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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 [...]
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 [...]
Olympic Weightlifting for Everyone
Why Everyone needs the Olympic Lifts. Personal Trainers need to learn the Olympic Lifts so they are able to safely and competently teach these to their clients. We know that the Olympic Lifts are important for athletes and sports people alike because of the physical skills and attributes that they develop. The Olympic Lifts develop [...]
Kettlebell Snatches: my ongoing quest
At last a breakthrough! Kettlebell Snatches have been somewhat of a trial for me. In the last year at the Trojans we’ve hosted 3 Kettlebell Sport competitions. During these competitions my Snatch has progressively gotten worse. In May ’09 I managed 100 reps, this was 45 on my left and 55 on my right. To [...]
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. [...]
Real Strongman
Here is a clip that a friend sent to me: This is a true legend of the strength game- Johann Martin. He weightlifts, kettlebell lifts, squats and uses his bodyweight brilliantly. I need to keep training!!
Sat 22nd May- Bodypower Sports
Tommy and myself drove to B’Ham for the Bodypower Expo for a day of demo’s. We bascially worked out for 4 hours with the Bulgarian Bags and HIRTS Trainer. The clip is a sample of what we got up to: I also ended up doing a couple of KB Sport demo’s representing the Trojans with [...]
Friday 20th May- Sandbagging
The weather was good in London so at 6pm on Friday I took my sandbag to Finsbury Park. This is what I did: This workout was tougher than expected. I plan to get this out at least once every couple of months
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. [...]
