Top Down v Bottom Up Planning
The longer that I am coaching, I am starting to think more about how I think around planning blocks of training for individual clients, athletes and groups. The more I try to learn and understand, the less I realise I actually know. And I am saying this as someone that started coaching in 2003… In […]
Current Training Block, Mon 15th Sep – Sat 11th Oct
Just a quick piece about the current block that we are going through in the group sessions. We are into the second week (out of 4). We have gone through previous 4 week blocks and found for the current training age of folks in the classes, 4 weeks has worked well and everyone has continued […]
The 30 Day Squat Challenge
So, the 30 day squat challenge…. This hasn’t been on my radar (as over the years I have developed a strong bullshit filter) but someone in the daytime class asked about it and I feel compelled to give my feedback on this. At first when the person asked I was a little taken aback, I […]
Testimonial – Training with Arthritis
The following is an excerpt from a really touching email I received from one of our distance members a while ago. Some of you will remember Roberto and will have trained with him at some stage. With work, Roberto travels across the globe and generally for months at a time but whenever he is in […]
Clean Bulking
A few days ago I was talking to Cormac about his diet and adjusting it in order to keep his target of hitting 93kg in sight. When he was going through his ‘typical’ day of eating it had me thinking (again) that when it comes onto putting size (which is what roughly, in my experience, […]
Starting fight camp
Lately a lot of people have been asking about how Paul gets ready for a fight, the interest increases after every win and as his stock rises. The usual questions arise – what are the best exercieses to do? Are sprints better than jogging? What should you eat or not eat? What supplements should you […]
Blog Changes
As you may have noticed, the blog hasn’t been updated in the past few days… We are looking at taking the blog in a different direction and exploring a few options at the moment and looking to increase the amount of articles and information posted. Stay tuned for updates! – Dave
Class times for the coming week
Just a quick heads up folks, as some of you know, Conor is getting married tomorrow in Connemara and I will be heading West to celebrate with him. Ross will be minding the for while I’m away. The class times for the next 10 days are as follows… Fri 26th 6-7 o’clock Sat 27th 12-1 […]
Change to the Timetable – Jan 2013
A quick heads up that there are a few immediate changes to the timetable, as there will be a few changes to the running of the gym in the coming months. Here at SDSC our aim is to provide the best coaching possible and most importantly serve all of our members and help them achieve […]
Christmas Opening Hours
For the rest of December the timetable will be changed slightly… if anything is unclear, as in the comments, email me or else ask in class. Ok, so here it goes.. From Tuesday 11th there will be no more strength classes till the New Year. Monday 10th – Saturday 15th – Everything else remains the […]