Catherine DeMayo

Personal Trainer/Group Exercise Instructor

Blog Archive

These older blog posts are still relevant. Please browse them and contact me if anything resonates with you.

Latest blog posts are here.


Congratulations, Lisa!

Client and tennis player Lisa McKerlie represented New South Wales at the Special Olympics National Games ...

Read more here: Congratulations, Lisa!


Run the Sydney Harbour Bridge with ptEnhance.

Whatever your current fitness level and your goals, I’d love to talk to you about using this great event to embrace a new challenge.

Read more here: Run the Sydney Harbour Bridge


Adopt five healthy habits and live an extra decade.

Maintaining five healthy habits during adulthood may add more than a decade to life expectancy, according to a new study led by Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Read more here: Adopt five healthy habits


The Importance of Having A Buddy

In a perfect world, we would all be so confident, motivated and enthusiastic that we wouldn’t hesitate to take on new challenges – physical and otherwise – alone. But it's not a perfect world.

Read more here: The importance of having a buddy


Worried about your bones? Lift weights and practice balance!

More and more research is confirming that strength training is a highly effective way to combat osteoporosis (the thinning and reduction of bone that can lead to fractures and frailty).

Read more here: Worried about your bones?


"No matter what I do, I don’t lose weight!"

Are you doing all the “right” things as far as diet and exercise are concerned, but still find you aren’t losing weight?

“I’ve tried everything, but no matter what I do, I don’t lose weight!”

Is this you? Read more here: No matter what I do, I don't lose weight!


The Great Outdoors

Do you like walking and running outdoors? Would you like to be part of my occasional walking/running group, which meets at various locations around southern Sydney?

Register your interest now and I'll let you know when our next event is.

Read more here: The Great Outdoors