So I presume most people know Christmas is around the corner – judging by the attendances in the past week or so this seems to be a given. I see this every December. I have been in this game for 8 years now and sure as night follows day, slacking follows December the 1st. Unlike most, I don’t suffer...
Its no secret at this stage that my passion is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (it was Football in a previous life) and I am lucky to train and be involved with one of the best teams in the country, Team Ryano. This has also given me the opportunity in the past couple of years to work with some established and...
Here is an old article from the Combat Workshop site, and something worth looking back on as more new people are training at the gym and it is good for the regular gang to touch base with the fundamentals and remind us why we do what we do… I also must have been a bit angry the day I wrote it!...
Earlier this year Chris and Liz were training in the gym and before they both returned to Oz, Chris was preparing for the Paris-Roubaix Challenge. On top of the Strength and Conditioning Classes he also did some sports specific sessions to prepare him for the event. Here is a great piece about his e...
I was stuck in typical Dublin rush hour traffic on the way to the gym yesterday evening and Ben Dunne’s voice came on the radio advertising new membership rates for his gym. It was something ludicrous like €125 per year. It got me thinking (once the feeling of frustration passed), what type of servi...
The recent nutrition talk went well but it probably opened the door for more questions. What I ultimately wanted to get across is that there is no one correct way to manage your diet. I also wanted to put across the idea of self awareness and that no two people are alike and will respond differently...
I get asked this question, constantly. Are you a Crossfit gym? I touched on it in the FAQ section but just to highlight things a little more, no, no we are not. I can understand the confusion, I stand corrected on this but I think I was the second guy to get a level 1 cert in the country and at one...
This is a topic I have been meaning to write about for a while but obviously I got sidetracked with moves and what not. It was something which unfortunately I didn’t head off at the pass and two separate conversations in the last week convinced me to get it done, so here it is… When it comes t...
I’m resurrecting an old article from the Combat Workshop Site but one worth looking back over as it will be a lot more relevant to you guys these days as your work capacity and output has increased significantly since this post was originally published … If you are training freque...