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Fitness Training

I don’t address beginner level fitness nearly enough on this blog, I get caught up in all sorts of topics, most recently biomechanics and...

“Glory is fleeting, mediocrity lasts forever” – The Rasta Jesus I asked on Facebook the other day “what exercise to see being butchered...

“So, where are all the best downhills?” asked the young mountain biker. “At the top of the best climbs!” replied the seasoned local. And...

Saturday is fast approaching and with it comes the 1 Mile Kettlebell Swing Challenge. Last Saturday I was very lucky to witness 5 of my...

Death If you can get yourself to fully believe in it, Death is a tremendous motivator. One day – and mostly likely not one of your...

Making the most of a rare sunny day in Dublin I was asked a good question yesterday. It was one of those moments I always mean to have a...

I love what I do for a living, so much so I hate calling it a job. The problem with this is, when I do have a bit of a bad day, if I am...

Two things in today’s post 1 – Motivation, what gets you going? 2 – Level One kettlebell workshop 1 – Motivation. Over the last week or...

Today is the Monday of my favorite week in every month. It is week three of the Boot Camp, and I love it. Week three is the most intense...

“6 months of training with you to the day, at least mostly your style of training and I feel and look the strongest and fittest I’ve...

I WISH the military looked like this I have been known, on many occasions to stand and take the piss out of these “military” bootcamp...

Well I don’t know what you all got up to over your lunch break, but for an elite few they were down here at Wild Geese HQ sweating...

A big part of joining a gym or sports club is the camaraderie, the corps d’esprit, the friendly competition between you and your training...

Go to a self defence course and you’ll usually get taught a hundred ways to damage a body. Go to a self protection and you learn probably...

Ever watch the discovery channel? How about David Attenborough shows? Do you notice how the predators always pick out the weakest in the...

I was just reading a post on the Applied Strength Blog entitled “Contradictions and Situational Correctness”. In it Brett Jones discusses...

I get all sorts of students coming to learn Martial Arts/Self Defence, many of whom have experience in other arts, even if it was from...

I lost count of the amount of times Jack Parker would shout this at me and the other kids at St Martins Jnr Karate Club. “Without the...

I was covering a Kenpo class there yesterday, I wasn’t too familiar with the student as he belongs to another instructor. The lad is...

There is a quote in Enter the kettlebell by Federal counter-terrorist operator saying “Kettlebell Training…the closest thing you can get...