that sign say exactly?

End - Dirty as!

Director at REALM becomes a finalist in industry awards

Director at REALM TRAINING - (myself!) recently became a finalist in the awards presented by the fitness industry's regulatory body - Fitness Australia.

The awards are held to recognise individuals and businesses for their achievement and success throughout the year in 2009.

There were 180 entrants across 5 categories. I managed to make the top three in the Victorian exercise professional of the Year category.

Throughout the application process, these were the main points that helped myself, and the REALM, across the line:

Close attention to the REALM customer experience and it's integrity (the most valuable and important thing within the REALM)

Ability to provide a wealth of health and fitness information to the public for free, via the REALM website that I've spent THOUSANDS of hrs building, having known nothing about website development before I began

My devotion to raising professional standards in our industry by providing and excellent service (the REALM experience), providing more than the average personal trainer (group training, and health coaching), and in the near future, provide the foundation for younger trainers to excel at what they do through my business

So there it is. The REALM news this time round.

Hope you've enjoyed. See you at the next challenge!!

Your Health and Fitness Coach,

Anthony Cutajar

April/May 09 News and Events

HAPPY EASTER!!

We are well and truely in to 2009 and REALM TRAINING clients are well and truely making progress.

RUN FOR THE KIDS
The run for the kids was a huge success for Melbourne with 30 thousand entrants and proceeds going to a very worthy cause. It was also a huge success for REALM clients who entered.

As you may be aware there were 2 options - the 5.7km, or 14.1km. REALM had a number of clients entered for both categories. A special mention to those who previously struggled with a 3km run, and quite convincingly pulled off the 5.7. Absolutely awesome effort.

If you are struggling to come to grips with running a certain distance, maybe it's time to have a listen to my last audio... Beliefs

My condolences to the small number of you who had entered but were injured and therefore couldn't take part... you know who you are, and I was running for you as well as the kids!

REALM CLIENT BENEFITS
I have been working hard to add value to REALM clients and develope relationships with quality local business at the same time. Your REALM TRAINING key ring (which you'll be receiving soon as a valued client of REALM TRAINING) entitles you to benefits as outlined on this page. Please help support our local business and affiliatians with the REALM!

REALM GROUP TRAINING
I think I have done one of the hardest things possible in the fitness industry, & that is to start up outdoor group training sessions coming in to winter! After a long layoff from group sessions to focus on Personal Training, the REALM is returning to group sessions and developing programs for versatility and variety as an alternative, or addition to Personal Training.

'Take action with your fitness' is well under way with a small group of go-getters braving the morning chill. Base fitness levels have been established with the first session comprising of a lovely beep test, push up and sit up test.

'Punch your way in to a fit 2009' will be starting this Tuesday 21st April. To those who are registered, you can also look forward to a refreshing beep test first up before we punch away the morning sleep in our eyes!

Keep an look out on REALM's Group Training page for more classes soon.

I hope everyone had an awesome Easter break, see you out on the track!

Your Health and Fitness Coach,

Anthony Cutajar

Jan/Feb 09 News and Events

Whoohoo. Welcome to 2009 - Realm Training News and Events!

Well it's been a great year for REALM TRAINING and it's clients. Here's the wrap up:

End of year FUN RUN!
As you are all aware now, I will be continually urging clients to have a go at a few different fun runs and events throughout the year to help set goals for training and steer away from the often mundane process of trying to shred off kilo's.

Click here for the last years event highlights, and keep reading this edition of REALM TRAINING News and Events to see what the next challenge is!

REALM TRAINING has now moved
We have moved to a brand new facility in Mind and Body. As you all know by now, the facility is top notch with heaps of room to move and I really look forward to training everyone there. I still have to figure out how to use the Wii to see if it will may be suitable in a possible circuit!

The move to Mind and Body marks REALM TRAINING's evolution as a business as well. 2009 is looking to be a big year, and I really look forward to evolving you all in to a new REALM!

Ok, now on to the business end of this month's Realm Training News and Events!...

FUN RUN April 09

Run for the kids

When
Sunday April 5th 2009

Where
Start at Kings Domain in Alexandra Avenue

Events on Offer
5.7km (8:45am Start)
14.1km (9am start)

*ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 20 2009 at 5pm
or when max number of entrants is reached
Note: get in quick so you don't miss out - this is a popular event!

There is a HEAP of info on the website (click below) - a good little video on the homepage:
RUN FOR THE KIDS

For your interest I will doing the 14.1km! I look forward to running with you :0)

I will be speaking to you all individually about training for the run, so stay tuned!

Look out for next months issue of Realm Training News and Events.

Your Health and Fitness Coach,

Anthony Cutajar

Dec 08 News and Events

Welcome to Dec 08 Realm Training News and Events. Let me tell you this... I have been to many events - fun runs, triathlons, adventure races etc - and not too many occasions have I been driving to such an event in torrential rain and 30-40km/hr winds! This is the type of weather that set the scene for the end of year fun run for REALM TRAINING go getters who made it down to Williamstown Foreshore for the 5 or 10km fun runs.

Thankfully the rain actually held off for the duration of the fun run and depending on what part of the loop you were on for the run, the howling wind gave runners a great little push from behind, or was a major pain in the butt when running in to it head on!

Congratulations to those who made it there. For most who came down it was their first fun run, and despite the weather everyone made it across the finish line.

Results, race report, and photo's can be found on the Srin Chinmoy website by clicking here. Please be patient, it may take a few days for the results to get up on the website.

Above - The REALM TEAM! Fun runners who braved the conditions.
Well done!

REALM TRAINING PRIZE WINNERS

Top:
Geoff - Yu Food & Lifestyle cooking class voucher

From left:
Emma - iPod Nano compliments of REALM TRAINING
Vanessa - 1 Hr Personal Training voucher with REALM TRAINING
Sandra - complimentary Shiatsu massage with Dharma Daws
Deanne - 1 complimentary food and lifestyle coaching session with New Beginning

REALM TRAINING will be involved in many more events in the future. So to those clients who missed out from either an injury, being sick, or for 'warm bed preferences' on fun run day, never fear.... There will be more to come!

As a point to note, Sri Chinmoy were the organizers of the Williamstown foreshore run. The main theme behind organisers is to promote self transendence through sports. To find out more click here.

I wish you a very Merry Christmas. REALM TRAINING is looking forward to a big year. I look forward to the ride with you.

Your Health and Fitness Coach,

Anthony Cutajar

Sept 08 News and Events

What’s on the agenda for REALM TRAINING news and events? Well, the festive season is approaching us quicker than we can say ‘Christmas lunch!’ As we get busier and busier during these times our priorities can change form a little. Christmas shopping, organizing and attending Chrissy parties can take precedence over our health and fitness regime. We can very easily fall out of great training routines we may have established.

To help push through the hard slog coming in to Christmas, REALM TRAINING has organized clients to enter in to a fun run. Yes, you did hear right… ‘Fun’ and ‘Run’ in the same sentence!

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