Oxygen Fitness Alexandra Park

Just a cheeky PSA 😉

We’re looking to take on some new fresh faces on the PT front!

If you are a trainer who’s looking to scale their practice, run epic group workouts and join a dedicated fitness community reach out we’d love to chat!

2026 is all about building our roster of trainers and all round epic humans. Come be a part of it!

MEET FINN (PT and all round gc)

is a man who needs no introduction… but we’re gonna give him one anyway…

Finn is our assistant manager and a weapon of a trainer. If you find the whole gym $ personal trainer thing a bit daunting or a little too rigid Finn is your go to guy.

Embodying a holistic and positive ethos, Finn takes your fitness journey seriously yet everything is fun, light and enjoyable. A specialist when it comes to physique recomposition, strength, and health & wellness training…

We’re lucky to have Finn on our team and you would be too! Give the man a message and get your fitness goals for 2026 sorted.

Made a new years resolution to get out and run more?

Here’s a couple handy tips from our main man on running style and how to get the most out of your run. 🏃

Make the most of the lazy holidays and take solace in the fact that you’re burning those calories and looking after your overall health just by smashing out small daily tasks.

A good way to maximise your fitness over the break is to choose to take the stairs, pace whilst in the phone, maybe even take that empty car park at the back of the supermarket and walk a little more…

P.s. it even counts walking to the fridge for leftovers 😉

Get to know our resident nutritionist and all round gb

Zara is your girl if you’re looking to train with purpose and really maximise your training with sports nutrition and coaching.

Keep an eye out for more nutrition tips and tricks in the new year 💪🏼🥗🍎

High Bar Vs Low Bar Squats with our main man

High Bar Squat:
The bar is positioned on the meaty part of the upper traps.
With the bar being high it promotes a more upright torso and relies mainly on your quads for movement, tracking over the knees (which allows a slightly deeper squat).More commonly seen with CrossFitters or people moving functionality as you maintain and up right position with other barbell movements such as a clean.

Low Bar Squat:
The bar is positioned lower on the back in between your shoulder blades. With the bar placement you naturally have more of forward lean which lights up the whole posterior chain and using other muscles on top of the quads to help move such as your glutes and hamstrings. This is more commonly seen with powerlifters as this is a stronger movement again using more muscle groups.

In short
High Bar= More Depth
Low Bar= More Weight + More Muscles

Again it comes down to comfort and preference. Some of us don’t have the mobility to squat or move in certain ways. None of these is “wrong”
Holding a low bar squat is actually pretty hard to comfortably put your arms that far back in that position.
Holding a high bar squat you may not be as strong or feel slightly off balance being quite upright.

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