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Make sure you’re giving your child enough time in the water to learn their essential swimming skills.

Whether you’re retired, winding back on the ‘9 to 5’ or still clocking up a 40-hour week and lovin’ it - if ‘quality of life’ is your goal, it’s important to keep moving as you mature.

When it comes to fitness, fact is always better than fiction. We enlisted one of our expert personal trainers to clear up a few common queries. 

With spring just around the corner you’ll be reaching for the boardies before you know it! Smart training and nutrition can reward you with a ‘six-pack’ that looks great, but firming up your abdominal muscles has many other benefits.

Taking out a gym membership is an investment in your most important asset, your health - but we’ve all heard the excuses for putting off exercise! That’s where the Adelaide Aquatic Centre can help.

While the temperatures are low, our instincts tell us to rug up and hibernate. The problem is, life must go on, and your workout regime is no different. To help you endure the season, we’ve put together 6 tips for keeping motivated during winter. 

Now is the perfect time for your kids to hit the pool to gain all the confidence they need to get the most out of their summertime water play.

Not only is swimming a fun, social activity, it’s also a good way to relax and feel great – and an effective way of increasing immune function, making you more resilient to illness. 

Participating in swimming lessons year round is the ideal way for your child to keep gaining confidence and improve technique and ability.

Get to know your reps from your sets in this second instalment of our A-Z guide to fitness lingo!

Don’t know a Fitbit from a Fartlek? You’re not alone! Get a little clarity with Part 1 of our A-Z guide of fitness lingo.

Following the recent spate of adult drownings over the holiday period, we thought this would be a good time to bust a few of the myths potentially holding people back from learning to swim.

Fitness levels flat lining?

You may have hit a fitness plateau where your body has efficiently adapted to the challenges you originally set it.

Jump-start your exercise program by mixing things up a little and keep your body guessing!

Summer's the perfect time to hit the pool!

Find out why slotting a few aquatic activities into your fitness schedule is an excellent way to diversify your exercise program.

Hayley from popular blog Adelady recently shared her experience of her son learning to swim.

Swimming lessons aren’t free and some of us find it hard to justify spending that amount every month. I certainly did. But what price would you put on your child’s life?

If 'Improving Fitness' lands in the Top 5 of your list of New Year's Resolutions , then set yourself on the right track heading into January with these fitness fundamentals.

The festive season has hit and that means a month of serious socialising ahead! Check out these tips to keeping 'festive fit' - so you can get amongst the fun and still maintain a healthy lifestyle over Christmas.

For many parents the idea of donning a swimsuit and jumping into a swimming pool with their offspring can be a somewhat daunting task.  For mums in particular, but certainly dads and grandparents too, that two metre walk from the cover of your towel to the pools edge can be just too much to contemplate.