GET LEAN & MEAN

After a discussion at last night's class, I thought I would post you all a couple of links, to some very cool people.

They will undoubtedly help you become better warrior athletes!

If you want to be lean and mean now AND in years to come, then get on it like a tramp on chips! :-)

1) NUTRITION:

The most important aspect of health/fitness. It changes you from the inside-out!

Eat like a caveman. Paleo

Two very good books are:

a) Robb Wolf - The Paleo Solution

b) Mark Sisson - The Primal Blueprint

They have a Blog which I recommend you follow.

Their websites are:

http://robbwolf.com/

http://primalblueprint.com/pages/Mark-Sisson.html

2) SELF MAINTENANCE:

Improve your Mobility. Stretch. Relax. Massage. Injury Prevention. Rehab.

Check out Kelly Starrett:

http://www.mobilitywod.com/

He posts a daily 4-5 min video on his Blog, which gives instruction for a 10 min Mobility Workout.

This varies from day to day and involves stretching, using foam rollers /balls to unglue tension, and so on.

It will improve the way you MOVE!

It is relatively new Blog and started last year. He's posted everyday since.

I would go find and watch the first few videos to get an overall idea of the concept and to understand WHY it's so important.

3) FITNESS:

We do some CrossFit at class.

We also hope that you do some in your own time too!

Fitness is fundamental. Use it or lose it!

At class we fore-mostly develop skill and mind-set. So make sure you keep your fitness... fighting fit! :-)

Resources:

Private lessons or classes at CrossFit Hove (Davigdor Road).

http://crossfithove.blogspot.com/

Benefit from being coached in the movements and have workouts scaled to your own level.

Contact Miles Key: 07779402991

For general CrossFit info:

www.crossfit.com

Enjoy!

Let me know how you get on...

S.P.E.A.R. COURSE AT CROSSFIT HOVE

Well done to everyone that attended the PDR/S.P.E.A.R. Course last weekend! Fantastic!

It was very enjoyable working with such a motivated and fun group of people. Your level of functional fitness certainly showed and allowed you to pick up the drills and skills very quickly.

S.P.E.A.R. founder Tony Blauer often talks about the relationship between CrossFit and S.P.E.A.R. and was caught on camera in a fairly recent video posted on the CrossFit website. It has always been very obvious for me personally (Tony got me hooked on CrossFit in 2006) but to see a whole group of mostly 'crossfitters' in the same room doing the SPEAR drills, it was very cool! Seeing how functional fitness transfers and supports functional fighting!

As Coach Glassman says, we train in the gym to support the demands of life. In life to thrive and survive we need a level of functional fitness, the ability to swim and of course the ability to protect ourselves and loved ones! Fundamental life enhancers!

What Coach Greg Glassman is to the fitness industry Coach Tony Blauer is to the Self Defence community. Both amazing pioneers!

A big thank you to Miles Key for hosting the course and also to Masa for the photos and to my assistant instructors Karl and Max.

Be Safe, Feel Safe.

CROSSFIT INTRO COURSE

It was great to work alongside Miles Key at his 'box' - CrossFit Hove last weekend. The 'CrossFit Intro Course' is designed to share the basic concept and rationale behind the CrossFit.com workouts but more importantly coach people through the basic functional movements used in those workouts, such as the deadlift, squat, press, kipping pull up, etc.

Everybody that attended did a fantastic job, worked hard and made vast improvements in their skill sets.

If you have an interest in functional fitness then check out www.crossfit.com, it's certainly the way forward for fitness that transfers to everyday life whether you are an elite soldier or a grandparent. Seek out a certified CrossFit coach, so that you are learning the correct mechanics of movement, get consistent at them and then you are able to safely add the intensity that CrossFit is so well known for.

Miles Key has a fabulous set up in Hove with all the equipment and coaching that you'll need... thoroughly recommended! CrossFit Hove

Watch this space for more CrossFit Intro Courses coming soon!