Why only a small number of practitioners make it to BJJ black belt?
According to google only 2% of practitioners make it to black belt in bjj and the average time to get it is 8-12 years. That’s a small...
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Dave Hedges
- Mar 19
- 1 min
Next Beginners Kettlebell Course
Our next Beginners Kettlebell Course is now open for bookings. The aim of this course is simple. Teach you safe technique, introduce you...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Everybody loves free stuff.
What is the one thing we get for free at the start of our life? Yes, you are right, we get our health. At least the majority of us and...
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Dave Hedges
- Feb 20
- 5 min
Learn to Weaponise your breath
And I don’t mean eat more garlic! It's a fact that many of the things we take the most for granted are often the things we can gain most...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Feb 6
- 2 min
The real heroes in our lives we may miss to notice.
Well, ok I always wanted to be Wolverine and beat up some bad guys. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anyone who would inject me with...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Feb 1
- 2 min
We all have an expiration date.
We all have an expiration date. Realizing that alone should make us appreciate our Friends, family, the little things in life a little...
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Dave Hedges
- Jan 25
- 2 min
How to be Always Ready
Over the years I’ve espoused this idea of “always ready” This thought was brought back to the front of my mind by an old client coming...
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Dave Hedges
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Stuff I changed my mind on: Rest Periods
I grew up as a martial artist. And you know something martial artists suck at? Resting. Especially those of us from the more traditional...
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Dave Hedges
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Bracing the Core: When to and when not to
Stability is not immobility There's a need to stabilise the spine to protect the lumbar during certain exercises in the gym. This...
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Dave Hedges
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Stuff I haven't changed my mind on: The Swing is King
In the early 2000's there was huge amount of chatter about how we should prioritise the posterior chain in training. The barbell big...
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Dave Hedges
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Welcome to 2023
It is my hope that this year continues in the same vein as the latter part of 2022. In that, we made a solid return to regular life....
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 30, 2022
- 4 min
More Stuff I've Changed My Mind on Over The Years...
Following on from my last post (here: https://www.wg-fit.com/post/what-have-i-changed-my-opinion-on-in-how-i-train-people ) talking about...
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
What Have I Changed My Opinion On In How I Train People?
I've trained people for a long time now. Every now and again, usually around this time of year there's value in sitting back and thinking...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Whats the best thing to invest in?
What is an investment? This is what the Cambridge dictionary said The act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a...
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
"It's the first course I did and didn't get injured"
Before you say it, this is not clickbait. That is a genuine bit of feedback from the recent Kettlebell Beginners Course. The course threw...
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 7, 2022
- 4 min
Where is my mind: Where to Focus as you Train
What do you think when you lift? What goes through your head? It can, and does, make or break a lift, a set, a training session. There’s...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
My advice for Christmas, probably not what you think.
This month you are probably going to see a lot of advice online on how to be "good" during Christmas, don't eat this, don't drink that....
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
The Exercises You MUST be Doing
Here's a comprehensive list of essential exercises that everyone needs to be doing: Yup. There are none. Yes, we use Dan John's movement...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Nov 30, 2022
- 4 min
Gut issues, gut health and resistant starch.
Gut health This topic is close to my hearth because I had gut issues for many years. It all started when I drank water which had some...
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Sebastian Wierzbiński
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Adaptogens - what are they and how could they help you?
Adaptogens are pharmacologically active compounds or plant extracts from different plant classes For example: Panax ginseng...
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