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Fitness Training

Mens sana in corpore sano This is a famous quote that I think sums up the work that I do in my Wild Geese gym with people who go to RehabCare’s HOPS centre. The phrase, when translated from Latin, reads: “A healthy mind in a healthy body” And it is my belief that a healthy body is a crucial element to a healthy mind. Many of the physical changes that occur in a body from exercise are well known. Things like improved strength, mobility and endurance. But is that all we get fr

Fitness is an odd word. It’s a question that is often answered by a look of confusion and a drawn out, “Errrmmmm….” Then you ask them to define “Functional Fitness” and they seem to have an easier time. Easier that is as they at least have a shit load of marketing spiel and buzzwords they can drop here. Now without pulling out the text books and dictionaries to get the modern definition of fitness, let’s have a think about what it could mean. One of the greatest summations of

Fitness. What is it? Back at personal trainer school they tell you that it is “the ability to carry out the daily tasks with enough energy to spare for recreation” or something equally wishy washy. For me and most of the Wild Geese regulars, fitness is so much more than that. Fitness is about the ability to do and keep doing, it’s living without the fear that your body will fail, it’s about having a mind that can override the bodies pain signals, ignore it’s pleas for mercy

6 updates for the Wild Geese friends and Family: 1- Wild Geese Hoodies will soon be available, we have a trial order coming in shortly. They are black with White embroidery, great quality. Price will be in the region of €35. <—-Design will be something like the picture. 2- Wild Geese Martial Arts and Fitness will soon be open FULL TIME. At the moment we only open during the day for private & semi private training. But by the end of this year we aim to have morning, lunchtim

This is a guest post from fellow scotsman, martial artist and trainer Alwyn Cosgrove. Alwyn may have crossed over to the darkside by moving to the politically correct US, but he still doesn’t mind his P’s and Q’s when it comes to talking about the state of the fitness industry. Read on… Wednesday, June 25, 2008 A Reductionist Approach to Fitness? In 1993 the ultimate fighting championship was created. The initial concept was to determine which martial art – under a no holds