Christmas Fitness Assessment.
Got an event in the new year? Want to know what you need to work on? Saturday 27th Dec, 9am at Broughton. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strength-fitness-assessment-tickets-14955368911
Cerin
Guess who passed his stroke rehab course!?
Over the summer I was lucky enough to take part in the Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury (ARNI) course. This was to teach me how to help people rehabilitate after having a stroke. I just had the email through now…I PASSED! Not only that, I only went and got a bloody A grade!! So … Read more
Upcoming in 2015: Trollers Trot
This is continuing the rundown of some of the events I seem to be doing next year. For the full list of stuff I’ve signed up for/thinking of doing, see my Upcoming Events calendar by clicking here. Take a look at them and see if you want to join in the fun too! March 7th … Read more
Upcoming in 2015: Tough Guy!
Without actually realising, I seem to have agreed to a number of events next year already. I’m going to go through a bunch of them, letting you know what and when they are. Feel free to join us if you like. And to see all the events I am signed up for/thinking of signing up … Read more
Training Rule #1 – Bloody Turn Up
A few days ago I stuck up 3 basic training rules. Follow these and most people will improve. But a lot of people (myself included) have the most trouble with rule #1. Some common reasons/excuses I hear (and used them myself!) include: I don’t have time. I just need to do this other thing first… … Read more
Training rules…
I reckon if we follow these rules first and foremost, we can leave worrying about picky little details for another day…
Please support Jo in her Million Metre Row!
My friend Jo is rowing 1,000,000 metres (thats over 620 miles!) on the indoor rower to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. She has been coming into the gym where I work for weeks and patiently eating through the miles, and is nearing the end. It takes a HELL of a lot of work, guts … Read more
Things happening leading up to Christmas and New Year.
I sat down with my calendar to try to plan this years Christmas and New Year, and as always, I need your help. Sunday 16th November – Hoping to go have a look around Scar House and Angram reservoirs. Haven’t decided what we will be doing there yet, so if you have any suggestions, let … Read more
The kind of trainer I want to be.
Forgive me, but this bit of writing is just me trying to put in words some things that have been flaffing about in my head for a while. Feel free to ignore it… ************************************************* Over the last few months I have been learning about ways to help rehab people who have suffered from a stroke. … Read more
Upcoming FLASHmobs…
Upcoming FLASHmob Fitness training is as follows: September Strength & Fitness Assessment – 7/9/14. If you don’t know what this is, I’ve explained it all before, so click here to find out. And click here to register your name. FLASHmob Saturday Breakfast – 20/9/14. I’m going to have a reccie round Thruscross reservoir for the … Read more
Tapering for events – what is it and why do it.
What is tapering? “Tapering = maximising recovery, not fitness.” While we are exercising and training, we are actually damaging and breaking down our body (the muslces etc). In other words, we are actually in worse shape when we finish a training session than we were when we started! This is obvious when you see people … Read more
The difference between theory and reality…and which one comes up trumps.
I assess peoples fitness and strength and advise on workouts and training routines for quite a few people. I use a mixture of theory and experience to do this. For example, if someone comes training with a certain injury, then theory and experience tells me that they should probably avoid certain moves while emphesise others … Read more
Bike ride #2
I liked the last bike ride we did. Even though it got a little bit wet, i still had fun. So I want to do it again. So here goes… Date: Sat Aug 23rd (bank holiday weekend and the day before we go to River Rat Race) Place: Hawkswick to Malham Tarn to Kilnsey and … Read more
Guess who got published and now can’t fit his head through the door…
My friend Pam was stand in editor of her local parish newsletter and she had some space to fill. So she asked me to write 500 words on training outdoors. Here is what I came up with. Hope you like it… *************************************************** Welcome to our outdoor gym! My name is Cerin and I’m a local … Read more
Dangerous for youngsters to do press ups.
Apparently a “sports specialist” in a school thinks its dangerous for kids to do pressups. But I’ve heard a lot of people wonder if they should let their little Johnny do any kind of strength training in case its damaging to a body that is not yet fully developed. And I reckon that is a … Read more
“You don’t let me get away with things like the others do!”
“You don’t let me get away with things like the others do!” I’ve nothing much to say today except to blow my own trumpet. Because this was a lovely compliment (well, I took it as a compliment, anyway) I got from a couple of ladies the other day. I had to step in when a … Read more
August Strength & Fitness Assessment
I’m guessing this is not what many people want, but what the hell. The day after Tough Mudder weekend here in Skipton, I’m going to have a go at the monthly Strength & Fitness Assessment (click here to find more out about it). It will be interesting to see how I do compared to previous … Read more
Next weeks training plan
Knowing what you want to do in your training over the next month is one thing (and a really important thing that so many of us fail to do). Figuring out just how to do it and actually getting it done is another thing altogether! Things in our head can often be very “fuzzy”. Ideas, … Read more
Why top end athletes and stroke survivors are basically the same.
Had an excellent day shadowing a practical session with a stroke survivor yesterday. An interesting point came up… Top end athletes have to work bloody hard, day in and day out. They have to strive for months on end for very marginal gains. Every 1% of improvement is an incredibly hard fought battle. They need … Read more
Reccie through woods, finding footpaths and maybe a reservoir…
I’ve been bored, so I’m having a reccie of a bunch of footpaths in some woods. There should be a little mini reservoir in there somewhere too. So I’m going to try to find it if I can. This Sunday at 8am… Sell Tickets through Eventbrite