Momentum

October was a challenging month of movement and those who have persisted with the movements have seen steady improvements in hip mobility and basic upper body strength.  November will see a change in focus as we aim to work on shoulder mobility and basic lower body strength.  All of this will be difficult in the first couple of weeks and... [Read more]

Team, we know how much you loves a spreadsheet to track and record your training progress.  As you know the next phase is all about taking your fitness to the next level with Energy System Training (EST).  We are also aiming to maintain strength and focus on improving your weaknesses. If you would like to know more about the EST phase... [Read more]

    HEAVY METCON          03/11/15 (more…)

Nobody likes to be told what he or she cannot do.  Nobody likes to be told they’re doing something wrong, but at some point in time we need to start paying attention to ourselves as individuals and stop being sheep… Some athletes are simply built to squat and others are built to deadlifting, due to their biomechanics and leaver length. ... [Read more]

We now know how energy gets into our bodies via the food we eat, we also have an understanding how the anaerobic and the aerobic energy systems utalise ATP stores (see Energy System Training – Part 2). Energy production (ATP) is both time and intensity related.  For example, sprinting at a very high intensity is only possible for a very... [Read more]

Engineering will soon be changing in the new year with a slightly different format which will bring you even better results. Our aim here is to teach and practise the fundamental movements to get you moving like a champion. If we lack the experience the main classes can seem a little fast pace. However the Engineering classes are aim to... [Read more]

Tuesday 3/11/2015 warm up "warm up for snatches 10mins A. Snatch Pulls. B. Muscle Snatch. C. Power Snatch. D. Deep Power Snatch. E. Snatch with a three second pause in the bottom position" (more…)

Week 16 of 16 Olympic Lifting and Russian Squats COACHES COMMENT: Week 16 of the Olympic lifting and Russian Squat program is here.  It is going to be a BIG week with squat judgment days (Monday and Saturday) - has your squat improved over the last 16 weeks?  You will also get the chance to test your Olympic lifts this... [Read more]

The secret to all the GAINZ you are seeking is right beneath your skin, are you ready to unlock this secret? “Long-term potentiation” (LTP) is the process in which the connection between two nerve cells is strengthened.  You might like to think about LTP are muscle memory. We often compare the nervous system to a computer network, but individual nerve... [Read more]