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3/12/09 He’s the brain behind ‘The Body’... James Duigun is the trainer that shaped Elle Macpherson’s fitness regime and has his own highly exclusive gym for the stars in London.

James returns to Australia for the Vitasoy Pro-Active Health Program and he joins TODAY to offer some tips on how you too can look sizzling hot this summer.

Top exercise tips

* Be active every day. Just get moving. Ideally, get a sweat on.

* Always watch your posture - when you are exercising, make sure you have good posture. Posture is a major factor in looking and feeling good. Perfect posture is simple. Ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips.

* Men should stretch more. Women should add resistance.

* Try something new outdoors – Australia is blessed with good weather and beautiful spaces. Get outside and get involved. Play a sport, join a club, try something new!

* Make a habit of partaking in big bang exercises - The more muscles you use, the more fat you burn.

Top diet tips

* Drink water and green tea - Drink more water, add lime or lemon to help alkaline your body. This will also help you burn fat and regulate your blood sugar levels. And green tea is a great detox for the body, full of anti oxidants and a good boost for your metabolism.

* Eat lots of oily fish - Get a good quality, clean fish oil and eat lots of oily fish. (Small fish are better) they improve brain function, reduce inflammation and will help strip fat by helping create lean muscle and burn fat. They will also regulate your blood sugar levels.

* Don't skip meals - Keep your metabolism ticking over by eating regularly. avoid starvation insurance.

* Vary your diet - Get your nutrition from lots of different sources. Try to make your protein organic if possible, and drink alternative milks with soy, rice or oat. James recommends Vitasoy Oat Milk.

* Treat yourself once a week - the famous cheat meal! Once a week have a blow out... It’s good for your body and your soul!

James’ bio

34-year-old James is based in London and is best-known for being Elle Macpherson's trainer for the past 15 years. She spotted him at a gym in London and asked if he was interested in becoming her trainer, and the relationship grew from there.

James spent seven years travelling with Elle and her family before she encouraged him to open his own gym "Bodyism" in London. Bodyism is an exclusive invitation-only gym attended by celebrities like Elle, Hugh Grant, Valentino, several Victoria's Secret models and a "couple of princesses" (no names given).

James is originally from Adelaide and has travelled back to Australia to spend Christmas with his family and to promote Vitasoy's Pro-Active Health Program.

28/11/09

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 * __Here is the "Everton Spider" Article.__**

Copy and paste the text into a word document, and highlight BLUE all the **adjectives** (describing words). This will help you think about interesting words writers use to make texts more interesting. Read the text twice and look carefully at how the writer tells the story, do you think the writing is formal or informal? Does it contain slang?

In YELLOW highlight the __**facts**__ that are in the article, who, where, what, why......

In GREEN highlight the words that were **__spoken__** by a human - look for the talking marks.

__Underline__ three powerful sentences that you think has good vocabulary.

Underneath the article list **__5 words that you didn't know__** in the text, and find out what they mean and add information. eg. Everton - Football team in the city ofLiverpool.

Finally, **__write your own__** sports animal discovery story, it might be about an AFL team, a soccer team or rugby team! The Bombers Butterfly, the Collingwood caterpillar, be imaginative and creative. At least 150 words. REMEMBER: Use correct punctuation and re-read what you have written to make sure it makes sense!

22/10/09

Good Morning!

Our focus for today is Grammar. Ensuring that we can create sentences that make sense, and have the appropriate grammar to make the text look and sound correct!

Try this for starters...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/quiz.shtml

This section contains help with apostrophes, check out the information first, and then attempt the various tasks..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/

FINAL TASK

On your wiki create an English page, and type a diary entry. It can be made up or fiction, as long as ALL the correct grammar is present!

Good luck,

Wes