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Saturday 10th July- Steve Maxwell
Saturday 10th July Steve Maxwell mixed seminar. What a great day! After and extensive Joint Mobility warm up (90minutes) the body was sure ready to go. The warm up wasn’t too much different from a Tai Chi one I use, but there are now plenty of additions. After a 30minute break it was time to [...]
EKI Challenge and a couple of Muscle Ups
Thursday 1st July 2010 EKI Challenge 28kg 10 Swings each hand 10 Cleans each hand 10 Snatches each hand 10 Presses each hand 10 Squats each hand time= 4:54 This was harder than expected. I’ve done it previously with 24kgs and flew through it. I started to struggle with my left shoulders ability to hold [...]
IBBC Bulgarian Bag Course with Ivan Ivanov
Sat and Sunday 26th and 27th June 2010 Lot’s of Spins, Snatches, Lateral Throws and more… On Saturday and Sunday the 26th and 27th June 2010, the OLF Training Centre hosted Ivan Ivanov, Steve Nave as they delivered alongside Tommy Matthews the IBBC’s BBS Specialist Course. The weekend was great fun. Steve has a wealth [...]
Live Your Profession: an interview with Paul Watson
“Live your Profession!” An interview with Australian Strength Coach, Paul Watson. I first met Paul about 20years ago at Marrickville Swimming Pool in Sydney’s inner western suburbs. The pool was around the corner from my house and I started swim club on a Sunday and squad training there most afternoons and a couple of mornings [...]
Tommy loves his bags!
My mate and business partner Tommy Matthews has been getting friendly with his Bulgarian Bags. The first clip is Tommy having a crack at the IBBC’s (International Bulgarian Bag Confederation) Bulgarain Bag Challenge: For this challenge you must perform 5 rounds of 10 spins one way, 10 spins the other way and 10 press ups. [...]
Tommy and his Bulgarian Bags
Getting the Bulgarian Bag Experience! By Tommy Matthews About 3 weeks ago I spoke to my wonderful friend at the flight centre and asked her the question; do you know where Boise is? To which she replied ‘I’ll get back to you’. Good start, I thought! Anyway, it turns out Boise is a city in [...]
Blane- Muscle up
A few weeks ago we got Blane from Parkour Generations to take us through a ‘Parkour Push Up’. In this instance we have Blane demonstrating variations of the Muscle Up. The Muscle Up is an important training exercise in Parkour as it teaches and increases strength in the ability to get up and over objects. [...]
Spice up your life!
Spice up your life! And your training. All of us like a little bit of variety in pretty much all that we do. Doing the same thing day in and day out can lead to boredom and stagnation. Our bodies as well as our minds need variation and new stimulus in order to grow and [...]
Steve Maxwell’s London Mixed Workshop July 10 2010
Steve Maxwell is bringing his game to London for a one day Seminar on the 10th July. Here’s an overview of what he’ll be offering: “Like a proverbial exercise Saint Nicholas, Steve Maxwell is packing a huge bag of fitness gifts he’ll be offering up to the deserving lads and ladies of London! • And [...]
Parkour Push Up
I’ve been lucky enough to have met Blane from Parkour Generations. As Blane runs the Parkour sessions at the OLF Training Centre- Home of the Trojans, I thought it would be a good idea to ask him to take us through some training exercises that specifically help to develop strength in Parkour. Blane thought it [...]
