Wild Geese
Fitness Training

The single most common cue you will hear from any lifting coach is "chest up" I'm surprised that no enterprising DJ has created a gym training playlist with ...

Time. It’s no ones friend. And in a world where we work 40+ hours per week, commute another 10+ hours per week and have whatever family commitments to keep, ...

Baltic Fitness and Physio is a great little gym that aims to bridge the gap between the treatment table and the gym. Many of their clients are in the “older”...

Training for fitness, at any level, from absolute beginner to internationally ranked athlete revolves around personalisation. It revolves around acknowledgin...

If you’re a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that I’m a huge advocate of better breathing. There is simply no easier or more comprehensive way to boos...

Welcome to the second part of the “Conditioning Made Easy” series. If you missed part 1, it’s here: http://wg-fit.com/wp/blog/conditioning-made-easy-part-1/ ...

Ever had sore elbows? It’s a very common occurrence, especially in the, erm, more “Mature” lifter. As in most of the people that I talk to with sore elbows a...

I remember thinking way back when I started on this fitness journey, that the whole point of going to the gym was so we could be better outside of it. I seem...

Working with our combat athletes, particularly the Kyokushin Karate guys, we spend a fair bit of time thinking about power. For these guys, the ability to ge...

A strong core is vital for any athletic endeavour. Even if that athletic endeavour is simply looking good on the beach. Ursula Andress in 1962’s Dr No. That’...

About a million years ago I promised a post about the value of cardio training. Otherwise known as Aerobic training. Or, dare I say it? Aerobics Now, before ...

Hi Dave, Something I meant to ask you in the gym today, but didn’t have the time. Do you have a good book you’d recommend on breath control? I already do som...

The blog’s been quiet this last while. It seems that August, a month that is usually quiet in gyms due to people being on holidays or taking part in outdoor ...

Range of motion. Do we need to train through our full range of motion? Well, that depends on your needs. As the people I work with are in athletics of some d...

This mornings first client is a keen amateur runner. Over the weekend he went out to Amphibian King, he preferred running shoe supplier to buy himself some n...

After the post about standards earlier this week, today we have one about Military fitness, and arena where standards absolutely must be upheld. Before we co...

Over the last couple of days I was in the company of a group of trainers listening to Joel Jamieson talk about his Bioforce HRV system. With Joel Jameison of...

Yes, you read that right 329% that’s not a typo. It comes from an interview Newstalk did with Doc Falvey, a surgeon out at Santry sports clinic. We’re famili...