Wild Geese
Fitness Training

Here we go with an Ask Dave post about posture. The question came up during one of the lunchtime sessions in my gym when one of the lads, Shane, popped the question out of the blue. I promised to answer it, but he got busy training, I got busy coaching around the room and before we knew, we’d both forgot, he’d gone and I’m thinking, “bollocks, that would have been a fun question to answer” So here it is in a video, because there would have been too many words to type. Watch i

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 new kit. The guys in the shop do a gait analysis to help decide which shoes you buy. He’s always been told to buy shoes to prevent “over-pronation” He was wearing them on the day he went to get a new pair. The guys in the shop were baffled as to why he ever thought he needed over-prontation shoes, as this gait analysis sh

“Hey, nice foot” “Why thankyou, have closer look” Today I want to talk about your feet and ankles. Before I do though i need to draw your attention to Mondays post where I mentioned the 1 Mile Walking Swing challenge for RehabCare. I have just set up a fundraising page over on mycharity.ie and would appreciate it if you could show some support. But back to your feet. Just this morning after the bootcamp I had one of my lads come up to me and ask about running technique as he

Highly respectes Rolfing practitioner, Tony Walsh, is giving up an afternoon to talk, demonstrate and teach various techniques that will improve postural alignment. Rolfing is the brain child of Ida Rolf, one of the originators of Physical Therapy. Almost every branch of hands on therapy owes it’s roots to the work of Ida Rolf. This workshop is aimed at athletes and fighters, it will not only help the fighters posture but also help them move the body as a unit to become more

Take a look at the picture. While it maybe humorous, it is alarmingly close to the truth (as all good humour is..) The last image, the guy sat at the desk, hunched over a keyboard is how many of us spend 8 hours or more every day. Imagine the havoc that will play on your posture. Now, ok, you go to the gym, but really is an hour in the gym going to undo 8 hours of sitting at desk? And is your program helping or is it hindering your progress? I’m not going to go inot the ins a